Despite a recent surge of transit cuts affecting bus routes throughout Tempe and Chandler, light rail is gliding toward a brighter future. Valley Metro officials are moving forward with a 3.1-mile Central Mesa light rail extension through downtown Mesa to Mesa Drive, after receiving environmental clearance from the Federal Transit Administration last month. “It’s a [...]
There aren’t too many options if you’re looking for a high-quality, locally brewed beer. Good news: We may have found exactly what you’ve been looking for. Opened just three years ago, San Tan Brewing Company, in the heart of downtown Chandler, is now filling Valley restaurant-goers’ palates, glasses and mugs with pleasure. “As the fastest [...]
Tina Nicks, new principal at Kyrene del Cielo Elementary School, sees larger campus as a learning experience. Kyrene del Cielo Elementary School will kick off the school year in August with a new principal. Tina Nicks, who moved to the area last month from Illinois, is prepared to take on the new challenge of a [...]
Even before Oslo, Tucson and seemingly countless other tragic attacks around the globe, Kyrene administrators began planning ahead, no matter how remote such an event might seem at one of their district schools. Thus was placed on the 2005 ballot and approved by voters a nearly $117 million bond issue designed, among other things, to [...]
It’s understandable if you don’t feel much enthusiasm at the prospect of taking your kid to The Smurfs. You may fear you’re in for a pretty cloying hour and a half. Created in the late ‘50s by the Belgian comic artist Pierre “Peyo” Culliford—as Les Schtroumpfs; the term Smurf was a Dutch rendering—the tiny, blue-skinned [...]
Nathan Flood, a 2010 Corona graduate and member of the Aztecs’ 5A-I Championship soccer team, is playing in the U.S. Youth Soccer 2011 National Championships being held through July 31. This championship tournament is considered one of the most prestigious in the country, attracting hundreds of college scouts searching for talented players. It is the [...]
You’d be hard pressed to be a sports fan living in south Tempe, let alone the rest of Arizona, and not have heard the name Peat. Todd Peat Sr. played seven seasons as an offensive lineman in the NFL in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s. Less than a year ago, Todd Peat Jr. was [...]
Nicole Tilley carries a large workload—and she loves it. A 2007 graduate of Corona del Sol, Tilley has managed to become not a key member of the Northwestern University fencing team but a great scholar, as well. Having graduated early this year, Tilley worked her way up to team captain of the fencing team and [...]
With a 12-4 victory over Chandler North, Tempe South Little League All-Star Baseball Team this season became the first 11-year-old team in the league’s history to win a regional title and advance to the state tournament. Tempe South manager Scott Novic said the team remained focused through regionals and won the title by playing their [...]
South Tempe resident Jim Karinek, photo at right, gives his birds an exercise flight every morning around 6. The birds swoop, circle and return home, always appearing to enjoy their few minutes of freedom. Jim Karinek doesn’t own your average, everyday pet. That’s because the south Tempe resident boards, trains and competitively races pigeons. Those [...]
