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Poinsettia Tree Celebrates 25 Years

Poinsettia Tree Celebrates 25 Years

The 2023 Live Poinsettia Tree Display will be back on the Avenue of the Fountains for the annual Stroll in the Glow event and throughout the holiday season. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Poinsettia Tree and the seventh year it is being organized by...

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Getting a Pet Tortoise in Arizona

Getting a Pet Tortoise in Arizona

They’re not fluffy, they don’t play fetch, and they certainly don’t roll over. But there is such a thing as a lap tortoise.   Each year the Arizona Game and Fish Department makes hundreds of captive desert tortoises available for adoption. These tortoises cannot...

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Falcons Soar into an Innovative New Year

Falcons Soar into an Innovative New Year

If you start talking about the Fountain Hills Unified School District with Superintendent Dr. Cain Jagodzinski, you’ll quickly pick up on his passion for education and his love for the students. FHUSD has had some challenging years, but Dr. J, as he’s affectionately...

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Desert Derby Fashion Show and Luncheon

Desert Derby Fashion Show and Luncheon

Tickets are now available for one of the area’s social events of the year, as the Fountain Hills Women's Club(FHWC) excitedly looks ahead to its 2023 Annual Scholarship Fundraiser, the "Desert Derby" Luncheon & Fashion Show, to be held on Sunday, April 2, 2023, at...

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Grand Fall aka “Chocolate Falls” Road Trip

Grand Fall aka “Chocolate Falls” Road Trip

If you’ve ever wanted to experience the chocolate falls from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, you might want to take a spontaneous trip to Arizona’s painted desert. A rare natural occurrence only occurs a few times every year. A day trip to the Grand Falls, also...

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Fountain Hills Automobile Club

Fountain Hills Automobile Club

If you are a fan of Arizona’s “Car Month” each January, you’ll want to check out the Fountain Hills Automobile Club. This dynamic group traces its roots back a remarkable thirty-five years. “Currently, we have about 90 members in our group,” said Tony Pistilli, who...

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An Asteroid Named “Fountain Hills”

An Asteroid Named “Fountain Hills”

Fountain Hills has been attracting people for its dark skies long before its designation as an International Dark Sky Community in 2018. One of those people was the late Dr. Charles W. Juels, who discovered over 400 minor planets and asteroids from his backyard. Juels...

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Safety Checklist for Holiday Lights

Safety Checklist for Holiday Lights

Thomas Edison created the first Christmas light display in 1880 at his Menlo Park laboratory. Two years later, his friend and colleague Edward Johnson decorated the first Christmas tree with 80 blinking red, white and blue electric lights. He perched it on a revolving...

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