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More than four years after it began serving upscale comfort food on John Wayne Parkway, Roots Eatery is elevating Maricopa’s dining experience once again. Owner Chris Spear and Chef Dan Hanners hosted their first in a new monthly series of popup dining experiences in the restaurant with a three-course harvest dinner served with dimmed lights and new linens and centerpieces. The popup culinary concept was a means to stimulate Maricopa’s disinvested but eager economy. “We’ve always had a vision for promoting local farmers and businesses, plus highlighting those foods in a more intimate dining experience,” Hanners said. The inaugural meal focused on how flavors transition from summer to fall and finding ways to make the seasonal ingredients shine. Dinner began with a fresh summer harvest salad: carrots, cabbage, cherry tomatoes and bell peppers with seared scallops. The entrée carried on the light-fare theme with a seared salmon filet atop a bed of quinoa, pickled daikon and garlic marinated green beans served with fresh cucumber consommé. For dessert, the restaurant put its own twist on bananas foster, flambéing the bananas in a cognac caramel.
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Scarlet Walker is a fourth-generation psychic. Her mom had the gift, her grandma had it and now she, her brother and her daughter have it, she says. But she’s one of the only ones who uses it full-time. Walker said she has felt those abilities since she was 9 years old. So, when she was 21, she decided to start giving readings and 30 years later she’s still giving them. Her business, Spiritual Solutions, recently opened
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in the Maricopa Business Center complex. She offers clients clarity and direction through meditation, reiki healings, spiritual healings, contacting people who have passed on — if the spiritual guides allow — crystal readings, tarot cards, crystal healing, chakra healing and more. “I love helping people and finding them the answers,” Walker said. “Fear is the biggest thing that a person has to stop holding; let fear go. What’s written is written, we cannot change what’s written for us. But there is free will, you can make changes, and you can make things happen differently.”
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InMaricopa took home two first-place awards in the Arizona Media Association’s Better Newspapers Contest. Both first place awards went to Managing Editor Elias Weiss in the Investigative Reporting and Best Narrative Work categories. Weiss’ three-part series exposing stolen valor in Maricopa, Scamouflage, published between July 2023 and May 2024, won best in state for investigative journalism. And September 2023’s Raising Kane, a vivisection on the Sovereign Citizen and Constitutional Sheriff movements, won best narrative piece in Arizona last year.
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EXCELLENT: All priority standards are observed as compliant. SATISFACTORY: One or more priority standards is out of compliance. All priority standards are corrected at the time of inspection. NEEDS IMPROVEMENT: One or more priority standards is out of compliance. At least one violation is not corrected at the time of inspection. When violations are corrected to the satisfaction of the department during a follow-up inspection, a satisfactory rating will be given. UNACCEPTABLE: One or more violations observed are an “imminent health hazard.” Hazards include the misuse of poisonous or toxic materials, onset of an apparent foodborne illness outbreak and unsanitary conditions that may endanger public health. Hazards can stem from fires, floods, electrical or water problems, and sewage backup. When violations are corrected to the satisfaction of the department during a follow- up inspection, a satisfactory rating will be given.
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InMaricopa Publisher Scott Bartle said: “I am proud of Elias and our entire editorial team, who work tirelessly to provide Maricopans the news they want to know and the news they need to know.”
Electrical District No. 3 was named a Smart Energy Provider by the American Public Power Association at a conference in Louisville, Ky. ED3, one of more than 100 utilities nationwide to be awarded the designation that will last three years, was the second in the state to ever achieve that title. Salt River Project, based in Tempe and
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serving the East Valley, received the designation last year. The designation “celebrates utilities that are committed to serving their customers while taking the extra step to plan for the future,” Chair of the SEP Review Panel Erin Miller said.
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