It felt good for Corona’s team to get down to the business of playing football against someone other than their own players in practice, even if it was only a scrimmage against Mountain Pointe, after a month of turmoil and controversy surrounding the team. Mountain Pointe, boasting a 12-1 record last season, looked sharp against [...]
A nurse and three off-duty firefighters have received the Chandler Fire Department’s Citizens Award of Merit 19 for promptly responding to an emergency where a man had collapsed at his daughter’s middle-school commencement ceremony last May. The award, honoring those who take lifesaving action to help a member of the community, was presented during the [...]
A couple of weeks ago I had a strong wish to see a donkey and a howler monkey. This didn’t come out of nowhere. I was in the middle of reading Beatrice & Virgil, Yann Martel’s strange and compelling short novel in which the title characters are, respectively, a donkey and a howler monkey. The [...]
One Kyrene Corridor 12-year-old proved that you can do almost anything if you set your mind to it by winning the Junior Olympics National Championship Pentathlon Midget Boys Category after training for only two months. Austin Hornbaker, a seventh grader at Aprende Middle School, says he didn’t even think about competing in the pentathlon until [...]
When emergencies happen in your Kyrene Corridor neighborhood, public safety agencies can use their 9-1-1 phone number database to let you know about it and advise you what to do. But what happens if you don’t have a home telephone and rely only on alternative services? Now, thanks to a regional investment in a new [...]
Even though the calendar tells us that summer is supposed to be on its way out, those recent steamy, end-of-season scorchers aren’t always in agreement. But here’s the good news: When the mood for a refresher is just too big a temptation, you can enjoy iced coffee drinks, ice cream, gelato and many more cool [...]
Remember when you were a teen? Rules seemed overly intrusive, and new responsibilities began to pile on your back. Whether it’s at school or home, teens need a safe environment to express themselves, while learning to take on the responsibilities of a young adult. For teens in Chandler, more resources are becoming available through the [...]
Low- and moderate-income homeowners are getting a helping hand from their local government, good news not only for west Chandler residents in need but for others who may have relatives or friends struggling to maintain their properties elsewhere in the city. Applications are being accepted for three programs that offer no interest, forgivable loans and [...]
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As local teens return to high schools for a fresh start this fall, many are driving to campus for the first time. I recall when I first got a student-parking space at Corona del Sol High School – the thrill of being able to drive to campus was quickly extinguished by the anxiety of navigating [...]
