DECEMBER 16, 2015

Desert Foothills Theater Presents “Cabaret Night: The Soul of Broadway Holiday” on December 20 and 21

CAREFREE – Back by popular demand, Desert Foothills Theater (DFT), a division of the Foothills Community Foundation, presents “Cabaret Night: The Soul of Broadway Holiday” on Sunday and Monday, December 20 and 21 featuring uplifting gospel, Motown and spiritual versions of some of the holiday’s best-known music.

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Local DAR Celebrates the holiday season

Scottsdale-chartered Grand Canyon Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR greeted the holiday season with song and festivity at its December 5 luncheon meeting at Chaparral Suites Scottsdale.

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Roses in the desert

Roses have always been a part of nature’s landscape design. Fossil evidence shows that roses have been around for at least 30 million years. Some type of rose has been discovered growing wild in almost every habitable place in the northern hemisphere of our planet. The southwest desert is no exception. Did you know that about 65% of all roses grown in the United States are grown in Arizona?

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Outdoor recreationists, pilots and drone operators are asked to avoid bald eagle nest areas during breeding season

PHOENIX -- Each year as part of its highly successful program to manage and conserve bald eagles in the state, the Arizona Game and Fish Department asks outdoor recreationists, aircraft pilots, drone operators and motorized paragliders to help this magnificent bird in Arizona. These groups are asked to honor the closure of 23 areas across the state that are important bald eagle breeding sites. Various land and wildlife management agencies close the breeding areas during the birds’ breeding season to protect the state’s 59 breeding pairs of bald eagles. Some of the closure areas are located near popular recreation sites.

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Survey finds children’s digital midnight snacking harms their education

A survey of 3,000 U.S. parents of high school children aged 12 to 15 in the US has found that 62 percent of parents have discovered their children using social media or browsing the internet instead of sleeping over the past 12 months, raising concerns that the lack of sleep is harming their children’s performance at school.

DECEMBER 16, 2015

2015's Best and Worst cities to celebrate New Year’s Eve

With New Year’s Eve just around the corner and 70 percent of Americans celebrating the day in some way, including large, organized events and party-hopping, the personal finance website WalletHub took an in-depth look at 2015’s Best & Worst Cities to Celebrate New Year’s Eve. To help New Year’s Eve celebrants find the most fun and affordable spots for counting down to 2016, WalletHub’s analysts compared the 100 most populated cities across 17 key metrics. Our data set ranges from the legality of fireworks to the average price of a New Year’s Eve party ticket to the forecasted precipitation on New Year’s Eve.

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