Fountain Hills News

Are you ready for another Fountain Festival weekend? I'm anxious to see if there are any new talents being displayed this year.

The Downtown Vision Plan is still a couple of months away from becoming a formalized planning document, but town officials say they are already seeing positive results from the visioning effort.

Our staff members who worked last Wednesday's Business Showcase had a good time visiting with those of you who stopped and chatted with us.

A Goodyear-based shelter for domestic-violence victims plans to expand into Fountain Hills by early next year.

Eighteen years ago Evelyn Breting, then director of the Community Center, suggested to Jackie that it would be fun to have professional quality concerts in the intimacy of private homes.

Beginning Thursday, Fountain Hills resident Steve McClellan will participate in a 16-day walk across the state of Arizona to raise awareness of child abuse and neglect.

Fountain Hills' resident Scott Pace can thank his six-year-old daughters for his most recent business venture.

Customers of the Cerbat Water Company have water once again, at least through Tuesday morning.

Much like a swarm of worker bees, plenty of volunteers in yellow shirts gathered Saturday morning at the Community Center to make a difference in Fountain Hills.

Well, you can rest assured that our town will have a new phone book next March. After the slowest start to the annual sales campaign for the Fountain Hills & Verde Communities Telephone Directory that I have seen in the 32 years we have been publishing it, income the last two weeks was greatly improved.

Town planning staff may once again be working on a proposal for a Planned Area Development zoning district for Fountain Hills.

The Fountain Hills Rural Metro fire department responded to a fire at a home in the 16000 block of Venetian Lane early Sunday, authorities said.

A component of the Downtown Vision Plan may take root as an Arizona state centennial project.

In a time when the health of the arts programs is in question for many school districts, Fountain Hills Unified School District's programs survive as the exception.

Capt. David Smith may be more comfortable flying an Alaskan Air 727 than navigating the waters of Saguaro Lake.

Can you believe it is the middle of October already? The Chamber's annual Business Showcase is just two weeks away on the 28th, then it's on to the Halloween festivities that next weekend.

Residents will have a chance to discuss Monday whether they support A-frame signs, which were temporarily lifted from a ban last year in Fountain Hills.

On Saturday, Oct. 17, Heather's Friends' Place will be holding a fundraising event.

As a public service, The Times publishes a list of items that have been reported lost or found by Fountain Hills residents.

Winners of the 2009 Better Newspapers Contest, sponsored jointly by the Arizona Newspapers Association and the Arizona Associated Press Managing Editors, were announced Saturday at groups' annual convention held at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.