This last summer, thousands of students from around the world donned their Rotary blazers, hugged their families goodbye, and jetted away to live in a foreign country for nearly a year. They left everything that was familiar and comfortable to...
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by Kimberly Crossland of Savvy Copywriters When someone asks you where you live, how do you respond? Do you say, Vail? Corona de Tucson? Rita Ranch? Regardless of which part of the southeast region you’re in, one thing has probably frustrated...
With over fifty years’ plumbing experience in everything from leaky sinks to massive, complex commercial jobs, Allen Schwartzberg is a professional that’s seen it all. Yet recent reflection on his lengthy career has reshaped his priorities and...
Colossal Cave Road is now something to celebrate thanks to Pima County, The Regional Transportation Authority and Southern Arizona Paving. The road’s redesign from Old Vail Middle School to Acacia Elementary have transformed Vail’s main street...
Expansion and growth of any community brings numerous challenges as well as benefits. Rancho Del Lago residents are delighted that the Las Plazas at Old Vail and Houghton Town Center are adding new stores monthly and that soon there will be a...
Many of us toss things into our curbside recycling containers, even though we’re not sure which items can be recycled and which ones can’t. (Or, conversely, we may just throw stuff into the trash because we’re not sure if it’s recyclable.) No...
Community Garden Update by Elizabeth Smith Our Southeast Tucson and Vail community has lots of gardening going on with many of us homeowners, our schools and even local businesses getting in on the growing fun. We are Rita Gardens, the group...
Does decluttering feel like a huge project that always gets put off for another day? It doesn’t have to be that way, and you can do some good in the process. At our house, we use something I call the Give It Basket. It’s a simple solution to...
How old were you when you first started writing? In second grade (at Acacia Elementary) we were given a creative writing assignment. I can’t recall the prompt, but what I wrote was an exploration of the motivations of the snake in the movie...
Bee Safety Tips by Charlotte Herdliska, Fire Marshal of the Corona de Tucson Fire Department Check your property regularly for bee colonies. Honey bees nest in a wide variety of places, especially Africanized honey bees. Look for bees in work...