Free movies showing at Dobson Library

Sept. 20, 2012 08:23 AMThe Republic | azcentral.com A grant from Mesa Councilman Dennis Kavanaugh's discretionary fund is paying for free movie showings at the Dobson Library, 2524 S. Dobson Road: "Frankenstein," 5:30 p.m. Oct.4. "Ghostbusters,"...

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Special night is Saturday at Arizona Museum of Natural History

Sept. 20, 2012 08:25 AMThe Republic | azcentral.com Several special programs are planned for 6-9 p.m. Saturday at the Arizona Museum of Natural History, 53 N. Macdonald. A Night With the Stars will include these activities: Crafts and demonstrations,...

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Volunteer at Mesa Urban Garden

Sept. 20, 2012 08:13 AMThe Republic | azcentral.com Two upcoming meetings will explain how to rent a plot or volunteer at the new Mesa Urban Garden, 212 E. First Ave.: 10:30 a.m.-noon Saturday at the main library, 64 E. First St. 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday,...

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Bob Beck, regular at Cubs spring-training games, dies at 91

by Jim Walsh - Sept. 19, 2012 09:36 PMThe Republic | azcentral.com For more than 80 years, no one was a more devoted Chicago Cubs fan than Bob Beck, a fixture at Mesa's Fitch Park and Hohokam Stadium for the team's spring training and at Wrigley Field...

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Truck-motorcycle collision in Mesa leaves three injured

by Chris Cole - Sept. 19, 2012 03:38 PMThe Arizona Republic-12 News Breaking News Team A truck collided with a motorcycle near the intersection of Southern Avenue and Stapley Drive in Mesa, leaving three people injured Wednesday afternoon, authorities...

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MCC dental program seeks those needing cleaning

Sept. 18, 2012 02:54 PMThe Republic | azcentral.com Mesa Community College's dental-hygiene program is looking for patients who have not received dental-hygiene care in the past three years or longer. Requirements of the students' clinical education...

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Mesa PE teacher touts virtues of martial arts

by Cathryn Creno - Sept. 19, 2012 09:12 AMThe Republic | azcentral.com Peter Hill, 52, head physical-education teacher at Sequoia Secondary School, has found a way to get students at the charter school who don't like PE class to move around. The Mesa...

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Upper Iowa tops off Mesa bid for colleges

by Gary Nelson - Sept. 19, 2012 09:11 AMThe Republic | azcentral.com By the time the first Anglo pioneers straggled onto the land that would someday be called Mesa, Upper Iowa University already had a generation of students under its belt. It wasn't...

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Mesa holds off on self-certify permits

by Gary Nelson - Sept. 19, 2012 08:38 AMThe Republic | azcentral.com The folks at LongHorn Steakhouse were mighty pleased with how Mesa handled the permits for their new restaurant in Mesa's Fiesta District. But Sal DiCiccio, a Phoenix city councilman,...

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Mesa Gateway director retiring after 20 years

by Maria Polletta - Sept. 19, 2012 08:49 AMThe Republic | azcentral.com Lynn Kusy's 20th anniversary at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport will be his last. The 66-year-old executive director on Monday submitted a retirement letter to the airport board,...

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Undercover prostitute sting nets 40 arrests

by JJ Hensley - Sept. 18, 2012 10:07 PMThe Republic | azcentral.com A recently concluded undercover sting started simply enough: A Maricopa County sheriff's detective conducting surveillance on a drug operation noticed odd activities going on at a...

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Arizona has unremarkable summer

by Michael Clancy - Sept. 18, 2012 10:16 PMThe Republic | azcentral.com It wasn't terribly hot, not especially cool, not too wet but not super dry. Arizona's summer was not very distinguished at all, even though in the first half of August it felt...

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Southeast Valley police target drinking by minors, drivers

by Jackee Coe - Sept. 18, 2012 07:51 PMThe Republic | azcentral.com Southeast Valley police are on the lookout for underage drinkers and for those who drink and drive near schools. Wise decision-making about alcohol use is an annual back-to-school...

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To our readers: Southeast Valley constantly changing

by Paul Maryniak - Sept. 18, 2012 11:06 PMSoutheast Valley Communities editor The evolution of the southeast Valley since I moved here from Philadelphia in 1999 has been nothing short of astonishing. Mesa is popping with the vitality of its arts...

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Mesa police: Drug-deal texts on man's cellphone

by Danielle Grobmeier - Sept. 18, 2012 03:25 PMThe Arizona Republic-12 News Breaking News Team A 51-year-old man was arrested Monday in Mesa after police found methamphetamine in the car he was driving and text messages about drug-related transactions...

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On a mission to Mexico, veteran stakes out site that would become Mesa

by Jay Mark - Sept. 18, 2012 01:50 PMSpecial for The Republic | azcentral.com Years before Anglos rediscovered the agricultural potential of the Salt River Valley and began settling communities on land farmed centuries before by the Hohokam, there...

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Two Mesa schools on lockdown while rape suspect sought

by Danielle Grobmeier - Sept. 18, 2012 01:23 PMThe Arizona Republic-12 News Breaking News Team Two Mesa elementary schools are on lockdown while authorities search for a rape suspect near 96th Street and Birchwood Avenue, authorities said. Maricopa...

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Motorcycle collision closes east Mesa intersection

by Danielle Grobmeier - Sept. 18, 2012 12:58 PMThe Arizona Republic-12 News Breaking News Team The intersection of Signal Butte Road and University Drive in east Mesa was closed temporarily following the collision of a motorcycle and a truck, according...

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Boeing braces for federal reduction in aerospace, defense spending

by Sarah Pringle - Sept. 18, 2012 08:48 AMCronkite News Service MESA - It's a typical day along Boeing Co.'s production line turning out Apache AH-64D helicopters, new and remanufactured. Kelley Miles hammers rivets above the cockpit of a stripped-down...

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Curtain could soon rise at Silver Star

by Maria Polletta - Sept. 18, 2012 08:18 AMThe Republic | azcentral.com Design plans for the Silver Star Playhouse, the reincarnation of northeast Mesa's Broadway Palm Dinner Theatre, are being finalized as the theater's new operators prepare for...

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Valley cities delay, re-evaluate parks plans

Here is a closer look at city projects that were affected.Loading list... CHANDLER The city has postponed park construction until economic conditions improve. Among the postponed parks: Centennial Park, a 7.87-acre facility near Ocotillo and Cooper...

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Mesa police: Man points gun at girlfriend during argument

by Jonathan Reid - Sept. 17, 2012 03:45 PMThe Arizona Republic-12 News Breaking News Team A man was arrested on three counts, including aggravated domestic violence and reckless handling of a deadly weapon, after he is suspected of pointing a handgun...

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As Phoenix-area city budgets remain tight, new park facilities on hold

by Weldon B. Johnson - Sept. 15, 2012 08:25 AMThe Republic | azcentral.com There is no crack of the bat on a baseball field, no laughter as children play on swings or teeter-totters in some of the Valley's newer neighborhoods, no grunts from a two-handed...

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Mesa police: 3 break into home, demand beer

by Jonathan Reid - Sept. 17, 2012 02:06 PMThe Arizona Republic-12 News Breaking News Team A Scottsdale man was charged with five counts, including second-degree burglary, after he and two others are believed to have broken into a Mesa home and demanded...

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Mesa mulls its next move on Angel Tattoo

by Gary Nelson - Sept. 17, 2012 12:50 PMThe Republic | azcentral.com After three years of litigation, not much has changed in the case of Angel Tattoo vs. City of Mesa. To wit: The tattoo parlor still doesn't have its permit, and Mesa is still facing...

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Kids found in car at bar; parents arrested

by Cecilia Chan - Sept. 15, 2012 03:00 PMThe Republic | azcentral.com Maricopa County sheriff's deputies arrested the parents of two young children found alone in a car at a Cave Creek bar parking lot, officials reported Saturday. Desiree David...

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National Guard captain from Mesa awarded Purple Heart

Sept. 17, 2012 10:08 AMSpecial to The Republic | azcentral.com Cpl. Barbara Liau, a spokeswoman for the Arizona National Guard, submitted this article. Capt. Michael W. Potter of Mesa, the executive officer of the Arizona National Guard's Medical...

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Mesa theater to open with 'Seussical'

Sept. 17, 2012 09:48 AMSpecial to The Republic | azcentral.com Submitted by Jared West, a spokesman for Mesa Encore Theater. Mesa Encore Theatre's season opener will take us back to childhood with the zany antics of "Seussical: The Musical." Tony...

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Mesa Public Schools board OKs policy on disciplining teachers

by Cathryn Creno - Sept. 17, 2012 10:00 AMThe Republic | azcentral.com The Mesa Public Schools governing board has approved a new teacher-discipline policy that specifically prohibits falsifying test data and bans excessive use of technology for personal...

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