Janie Magruder

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FABRIC, Goodwill black-tie gala aims at raising $500k

The next time you’re browsing at your neighborhood Goodwill store and come across a pair of old 501 Levis or a Calvin Klein-label trucker jacket, try to see denim in a new...

For the Lawsons, music is a family affair

Keith, a tenor, sings in the West Chandlerbased Arizona Cantilena Chorale, chairs its board, and is Dad to JD, a chorale baritone, and Katie, an alto/mezzo-soprano and the board’s secretary. Keith’s wife, Nan, is...

So. Tempe business helps kids with lifethreatening conditions jump back into good health

Axel Alcantar bounced through the front door of Lily’s Pad in Tempe on a recent Friday morning and, clad in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles PJs, beelined to an open, colorful playroom. There,...

Music talent to shine at Dayspring services on Christmas Eve

If you’re like me, you didn’t dare deviate last month from the annual crowd- pleasing Thanksgiving dinner menu — roast turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes drenched in rich gravy, (canned) green bean...

Future-ready problem solvers tackle real-world issues in new TUHSD program

If you didn’t know better, you’d think the projects are funded by global foundations led by billionaire philanthropists — Bill and Melinda Gates or Warren Buffett, perhaps — and the research conducted...

After closing homeless encampments, cities rethink and expand wide-ranging services

The recent dismantling of two large encampments of people without housing, including one in Tempe’s Salt River bed, may have resulted in the scattering of hundreds of individuals to other parts of...

‘It takes a village’

A community united helps a new friend experience the American dream Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part story about a community member who fled his home in Tehran in 2021...

‘It was something I had to do’

A desperate Iranian leaves his homeland for freedom and liberty in America Editor’s note: This is the first of a two-part story about a community member who fled his home in Tehran in...

Janie Magruder

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