Monthly Archives: November 2016
Scottsdale launches citizen survey
Some Scottsdale residents have been randomly selected to participate in a survey to measure their views on the community and city programs and services....
Slowing Down to Shop Small this Holiday Season
I recently attended the North Platte, NE, Shop Local Kickoff event, featuring state and local proclamations highlighting the importance of shopping local brick and...
Agaves As Living Sculptures In Desert Foothills Landscapes
Carefree Desert Gardens is delighted to welcome back author, speaker, and agave fanatic Greg Starr, owner and operator of Starr Nursery in Tucson which...
According To PVT South
Dearly Beloved--The Democratic Party has given new meaning to the term (hitting foggy bottom). Let's hope Sweet Nancy Pelosi gets her old job back...
The United States was a distant fourth in vinum marketing
From atop Lookout Mountain (near Chattanooga, Tenn.) visitors can sometimes see parts of seven states.
Pop star Mariah Carey is very fond of purple and...
Honda Bow residents sue town
CAVE CREEK – As Sonoran News reported back in September, when attorneys Christopher Callahan and Dawn Meidinger of Fennemore Craig, P.C. filed a notice...
Secretary Reagan welcomes Lieutenant Governors for annual business meeting
PHOENIX – The nation’s seconds-in-command will gather in Scottsdale, Arizona this week for the National Lieutenant Governors annual business meeting. Before the formal meeting...
Death by Fidel
Fidel Castro is dead. To say those words is so strange. I’ve never known a moment when he wasn’t alive.
Castro came to power seven...
Suck it up, buttercup
Remember in Nov. 2008 and Nov. 2012 when angry Republican voters took to the streets to protest Barack Obama’s election to the presidency? Remember...
Sunset drama
This incredibly dramatic sunset was captured on Black Mountain looking south on the evening of November 15. Photo courtesy of Laura Grant.
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