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LEADING OFF Editor’s letter 6 Contributors 6 HISTORY This month in history 8 Remembering Maricopa’s first birthday 10 GOVERNMENT Permits 12 Private fire group files liens on homeowners 14 SENIORS Doo-wop legend finds home in Province 22 COMMUNITY Looking at Lambos 26 BUSINESS What makes Maricopa’s barn party hotspot so special? 28 An entrepreneur grows her one-stop beauty shop 30 Restaurant inspections 32 Mapping business news 34 HEALTH & WELLNESS A new approach to sexual wellness 36 EDUCATION CAC can offer Pinal County’s first 4-year degree program 38
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HOME Pepper planting season starts now 40 Why good rental applications go wrong 41 Extreme home sales 42 Don’t panic about the recent foreclosure uptick. Here’s why 46
THINGS TO DO Calendar 55 TRENDING A look at what’s hot on InMaricopa.com 63 PARTING SHOT Saguaro cactus blossoms 64
ON THE COVER Monica D. Spencer photographs Carlos Hernandez and Amber Wignall enjoying a drink at Duke’s Roadhouse on Feb. 17.
InMaricopa.com | March 2026
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