TransPerfect, one of the world’s leading providers of global language and business services, plans to open a new remote interpreting facility in south Tempe that will add 300 skilled positions to the company’s workforce. The 14,000 square foot facility will be at 1735 W. Greentree Drive, Suite 101. TransPerfect is a family of companies providing [...]
Chandler Mayor Jay Tibshraeny will host Neighborhood Connect, a virtual community forum, in a campaign to engage residents in a community conversation about their neighborhoods. The one-hour, live event will be streamed through www.chandleraz.gov and televised on Chandler Channel 11 at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15. Prior to the event, residents are being asked to [...]
“From the studios and producers of The Blind Side.” That’s how Dolphin Tale is being marketed. This may strike you as a tenuous aesthetic connection, but it’s savvy advertising—Dolphin Tale, loosely based on true events, is another story of a wounded foundling becoming a star. The young dolphin in question is injured when she runs [...]
Corona del Sol’s Lady Aztec Lacrosse Club is sponsoring Fall Ball, a clinic for new and existing lacrosse players, Oct. 18-Dec. 1 at Harelson Park in south Tempe. The clinic will provide an opportunity for current players to sharpen their skills in preparation for the spring season and for interested non-players to learn the basic [...]
Three of Corona’s varsity football players joined in the effort to help Kyrene del Milenio Elementary School win a possible $10,000 Fuel Up for 60 grant sponsored by the NFL and National Dairy Council. James Contes, Carter Colton and Dylan Huch volunteered to help the school one day during a week-long event. Concept of the [...]
Students at Kyrene de las Brisas Elementary School got a patriotic presentation from Principal Christie Winkelmann during an assembly on Constitution Day, Friday Sept. 16, and were graced with the presence of Georgia Hier and others who are members of the Daughter’s of the American Revolution (DAR). Hier handed out small American Flags to all [...]
Kyrene del Sureño Elementary School will become a traditional academy next year, according to an announcement by district officials. The news came during a board meeting late last month and again at a parent meeting at Sureño on Sept. 7. Superintendent Dr. David Schauer, joined by Dr. Jim Strogen and Dr. Marianne Lescher, this year’s [...]
It can’t be said that the choir students at Marcos de Niza High School put on anything that could be called an “average” choral show. With a top pro engineering next month’s performance, the students are tuning their windpipes and practicing their dance moves to put on one of their best shows ever, said [...]
Nearly 400 eligible residents have signed up so far for Tempe’s new Service Line Protection Program, which began enrollment Sept. 1. The program provides financial assistance up to $5,000 to subscribed homeowners when they’re facing repairs of a water or sewer line. Owners of single-family, owner-occupied homes can enroll in the program for a monthly [...]
T.W. Lewis, a longtime south Tempe homebuilder, will make a housing dream come true when winners are drawn for this month’s Health and Wealth Raffle sponsored by St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center and Barrow Neurological Institute. The grand prize winner will choose between a $1 million home provided by the company or a cash [...]
