Paul Maryniak

Tempe

Executive Editor at SanTan Sun News

Executive Editor at Scottsdale Progress

Executive Editor at Gilbert Sun News

Executive Editor at The Mesa Tribune

Executive Editor at Ahwatukee Foothills News

Executive Editor at Times Media Group

Executive Editor at The Chandler Arizonan

Articles

Tempe school districts sticking with 2-2-2 calendars

1 week ago | ahwatukee.com | Paul Maryniak

When the three Tempe-based school districts began coordinating their calendars to synch two-week breaks for the fall, the Christmas holidays and spring, not all families were happy.
Phoenix begins new search for a police chief

1 week ago | thefoothillsfocus.com | Paul Maryniak

Phoenix is returning to the drawing board in search of a new police chief after announcing last week that Interim Chief Michael Sullivan has withdrawn his candidacy for the position.
Queen Creek home sellers may be losing their market edge

1 week ago | queencreektribune.com | Paul Maryniak

The good times for sellers in Queen Creek’s housing market may be coming to an end, according to data released late last week by a leading Valley analyst. In March, Phoenix Realtors data shows, Queen Creek sellers were still riding high: The median price of $684,000 for the 162 homes sold last month was 7.4% higher than the previous March and sellers for 98.2% of their asking price.
Kyrene School District policy puts Trump administration bullseye on district

1 week ago | ahwatukee.com | Paul Maryniak

Aproposed policy by Kyrene School District to address teachers’ and other staffers' social-emotional well-being has put the district on a collision course with the Trump administration and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne. And the outcome could cost the district $1.5 million this school year, according to Horne.
Panel urges Kyrene override vote this fall

1 week ago | chandlernews.com | Paul Maryniak

It was a catchy phrase that resonated throughout the room as the moderator went from table to table and, for the most part, each leader said, “5 for ’25.”Five people at almost every table, a vote for 2025 from them all. That phrase carried great import for the Kyrene School District as the Long-Range Planning Committee voted March 26 to recommend that the Governing Board next month call for a special election in November for renewal of the district’s 15% Maintenance and Operations Override.
Phoenix begins new search for a police chief

1 week ago | ahwatukee.com | Paul Maryniak

Phoenix is going back to the drawing board in a search for a new police chief after announcing last week that Interim Chief Michael Sullivan withdrew his candidacy for the job.
Tempe school districts sticking with 2-2-2 calendars

1 week ago | chandlernews.com | Paul Maryniak

When the three Tempe-based school districts began coordinating their calendars to synch two-week breaks for the fall, the Christmas holidays and spring, not all families were happy.
Kyrene teacher faces costly breast cancer battle

1 week ago | ahwatukee.com | Paul Maryniak

Friends and colleagues are rallying around a beloved Kyrene elementary school music teacher and choir director who is in the battle of – and for – her life. Brenda Mulkey, a Chandler resident who has been serving mainly Kyrene schools in Ahwatukee for 29 years, only 28 days ago was diagnosed with a rare form of breast cancer and already has racked up thousands of dollars on tests, scans – and travel-related expenses for trip to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.
Expert forecasts Tempe Union pupil decline for next 10 years

1 week ago | chandlernews.com | Paul Maryniak

Tempe Union High School District faces enrollment decline for at least the next 10 years, a demographer warned the Governing Board. Presenting an update on what has become a consistently dismal outlook the last few years, Rick Brammer of Applied Demographics told the board on April 2 that Tempe Union’s current enrollment of 11,821 will likely fall to under 9,700 students by that time. And that decline has accelerated in the last two years, he said.
Ahwatukee Recreation Center HOA members torn over buyers' fee proposal

2 weeks ago | ahwatukee.com | Paul Maryniak

An election next week on a proposed buyers' fee on the sale price for any of the approximate 1,600 homes in the Ahwatukee Recreation Center HOA has created a bitter divide among members. The HOA’s board has proposed the buyer’s fee as an alternative to an increase in annual dues or a special assessment, but even board President Andy Wangstad admits the results on April 17 “will be close” and blames it on “misinformation” spread by opponents.