Living organic in the Valley since 1982
New parents, allergy sufferers, people with lung transplants and consumers looking for healthier...
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New parents, allergy sufferers, people with lung transplants and consumers looking for healthier...
Read MorePosted by Trudy Thompson Shumaker | Aug 1, 2025 | Features, Front Page
Local merchants Travis Anglin, Danielle Sittu and Julia Winter are neighbors in a shopping plaza...
Read MorePosted by Trudy Thompson Shumaker | Jul 1, 2025 | Features, Front Page
It’s got the feel of Cheers, but instead of Boston’s cast of neighborhood characters, Phoenix...
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Steve Adams has shopped at Central Music since he was seven years old. Now that he is 71, he still...
Read MorePosted by Trudy Thompson Shumaker | May 3, 2025 | Business
Bob Royden is easy to spot in a crowd. He’s the guy with the coolest glasses in the room. See...
Read MorePosted by Trudy Thompson Shumaker | Mar 1, 2025 | Community
Whether their fingers are nimble or a bit awkward, the stitchers who gather around the “stitching...
Read MorePosted by Trudy Thompson Shumaker | Jan 1, 2025 | Features, Front Page
Helen Lincoln was a survivor. And wise. And a maverick. And she got stuff done. Just drive over to...
Read MorePosted by Trudy Thompson Shumaker | Nov 1, 2024 | Features, Front Page
They are a tradition in North Central Phoenix: parades are a way to gather and mark special...
Read MorePosted by Trudy Thompson Shumaker | Oct 1, 2024 | Community
Pamela White’s three-year-old daughter, Victoria, was sick – very, very sick – with stage 4 cancer...
Read MorePosted by Trudy Thompson Shumaker | Sep 1, 2024 | Business
A conversation with a certain North Central native will change the way you look at baseball...
Read MorePosted by Trudy Thompson Shumaker | Aug 1, 2024 | Features
They don’t talk about it much. But the stories are there. Just under the surface. Painful and sad....
Read MorePosted by Trudy Thompson Shumaker | Jul 1, 2024 | Features, Front Page
This is what “local” looks like, clockwise from top left: Bookmans Entertainment Exchange, Monsoon...
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