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LEADING OFF Editor’s letter 4 Contributors 4 HISTORY
This month in history 6 GOVERNMENT Permits 10 Meet your Maricopa candidates 12 COMMUNTY Maricopa volunteers talk community pride 18
From pickleball to poetry 20 Doxies take over Raceway 22
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EDUCATION From Japan to Maricopa 24 Graduation day reflections 26 BUSINESS Restaurant inspections 29 Introducing Mandy’s Coffee Bar 30 Business briefs 32 HEALTH & WELLNESS Foot pain relief 34 How to solve low testosterone 35
HOME Flowers that thrive in heat 36 Should you invest in foreclosures? 37 Maricopa real estate snapshot 38 Boundary setting for landlords 40
THINGS TO DO Events 46 TRENDING A look at what’s hot on InMaricopa.com 55 PARTING SHOT Puddle patrol 56
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Pollo asado recipe 41 Extreme home sales 42
ON THE COVER Monica D. Spencer captures Kareena Phakeokoth and Erika Paramo riding a surrey bike through Copper Sky Regional Park on a hot June afternoon.
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