(New Information is bolded) by Lucretia Free, Owner and Publisher VAIL A large anchor grocery store appears to be in discussion with the landowner of the property across from Walgreens on Colossal Cave Rd. Hopefully we will hear some good news about a grocery store opening in Vail soon! RINCON MARKET The Old Rincon Market on Old Spanish Trail has...
Congratulations to Matt Donaldson, Principal of Empire High School! Representatives from Grand Canyon University surprised Mr. Donaldson in a meeting with other Vail principals to recognize him as a Grand Canyon University STEM Principal of the Month. STEM refers to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Recognizing high school...
If you’re not a member of the Facebook forums, you probably haven’t taken notice to the new trend happening around Vail and Rita Ranch. People – strangers – are paying it forward. Here’s how it works. A customer decides to open his/her wallet with generosity. While at a Dunkin’ Donuts, Freddy’s or any other local drive thru, he/she lets the...
Author Trent Thomas addresses the timely issue of well water quality in the Vail area. You can buy a water tester for under twenty dollars that will measure the total dissolved solids (TDS) in your tap water. If you have a reverse osmosis system, this is part of the process to determine if your system is functioning well. You can google water...
A Vail School District student was given an early present this holiday season from the Make A Wish Foundation. Zachary Hart, a sixth grader at Old Vail Middle School, will be flown to Universal Studios in Florida to see the World of Harry Potter on January 7, 2016. Soon after, he will move to California, where he will await a lung transplant. On...
Dear Claire, I had the weirdest dream; and I have had ones like it in the past. I dreamt that I was getting ready for work and that I was perfectly dressed and ready to go. The next thing I knew, I had arrived at work, but for some reason, I had no pants on. I was panicked because I had no pants with me to put on, and my co-workers were arriving...
Good things keep happening on the corridor: As we reported last time, the Houghton Road: Irvington to Valencia project received the National Project of the Year Award from the American Public Works Association. We are happy to report that the entire Houghton Corridor was awarded a Common Ground Award by the Metropolitan Pima Alliance. We thank...
It was a day like any other for Brittany Matsushino, a sophomore English teacher and advisor to the student council at Cienega High School. However, on November 16, she was met with the surprise of her life as she was honored in front of the entire school with the Milken Educator Award and a $25,000 check. The award presentation was kept under a...
A short time back, I was delighted and surprised to receive a call from Lucretia Free (editor of The Vail Voice) notifying me that I had been nominated for Pima County Small Business Entrepreneur of the Year. Delighted as I was at such news, I was surprised as well that I had less than a 48 hour span of time to submit the required paperwork to the...
The third Affordable Care Act Marketplace Open Enrollment Period begins on November 1, 2015, and ends on January 31, 2016. United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona and the Pima County Enrollment Coalition stand ready to provide free and impartial in-person assistance to consumers who need to enroll or renew their health insurance coverage. Local...
