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4 days ago | inmaricopa.com | Monica Spencer

Maricopa Police Department this afternoon hosted an informational meeting on developing neighborhood watch groups in subdivisions around the city. The meeting was initiated by some recent crime around the city, but Community Support Specialist Jim DeVenezia said the department was also due for another meeting. “With some of the latest activities, some of the shootings in particular, it was suggested to me to do a neighborhood watch update,” DeVenezia told InMaricopa.

5 days ago | inmaricopa.com | Elias Weiss

(First InMaricopa) A shooting occurred yesterday evening at the entrance to The Lakes at Rancho El Dorado, the Maricopa Police Department confirmed to InMaricopa. This marks the sixth shooting in May. Shots were fired at 7:20 p.m. at the intersection of Chase Drive and Smith-Enke Road. Police say it may have stemmed from a road-rage altercation that unfolded through the western portion of The Lakes and ended in gunfire near the subdivision entrance.

5 days ago | inmaricopa.com | Elias Weiss

Have you guys heard about the new shopping center being built across from Walmart? Legacy on Porter promises to bring Maricopa’s second Goodwill, its second Chipotle and its second Jersey Mike’s. Basically, if variety is the spice of life, this plaza is a plain tortilla.

5 days ago | inmaricopa.com | Monica Spencer

The Pinal County Board of Supervisors hit the “paws” button Wednesday on commercial dog breeding kennel permits in Thunderbird Farms. Supervisors voted 4-1 to return special use permit requests from Abbott’s German Shepherds to the Pinal County Planning and Zoning Commission, citing new stipulations that had not been approved by the commission. The zoning board will review the issue again during a June 19 meeting. The board of supervisors will hear the requests again July 2.

6 days ago | inmaricopa.com | Monica Spencer

It could be the end of an era for one popular ice cream brand with a presence in Maricopa. After 85 years as a West Coast frozen dessert mainstay, Thrifty Ice Cream’s future has become uncertain amid drug store Rite Aid filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this month. That plan includes selling off most of its assets, including the El Monte, Calif., Thrifty brand. Philadelphia-based Rite Aid purchased the ice cream brand in 1996 when it acquired parent company Thrifty PayLess for $2.3 billion.