Page Visitors: 668 Hunter Hazelton, a senior at Betty Fairfax High School was named 2016 Arizona Poetry Out Loud State Champion at the state finals competition held on March 11, 2016 at the downtown Phoenix studios of Arizona PBS. As State Champion, Hazelton will represent Arizona at the 11th annual Poetry Out Loud National Finals competition […]
Laveen Residents Re-Launching Neighborhood Patrol
Page Visitors: 758 (This article first appeared in the print edition of the South Mountain District News on March 7, 2016) After a six-year hiatus, Laveen residents are relaunching this month a Phoenix Neighborhood Patrol to drive through multiple neighborhoods at least once a month in an effort to deter crime and report suspicious activity. […]
Laveen Village Voice: Countdown to parade and barbecue
Page Visitors: 1,400 In less than a month we celebrate our agrarian heritage with the Laveen Community Parade on Feb. 6 and the Annual Laveen Pit Barbecue on Feb. 21. Hundreds of community volunteers, local business and local leaders pitch in thousands of hours to make these events enjoyable successful. “Laveen is a unique, close-knit […]
City and community leaders predict growth, freeway in 2016
Page Visitors: 977 As the dust settles on 2015, residents in South Mountain and Laveen Villages can say goodbye to a year of transition and welcome 2016, the year of inevitable and dramatic transformation for their community, from added police officers to the first stages of construction on the South Mountain Freeway. While neighborhood crime, […]
Laveen Village Voice: Community says goodbye to Laveen activist
Page Visitors: 1,170 One of Laveen’s most active residents and staunchest community supporters announced last month that she would be moving to Henderson, Nevada due to her husband’s career. Stefany Scovell served for more than six years on the Village Planning Committee and was a founder of the Laveen Meadows Block Watch. Scovell also was […]
Muslim Community Building Mosque in Laveen
Page Visitors: 1,092 Members of the Muslim community in Laveen are building a 3,000-square-foot masjid at the southeast corner of Dobbins Road and 51st Avenue on county land near the Laveen Post Office. Naveed Ahmed, a board member and treasurer for the Islamic Center of Laveen, said the facility will give nearly 500 families from […]
SMCC, Ahwatukee Chamber Launching Young Entrepreneurs Academy
Page Visitors: 728 Rose Tring for the South Mountain District News Eight aspiring business leaders of the future are getting their starts this month as members of the inaugural class of the Young Entrepreneurs Academy, sponsored by the Ahwatukee Chamber Community Foundation and South Mountain Community College. “We’re launching it this month,” said Anne Gill, […]
O’odham and Supporters Protest Meeting of South Mountain Freeway Bidders
Page Visitors: 673 To ready more about the protest, visit Akimel O’odham Youth Collective’s Blog
Residents say lousy drivers are worst traffic issue in Laveen
Page Visitors: 775 Whether it is rude drivers or four-lane thoroughfares that abruptly drop to two lanes, residents in Laveen find plenty to say about driving in the rapidly developing urban village. The South Mountain District News asked residents to sound off on the topic and more than 80 people responded with what they considered […]
Phoenix Union board names interim superintendent from South Phoenix
Page Visitors: 741 PHOENIX — The Phoenix Union Governing Board unanimously named Dr. Chad Gestson Interim Superintendent to replace Dr. Kent P. Scribner, who is the sole finalist for the Fort Worth, TX Independent School District superintendent. The announcement was made at a special board meeting, Tuesday evening. Gestson’s appointment is contingent upon Scribner’s contract […]