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![State Route 347 only has one night of lane restrictions for the next week, occurring 6 p.m. Oct. 29 to 4 a.m. Oct. 30. [Arizona Department of Transportation]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261029-adot-347-restrictions-rvl7ad4oe27k654bhdqsu2a8tkdiaphnngc18piz5w.jpg "20261029-adot-347-restrictions")
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- Report card day
- Letter to the editor
![Dia de Los Muertos celebration Saturday Oct. 24 at Global Water. [Karen Bartunek]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261024-bartunek-ofrenda-celebration-4-scaled-rvh9tjsr92j3l6ptxzg197twta7lcbda4czy5cozus.jpg "20261024-bartunek-ofrenda-celebration-4")
- DAY OF THE DEAD
!["My Boy From Mars Book Signing" on Oct. 24 at Fry's Marketplace. [Karen Bartunek]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261024-bartunek-book-signing-my-boy-from-mars-15-scaled-rvhckffk6nvywh39k8471rkifgum22ws1rjqk833b8.jpg "20261024-bartunek-book-signing-my-boy-from-mars-15")
- Beyond football
- prosecute, deter, treat
- Karen Bartunek
Prosecute. Deter. Treat. That’s the structure Leading Edge Academy Counselor Joseph Harvey took for the school’s 2026 Red Ribbon Week. The event focused on three aspects of drug use: prosecution, […]
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Business
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![Tim Vasquez, owner of Someburros, hopes to open its Maricopa location in mid-December. [InMaricopa file]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261010-someburros-tim-vasquez-runu64uddkzmhs1o9ie354h95g2l9rdpy2yg1xhipk.jpg "20261010-someburros-tim-vasquez")
Government
![A voter showed off her voting sticker outside Maricopa Community Center on July 21, 2026. [Karen Bartunek]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260721-bartunek-election-day-5-rqr2kp99l3dfkasbdnlwnkd8pf8pmzaqcfb02lctmg.jpg "20260721-bartunek-election-day-5")
Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
![Maricopa Police Chief Mark Goodman speaks to the city council on Oct. 20, 2026. [Jordan Gerard]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Maricopa-City-Council-and-police-chief-scaled-rv996igm3ddn3ycwicw2rwd614ezoka1fedilitszc.jpg "Maricopa City Council and police chief")
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Public Safety
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Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
Education
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![Five candidates are vying for two seats on Maricopa Unified School District's Governing Board. From left, Loraine Conley, Patti Coutre, Lisa Garcia, Latrinda Williams and Nicolas Yendrzeski. [InMaricopa file]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261007-musd-board-candidates-ruixlwny57skpctk5zvq53gowl3u99lldoff5hxerc.jpg "20261007-musd-board-candidates")
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Real Estate
![Maricopa residents Euphemia and Sherman Weekes founded Crest Premier Properties in 2006 and manage about 150 homes, a quarter of which are in Maricopa. [submitted]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Weekes-portrait-scaled-rb3tz9bnumnwnep65j9p9s7t7ykb56ul6j50agj660.jpg "Weekes-portrait")
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Traffic
![A sign reading "Road work starting 6/26" sits on the side of southbound State Route 347 on June 24, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260624-spencer-347-road-work-sign-rpfslwcu7k9h1y1nu0ie61f42r8aakghq3vus86pdk.jpg "20260624-spencer-347-road-work-sign")
![A view of construction on the new traffic lights at Desert Greens Drive and Smith-Enke Road on Oct. 12, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20261012-spencer-desert-greens-drive-light-ruutqrkuvau2oss7wafffpqn1135u9kwg8vb014mwo.jpg "20261012-spencer-desert-greens-drive-light")
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Opinion
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Vice Mayor Vincent Manfredi
