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As parents, we are accustomed to preparing our kids for the coming school year, yet rarely take time to get ourselves prepared for the possible challenges ahead.  

"Make a Splash--Read" was the theme of Maricopa Public Library's very successful Summer Reading Program, which ran from June 1 to Aug. 7.

Get those 12-packs of soda out of your fridge or off the grocery shelves and bring them to the Red-Black Soda Scrimmage Thursday night.

On Friday Harrah's will host The Grass Roots for two sets of rock and roll.

Fred Schoenthal's  "challenge" was using in excess of 1,000 wine corks to make a model of a fort, which took him more than 180 hours to complete.

This editorial is written to Maricopa's Mayor, Anthony Smith, in response to his comments, which appeared in the Friday, Aug. 20th edition of the Maricopa Monitor, page 2, in an article titled "Councilmember 'retracts' letter to media."

The Arizona Corporation Commission has set Global Water as the final item on the open meeting agenda for Wednesday, Aug. 25. The case will not be heard before 10 a.m.

One highly influential group that represents 20 percent of the state's population can make a significant impact on the outcome of an election. 

Desert Sun Performing Arts has created Maricopa's first professional ballet company, the Pearls. 

Every year thousands of victims of theft across the nation are unable to recover items because of one simple issue, the lack of a description.

Courtny Tyler's State Farm Insurance agency will be holding a Maricopa Appreciation Day on Saturday to say thank you to residents and to collect supplies for local schools.

This article will introduce you to the first step to water safety and drowning prevention, adult supervision.

Travelers approaching Maricopa in the early 1900s from the south entered the town at this point. The lands south of Maricopa included the Ak-Chin reservation and the Samuel G. Scott Farm, located about five miles south of Maricopa on Papago Road (Eddie Pratt Farm).

The city of Maricopa will be hosting its first ever Miss Maricopa Pageant on Oct. 2.

It seems like every flight I take results in an editorial. Maybe it's because I'm not much of a Solitaire player, and writing can be therapeutic for me. Maybe it's because flying Southwest is such a great experience, and that doing business with US Airways necessitates my need for therapy.

Four little kittens were rescued this summer in the Villages.

Boy Scouts all over the world pledge to help other people at all times, and that is certainly true of Maricopa's Tanner Bogle, a member of local Troop 977.

August is here, and I wanted to take this time to bring attention to a national campaign involving drowning awareness.

My dad started making his version of this chili in the '60s. He found a recipe for "Trucker's Chili" in the Arizona Republic and made it for a New Year's Day football party. He's been making it ever since.

Many local students had school supplies this year, thanks to the generosity of a variety of Maricopans.

Any patron with a Pinal County library card can access the new online tutoring services from the library or right from home.  

 

In the southwestern corner of Pinal County and surrounded by the Papago Reservation was Vekol, one of the biggest silver producers in the Arizona Territory for 10 years. 

In the lobby of the Maricopa Public Library is an impressive and patriotic Buddy Poppy display, crafted by Korean War veteran and Maricopa resident Bud Ryan.

 

Ash is the last of the three sweet, tiny female puppies dumped at the Maricopa Fire Department.

The people who vote yes on this override initiative are people who have no sense of money, can't balance their own budget and wouldn't know it if they did.  

 

 

It was Christmas in July for the F.O.R. Maricopa food bank as seven Maricopa homeowners' associations joined forces to bring in almost 7,000 pounds of food.