What’s a Stress Test Like?
Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a two-part series on South Mountain Cardiology. Part one (featured below) was published in April 2013. While heart disease is an important topic for the medical community and for the well being of society in general, it hits a bit close to home for me personally. I >> Read More…
Laveen Superintendent Honored
Laveen School District Superintendent has received an honor. Dr. Bill Johnson, Superintendent of the Laveen Elementary School District, was honored on April 25 by the South Mountain/Laveen Chamber of Commerce at their Eighth Annual Spirit of South Mountain Community Awards Dinner. Dr. Johnson was the award recipient in the education/school administrator category. He has worked to >> Read More…
SoMo ADOT Plan Available for Input
The Arizona Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration today released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed South Mountain Freeway. This release launches a 90-day public comment period. The draft environmental document can be found on the project website —azdot.gov/SouthMountainFreeway — and at the following locations in the community: Phoenix Public >> Read More…
Recycling Event Approaching
Keep Phoenix Beautiful will partner with The City of Phoenix Public Works Department and dozens of other local organizations for the “I Recycle Phoenix Festival” from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 4th. The event will be held at Cesar Chavez High School located off 39th Avenue and Baseline Road. You do not >> Read More…
Pool Supply Customers Enjoying Quality Service
A real live turtle named “Floyd” was the inspiration for the name of Sea Turtle Pool Supply in Laveen. “I have a regular pool service customer who has a turtle in his backyard. It is very large and his name is Floyd,” said Kathy Luz, owner of the business. When she was trying >> Read More…
New Stores Commit to Mostly Empty Shopping Center in Laveen
Baseline Village Center, the nearly 16-acre commercial development on the northwest corner of Baseline Road and 35th Avenue, will soon see more retail activity after sitting mostly vacant for more than four years. Big Lots will soon shut its doors at Baseline Road and Central Avenue and serve as the center’s anchor tenant in >> Read More…
SMDN, Community Remember Gary Petterson
Gary Petterson, the longtime landscape and garden columnist for the South Mountain District News since 2002 died on February 20 in a San Diego hospital where he and his wife Sharon had gone to attend the 50th Anniversary of a his cousin, said wife Sharon. He was 71. Gary was well known in >> Read More…
The Farm at South Mountain
What is the Farm? Farm District is a unique area in the South Mountain Village which traditionally has been dedicated to agriculture. Many of us can still remember a Baseline Road set ablaze by the flower farms that lined its two lanes; or, the citrus orchards and their road side stands which provided green year >> Read More…
Library Celebrating Book Launch
Phoenix Public Library will host a celebration to launch Sasha and Rodney Glassman’s new book, “Jeremy Jackrabbit Recycles the Can,” 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Burton Barr Central Library, located at 1221 N. Central Ave. Illustrated by children from Scottsdale, Laveen, Peoria, Mesa and Phoenix, more than 45,000 copies of the >> Read More…
Grant Supporting Teachers
The Roosevelt School District, in collaboration with Arizona State University, is the recipient of a U.S. Department of Education Teacher Quality grant. All three state universities are partners in the grant. The grant¹s purpose is to focus on new teacher training and the implementation of best practices for Common Core mathematics instruction. The grant, totaling >> Read More…
