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SanTan Sun News By Sarah Nguyen Contributor In West Mesa, the Asian District, a 2-mile stretch of over 70 Asian-themed and Asian American-owned businesses, proudly stands. With the highest number of Asian businesses in one cluster in the state,...
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SanTan Sun News Rabbi Irwin Wiener, D.D. Guest Writer In his classic novel, “A tale of two cities” Charles Dickens begins the opening paragraph with the phrase, “It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” While it describes a...
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SanTan Sun News By Coty Dolores Miranda Contributor Jenny Kast knows first-hand that old axiom, “when it rains, it pours.” This fall, the Children’s Home Project – a nonprofit the Ahwatukee woman founded in 2012 – saw two of her...
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SanTan Sun News By Kim Tarnopolski Contributor COVID-19 has drastically affected nonprofits and individuals across the county. As social distancing became a daily reality, annual fundraising events were put on hold, reconfigured to be held...
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SanTan Sun News By Kevin Reagan Staff Writer Two Chandler police officers who also are brothers received a special gift this holiday season after enduring a series of health challenges this year. Officer Mark Jordan, who retired last year from...
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SanTan Sun News By Allison Hurtado Contributor When Kelly and Jim Shewbridge met their three young foster daughters, the girls arrived with no shoes, clothes that didn’t fit the weather and not even a spare diaper to get through the next hour....
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SanTan Sun News By Wayne Schutsky Staff Writer For the Waste Management Phoenix Open, the show must go on, but the typically crowded golf tournament will have a very different feel in 2021 as organizers implement safety protocols and drastically...
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SanTan Sun News By Coty Dolores Miranda Contributor Before the pandemic struck, 11-year Ahwatukee resident Hannah Ervin had traveled to Switzerland, Hawaii and Brazil. They were journeys with other purposes but the inspiration from absorbing...
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SanTan Sun News ARIZONAN NEWS STAFF Ahwatukee could be within a stone’s throw of Arizona’s highest-level professional soccer team. Phoenix Rising FC, announced it is relocating its stadium and professional training facilities from south...
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SanTan Sun News By PAUL MARYNIAK Executive Editor About six years ago, Ahwatukee resident and corporate trainer and coach Dena Patton seized on what became a popular holiday gift to give her friends and colleagues. She made her own granola. It...