Vail resident and Pianist Nicholas Turner, age 17, won the 2017 Dorothy Vanek Youth Concerto Competition sponsored by the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Turner won a $1,000 cash...
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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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Scout Day at Raytheon by Michelle Rouch
James Tarleton, Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Council Commissioner launches the opening of the 8th Annual Raytheon Merit Badge Day. Guest speaker, Laura McGill, Vice President of Engineering...
Balancing the costs and urgency of emergency...
What happens when an accident occurs and you require advanced medical intervention? What is the fastest way to get from the accident scene to a hospital? This is when first responders...
MLK Award
Monday, the 16th of January, 2017, at the Cienega Boys Basketball game played at McKale Center, for the annual Coaches for Charity MLK Basketball Classic. Lucretia Free, the publisher of...
Good News
My neighbor, Sharon Fields, who lost her husband a year ago, yesterday, put out a table in front of her home with homemade cookies, Lemonade, and (if you can believe it) a birdseed ornament...
Vail, Rita Ranch, and Corona Construction Updates
Vail, Rita Ranch, and Corona Construction Updates by Tom Howard Road Construction Update Houghton Rd/Over Union Pacific Railroad. This project had its bid opening on November 30, 2016. As...
VPS Awarded Grant
Vail Preservation Society Awarded Grant Vail Preservation Society (VPS) as the recipient of the $10,000 Storying Arizona Special Initiative Grant from Arizona Humanities. VPS provided a...
Claim Tax Credit
Claim Tax Credit to Support Vail Schools by Stacy Winstryg Claiming your tax credit with the Vail schools is one way we as taxpayers can have a say in how our tax dollars are spent, to keep...
Supervisorsfor Rocking K South
Supervisors approve Community Facilities District for Rocking K South by Carla Blackwell The Pima County Board of Supervisors on January 17th voted 5-0 to approve a Community Facilities...
Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Carona Cares! Neighbors Helping Neighbors Who We Are: Corona Cares is a not-for-profit community-based neighborhood support volunteer program and a member of the Neighbors Care Alliance...