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Residents, leaders push for public safety funding

Page Visitors: 889 The City of Phoenix is deep into the process of conducting its annual budget hearings for the proposed $1.22 billion operating budget for Fiscal Year 2016-2017 that includes a potential $50 more a year in property taxes for homeowners. But Laveen residents are clamoring for more attention to public safety needs for […]

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Laveen education
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Fairfax student name state poetry champ

Page Visitors: 665 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 […]

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Laveen News
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Laveen Residents Re-Launching Neighborhood Patrol

Page Visitors: 756 (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. […]

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Laveen Village Voice: Countdown to parade and barbecue

Page Visitors: 1,399 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 […]

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Laveen Village Voice: Community says goodbye to Laveen activist

Page Visitors: 1,167 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 […]

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