Who doesn’t love the Veteran’s Day parade?
They are a tradition in North Central Phoenix: parades are a way to gather and mark special...
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Author: Trudy Thompson Shumaker
Blood donors are their heroes
Pamela White’s three-year-old daughter, Victoria, was sick – very, very sick – with stage 4 cancer...
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Local company brings gloves back to life
A conversation with a certain North Central native will change the way you look at baseball...
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Pediatric drownings … what can we learn?
They don’t talk about it much. But the stories are there. Just under the surface. Painful and sad....
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Local success starts with small steps
This is what “local” looks like, clockwise from top left: Bookmans Entertainment Exchange, Monsoon...
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Protect your critters during summer’s heat
It’s summertime in Phoenix and you wouldn’t think of walking down the street barefoot. Or even...
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Shopping, community meet at ‘The Fred’
Who is Fred and why is there a collection of shops named after him in North Central Phoenix? Wait....
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Changing Hands thrives in changing times
Gayle Shanks and her business partners know magic when they see it. Even if that magic is buried...
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Neighborhoods prove tempting to coyotes
Where’s the best place to get food and drink in your neighborhood? Just follow one of those...
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North Central woman takes the lead at IFRC
Need to find North Central Phoenix resident Kate Forbes? She’s not hard to track down. That is, if...
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Centenarian to join Veteran’s Day Parade
For Valley centenarian and longtime Red Cross volunteer Betty Grenig, participating in the Phoenix Veteran’s Day Parade will be a highlight of 2022 (photo by Roxanne Schorbach, courtesy of American Red Cross Central and Northern Arizona chapter).
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