NoPho Neighborhoods, Schools & Events
With well levels dropping and their supply of trucked-in water being cut off at the end of this year, residents in New River and Desert Hills face short- and long-term water problems that have no easy solutions. About 150 rural homeowners attended a sometimes contentious community meeting Sept. 19 to better understand their plight and hear about potential solutions.
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Hundreds of homes will be built in Phase 1 of a development just begun on USAA property in the Norterra area. As reported in February by North Phoenix News and In&Out Magazine, plans for the project harken to Kierland Commons or Scottsdale Quarter, with restaurants and shopping along a Main Street and lofts above stores.
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Sales of existing homes in August declined in North Phoenix and nationally, while prices continued an upward trend, according to two new reports.
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Over the Prickett Fence: Many good kitchen sink cabinets have gone bad by hanging out with a low-down, nasty, drip. Chris offers a few tips that can save you the cost and aggravation of dealing with water damage down there.
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When Daisy Mountain Fire Department’s rebuilt Fire Station 145 opens on Desert Hills Drive later this year, there will be a community room available for public use, a larger parking lot, and improvements to the adjacent Anthem Equestrian Trailhead that connects to the 315-mile-long Maricopa Trail.
Read More >>>Apollo Global Management, a firm that specializes in buying distressed companies, announced yesterday it had completed its purchase of ClubCorp, the publicly traded company that owned Anthem Golf & Country Club. The $1.1 billion transaction was announced in July.
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A woman in New River could face three counts of animal cruelty charges related to three malnourished horses seized by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office Animal Crimes Unit. The woman said she was relying on “hobos” and “transients” to take care of the animals.
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New River Road is being resurfaced from I-17 eastward all the way around Daisy Mountain and down to Desert Hills Drive. 27th Avenue will also be repaved, and some guardrail improvement are in the works.
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NVSO’s 2017-2018 concert season includes four performances, beginning Oct. 14 with “Russian Roundup,” featuring works by Tchaikovsky, Dmitri Shostakovich, Modeste Mussorgsky and other Russian composers.
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A brush fire near the Bumble Bee exit of I-17 Saturday afternoon burned at least 20 acres and caused a backup on the interstate that reached 7 miles long.
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The Anthem Country Club Community Association is considering raising dues in January and is also looking at instituting a quarter percent fee that would be collected at closing on properties sold. The latter fee, which would amount to $750 on a $300,000 home, would be in addition to a similar quarter percent fee that the Anthem Community Council collects on the sale of every home in Anthem.
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