![Maricopa Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Kelly Anderson grills incumbent Mayor Nancy Smith in election's first campaign event April 30, 2024, at Southern Dunes Golf Club. [Elias Weiss]](https://www.inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/CRM_1009-533x261.jpg "In mayoral race, it’s the Nancy Smith show")
![A merging lane sign sits on the side of State Route 347 northbound lanes during evening traffic on April 30, 2024. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://www.inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/spencer-043024-adot-merging-lanes-347-web-265x198.jpg "Merging lanes incite more 347 anger")
Finding standout employees makes the difference
Anthony’s Cleaning Services has been in Maricopa since 2004.The business has changed from its original core business of commercial cleaning to a mix of...
Police union members donate toys to family whose house burned down
The Christmas of a family who suffered a tragedy last month will be a little brighter because of a local police union.Members of City...
1,000 kids get toys tonight
More than a 100 volunteers are decorating Maricopa Wells Middle School and preparing gifts for 1,000 children and Christmas food boxes with either turkey...
Making a joyful noise
A few Maricopa Unified School District officials took to ringing bells this week and reveling in seeing students outside the school environment.Ember Conley, the...
Council approves city manager’s evaluation plan
The Maricopa City Council on Tuesday approved a performance plan City Manager Brenda Fischer developed for herself along with an evaluation form mayor and...
Boy Scouts active in Maricopa
The Boy Scouts of America local Boy Scout Troop 993 and Cub Scout Pack 997 have had a busy December in Maricopa.Boy Scout TJ...
Bartle: Veil of anonymity being removed
As we prepare to embark upon a new year, InMaricopa.com will embark upon a new era.A year after the website’s 2004 launch, then-85239.com released...
Council adopts strategic plan for next 3 years
The Maricopa City Council adopted a strategic plan Tuesday night for 2012-15 that sets priorities for the city in the following areas: economic sustainability,...
Winners for decorated homes, businesses announced
The votes are in and the oohs and ahhs are reverberating throughout the city.There’s nothing quite like the glow, gleam, shimmer and shine of...
From cotton farmer to fire chief
Don Pearce started Maricopa’s fire department with a donated truck and volunteers.When Pearce moved to Maricopa with his wife, Esta Ray, in 1959, it...
Smith: Send me your ideas for 2012 legislative session
I sent this message out before the start of the 2011 session and I felt it was important to send it to you again...
Maricopa Views: Getting to know our Canadian visitors
When you are a snowbird from Canada, or from any of the northern American states spending your winter in Maricopa, you become very popular...
Council to discuss city manager’s performance plan
The Maricopa City Council on Tuesday will discuss and possibly take action to accept a proposed performance plan and evaluation template for City Manager...
Mayoral, council candidates discuss issues, campaign plans
Two candidates for mayor and four for city council will be on the ballot for the city elections this spring.The term for mayor is...
Payne’s termination upheld by city manager
City Manager Brenda Fischer upheld Lt. Willie Payne’s termination from the Maricopa Police Department.Fischer wrote in a letter to Payne that her decision came...
Candelaria announces write-in candidacy
Thomas Candelaria, who picked up a nomination packet for Maricopa City Council in October but failed to turn it in before yesterday’s 5 p.m....
State minimum wage to increase in January
Pennies are sometimes looked at as meaningless currency. However, when it comes to a minimum wage increase, pennies add up. Maricopa businesses that pay...
DOJ accuses Arpaio of violating Constitution, federal law
WASHINGTON – Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department today announced its findings in the ongoing civil rights investigation of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s...
3 of 11 local restaurants cited for minor violations
Three of the 11 Maricopa restaurants that were subject to random inspections by the Pinal County Health Department during November received less than perfect...
2 mayoral, 4 council candidates file for city elections
The following individuals have turned in the necessary paperwork to be placed on the ballot: Carl Diedrich and Christian Price for mayor; and Marvin...
December’s Great Reads at the Maricopa Public Library
Do you need a break from the holiday madness of gift buying, decorating and finding the time to bake and deliver Christmas cookies? Have...
Give holiday cheer to a senior
The holidays are fast approaching, and for most of us this means fun times spent with family, friends and other loved ones. However, for...
Put Christ back in Christmas
During the Christmas season, I was able to get a copy of a wonderful Christmas sermon “Let’s Keep Christmas” by the late Presbyterian minister...
City closer to releasing decision on Payne’s termination appeal
City Manager Brenda Fischer has made a decision on whether to uphold Maricopa Police Lt. Willie Payne's termination, but her decision cannot be made...
Seven Cups Coffee will serve it your way
This month marks the one-year anniversary since local residents Ali Hajaig and son Abbas started serving coffee under the name Seven Cups Coffee from...
MPD Honor Guard in Fiesta Bowl parade
The Maricopa Police Department Honor Guard will march in the Fort McDowell Fiesta Bowl Parade.“The Spirit of the Southwest Centennial Celebration” will take place...
Former Gila River tribal council member sentenced
Lloyd Notah Jr., 64, of Sacaton, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge James Teilborg to three years of probation, ordered to pay $75,682...
New chamber board members elected
Local business owners Steve Durkee and Jim McMichaels have been elected to the Maricopa Chamber of Commerce board of directors.Their four-year terms begin in...
McCabe named MPD Officer of the Year
The Maricopa Police Department has announced Officer Joseph McCabe has been selected by his supervisors to receive the Officer of the Year Award.The award...
Despite stalled economy, Maricopa has prospects for growth, development
In the wake of the Ak-Chin Indian Community’s announcement of a new entertainment complex adjacent to the tribe’s casino south of Maricopa, new focus...
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