Thew Elementary School librarian Jean Mills, center, is presented with two of the 250 books donated for the school’s library. The campaign was sponsored by Tempe Republican Woman as the group’s community project. Taking part in the presentation were, from left, club president Darryl Jacobsen Barnes; Mills; and project coordinator Laura Reisinger.
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General Motors has selected Chandler’s Price Road Corridor as the site of its fourth Information Technology Innovation Center, a facility designed to enable the company to in source its innovation capabilities and strengthen its global competitiveness. GM expects to invest $21 million in the new facility and hire 1,000 high-wage employees over the next five [...]
Few words pique a crowd’s interest like money, which is why a discussion on teachers’ compensation sounded interesting. However, what at first seemed promising during a Kyrene School Board meeting ended much differently, with teachers disconcerted to hear that an existing freeze on salaries likely will continue. Their predictable despair is compounded by a complex [...]
Affordability and proximity have maintained the popularity of Rocky Point and other border cities as a spring break destination, although they still come with a State Department-issued travel warning, according to Michele Donati, a spokeswoman for AAA Arizona. As a result, Donati says spring-break vacationers should exercise caution if their plans include heading south of [...]
Recent headlines of school shootings, violence and suicides express the concern the nation has in regard to the mental health of its youth. Childhood exposure to severe bullying, in particular, often is cited as the cause of serious long-term effects that ultimately can lead to anxiety, depression and suicide in adults. No one is less [...]
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Teens with an eye on the future — particularly a future that’s expected to produce thousands of new jobs to meet the needs of aging baby boomers — can put their interest to a test this summer in Chandler Regional Medical Center’s annual “Volunteen” program. The hospital is bracing for the usual rush of applicants [...]
Consensus or even positive bargaining seem to elude most of our elected officials. In the Kyrene School District, though, a group of determined volunteers apparently have succeeded in coming together with a unanimous decision. The district’s Elementary Special Area Study Team used a technique, known widely as interest-based problem solving, to review scheduling options for [...]
