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By Morgan Cole As the holiday season approaches, charities’ demand for donations and involvement increases—this year even more so because of the pandemic. Founded by 12-year MLB pitcher Russ Ortiz, Mesa’s 2GG Apparel is a golf...

By Annika Tomlin Peter Johnson and Beau Ralphs were at Dan Hawkins’ house admiring his new electric scooter when they urged him to take them for a ride.  “Within 15 minutes, we had been pulled over...

By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski | January 17, 2021 Ginger Panico is doing everything she can to protect women from getting breast cancer, which claimed the life of her mother at age 38. Panico makes natural deodorant under...

By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski   Four Peaks Mining Company glistens in the morning light at OdySea in Scottdale. The light perfectly hits the mountain’s amethysts creating a faint rainbow in the February gemstone’s cases. Owned by computer programmer Kurt...

By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski Gary and Jessica Belfore see their Anthem Ace Hardware as more than a shop selling screws, bolts and tools. “We’re a heck of a lot more than that,” Gary says. Instead, the couple focuses...

By Annika Tomlin | January 19, 2021 The Arizona Sage Art Market will bring together 30 artists from various mediums during its sixth annual event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, January 30. Admission...

By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski Northeast Mesa resident Anna Marie Stone has done plenty in her life. She’s owned a cleaning business in Atlanta, worked with the likes of Don Williams and Mickey Gilley on fundraisers and...

By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski The 2020 Foothills Empty Bowls Project is moving online this year. Sponsored by Tech4Life Computers & Websites, the event’s bowl sale and art auction will be held on the Foothills Food Bank’s...

By Olivia Dow | April 5, 2021 Hosting the Sage Market did not seem like a possibility this year for the Holland Center. Like many events, the pandemic altered plans for the annual art market, which...

By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski Four years ago, Tyler Cadwell made a hand-engraved wine cork holder for his mother that read “Keep Calm and Drink Wine.”   The ASU graduate’s family was so impressed that his aunt suggested...