LOCAL NEWS
BARBERSHOP
The East Valley Harmonizers, student choral ensembles from Desert Ridge and Higley High schools and the quartet Yes Dear will perform holiday classics on Dec. 9 in Mesa.
The groups will sing …
ENTERTAINMENT
Grammy Award-winner Robert Glasper and a concert-style tribute to Simon & Garfunkel will take the stage in March at the Mesa Arts Center.
Glasper, whose career includes Grammy and Emmy …
HOLIDAYS
Dillon’s Kansas City BBQ at Western Trails Ranch in Morristown and multiple local businesses are gearing up for the 4th annual A Very Merry Christmas with Santa charity event.
Give blood
Blood donations are urgently needed by the American Red Cross in Arizona.
Appointments are available at an 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 14, blood donation drive to be hosted by Civil Air Patrol …
Things to do
Give gifts this holiday season that are both meaningful and easy on your wallet by creating custom, personalized and unique objects in Mesa Public Library’s makerspace, THINKspot.
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EDUCATION
The Arizona Department of Education is hosting a drawing, painting and poster contest celebrating citizenship, which is one of the Six Pillars of Character, in the Character Counts program offered in many Arizona schools.
Things to do
Airport tenants, businesses and users are invited to get answers to their questions about Falcon Field at a 30-minute monthly gathering called Ask the Airport. The next one, virtual by Zoom, is 10:30 …
Job fair
A neighborhood job fair hosted by Mesa Councilmember Jenn Duff will be held Dec. 1-2 at the Eagles Community Center, 828 E. Broadway Road in Mesa.
“Join us and meet local businesses who …
Planting trees
The city of Mesa, community partners and volunteers recently planted trees and shrubs as part of a landscape restoration event to bring more shade and environmental improvements to the Superstition …
Higher education
It would take Arizona State University student Anirudh Manjesh 24 hours minimum to go home to Bangalore, India, so traveling for this short holiday weekend is out of the question.
But ASU …
Construction
A total of 97 commercial building permits were issued July 23-Sept. 30 in Mesa.
A sampling from the city’s website (by address, date issued, description, value, type of work and contractor …
Things to do
A tree-lighting ceremony and other activities to officially open Merry Main Street in downtown Mesa begins at 5:45 p.m. Friday, Nov. 24, on Macdonald, north of Main Street.
Mesa Mayor John …
Business
Scott Gruwell knows about tradition.
His father, Bill, helped guide a family business in Phoenix that has been alive for almost seven decades complete with an iconic outdoor sign that embodies …
Roadways
The Mesa City Council in a split vote approved Nov. 20 establishing a Williams Field Road speed limit of 45 mph between Crismon Road and the east city limits and 40 mph between Ellsworth Road and …
IN NEED
Vitalant blood donors who give between now and Thursday, Nov. 30 at any donor center or blood drive across the Valley will receive a voucher for one ticket to a Phoenix Symphony performance.
REMEMBRANCE
Lights of Love will be presented for the fourth time in December at the Mountain View Funeral Home and Cemetery in Mesa.
The event, which includes a holiday lights and decorations drive-thru, a …
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