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The Desert Sun Performing Arts end-of-the-year dance recital on Saturday at Maricopa Elementary featured 170 dancers, including tiny tots and their dads.

Great strength, endurance and alertness are several traits common to the bullmastiff.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, for the incredible opportunities that you all afforded me as a member of the City Council.

Maricopa citizens no longer need to leave home to be among those in the know regarding city business.

I was one of the first to pop on to inmaricopa.com's forum back when it came online. I've enjoyed posting the occasional comment, responding to the occasional challenge, and now I've spent most of my time just reading and listening to the voices.

County leaders will speak on the development of the Pinal County Corridor at the Maricopa Chamber of Commerce's second annual keynote speaker event from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Harrah's Ak-Chin Casino Resort Hotel.

What are you doing this Memorial Day weekend? Going to the lake? Hosting a barbecue? Watching the Indy 500? Playing a round at The Duke? Heading to Mexico to "celebrate?"

First, I would like to thank everyone who made it out to the polls this week to vote. No matter how your ballot was marked, your effort is the single most important civic responsibility you have.

Early in my career I learned that law enforcement was more than just arresting criminals and putting them in jail. I developed a deep desire to touch peoples' lives. I always looked for ways to somehow take a bad situation and make their life better, even if I couldn't solve the crime.

Good news for drivers: There will be no road construction throughout Arizona on state-maintained roads during Memorial Day weekend.

Secondhand Pages Bookstore has a summer reading program to keep children motivated to read all summer long.

The search for purpose in life is not as complex as one might originally think. I personally believe the answer to it is closer than you or I could imagine.

In the Northern most parts of Arizona lies some of the most spectacular scenery in the world.

Congratulations Marvin Brown and Carl Diedrich on being elected to the Maricopa City Council. And to Marquisha Griffin and Tony Smith who were elected council member and mayor, respectively, in the March Primary.

The mini-Olympics, actually called the Maui May Days meet, is believed to be the first-ever gymnastics meet to be held in the city.

The local International Association of Firefighters will hold its second annual ice cream social on Thursday to benefit the firefighters relief fund.

Tuesday is "Vote Day" in Maricopa. I hope - no I'm praying - that we have a large turnout for this important election. If you don't vote, it is the same as saying you don't care about Maricopa.

This past year has been the most volatile for Maricopa in its young history as a city.

It is clear that Sheriff Chris Vasquez believes he is not bound by the same ethical standards that police officers and deputies live by based on a news report in a Valley newspaper which states he has been caught stealing from published sources without attributing the information to its original authors at least 14 times in monthly letters to constituents

How long do you plan on living in Maricopa? A sampling of your fellow inmaricopa.com readers suggests that about a quarter of you plan on living in Maricopa "forever," and one in 10 will leave as soon as they can sell their home.

Thank you for all of the well wishes and support since the Primary Election on March 11. I have been busy preparing myself to work diligently on your behalf.

Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church will hold two special meals this weekend to fill up the bellies of Maricopans while raising a little money for the church.

Marvin Brown wants citizens to vote -- and he'd like it even more if they'd vote for him when they go to the polls May 20 to elect two candidates onto the City Council.

Undecided Maricopa voters, tonight is your chance to get out and meet Will Dunn.

Moms weren't the only ones honored on Sunday.

To Mom on Mother's Day, There are so many warm memories that you have provided for me in my life. Some examples are...

The F.OR. Maricopa food bank will celebrate its first anniversary tonight with an open house to showcase its operation to the community.

Salsa, hot or mild, tends to elicit a tad more emotion in some folks than the average chip-crunching, salsa-tasting judge.

A jar of crayons and a stack of coloring sheets attracted artists young and old who entered the coloring contest during the Maricopa Salsa Festival Presented by inmaricopa.com.

In response to a lack of graffiti removal operations in unincorporated areas of Pinal County and smaller cities, the Pinal County sheriffs and sttorney's offices have teamed up to provide citizens with a quick, easy and free way to remove graffiti.