As the recently formed Transportation Advisory Committee begins its work to identify and recommend neighborhood road repair projects throughout the county, it’s a good time to review...
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Who Invented Mother’s Day?
Happy Mother’s Day! The real history of Mother’s Day in the United States might surprise you. Three women—who championed efforts...
Read MoreIncorporation, Deception at its Finest
When the topic of Incorporation comes to mind, I flash back to my childhood. I grew up in an unincorporated area of Maricopa...
Read MoreIncorporation Concerns
The great enemy of communication, we find, is the illusion of it. We have talked enough; but we have not listened. William H...
Read MoreVail is in the Top 50!
The secret is out! According to SmartAsset, Vail is the 35th best suburb in America, the only Arizona suburb in the Top 50, and...
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Argenziano’s Italian Restaurant to Open on Sunday’s
Argenziano’s Pizza in Corona de Tucson will be open on Sunday’s during football season! They will be adding 5 large TVs so patrons can enjoy football, pizza, drinks and chatting...
Drowning Impact Awareness Month Fact Sheet
Drowning Impact Awareness Month Fact Sheet Drowning Impact Awareness Month (DIAM) began in August 2004 by Phoenix Children’s Hospital. DIAM is the largest collaborative water safety effort...
Vail Unified School District Teachers Will Soon See a...
by Kimberly Crossland, Owner of Savvy Copywriters The Vail Unified School District (VUSD) teachers are about to see a 6.7% jump in their paychecks, which is the highest compensation...
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Arizona School Board Makes Changes to the A-F Model” by Stacy Winstryg of The Vail Parent Network Since 2010, Arizona has used an A-F letter grade system to measure school performance...
Vail Chorale Announces Fall 2017 Season
The Greater Vail area is home to a wonderful cultural asset in The Vail Chorale, a non-auditioned community chorus that has been entertaining local audiences since 2011 with Fall and Spring...
Vail, Rita, Corona Construction Updates
by Tom Howard Road Construction Update Houghton Road/Over Union Pacific Railroad Much progress is being made on the bridge span. Piers can now be seen from the old bridge. Once crews finish...
Future Home of the Hacienda Del Oro Food Forest
by Elizabeth Smith The Hacienda Del Oro (HDO) Park off of Paseo Juan Tabo and Via De Las Palmeritas has an open area where we have proposed creating an “Edible Food Forest” with several low...
Invasion of Temporary Signs
by Trent Thomas Along our roadways, it is hard not to notice the numerous signs on display. I’m not referring to the official department of transportation signs that identify speed limits...
For Students, Summer is Over in Vail
by Anne Gibson The Vail School District opened in 1903 in a one-room schoolhouse. For the 2016-17 school year, Vail had over 12,000 students and 1,700 employees serving 19 traditional...