August 21, 2004

The group that handles all 911 calls for Scottsdale now has more room and better technology to do its job.

IRVINE, Calif. - Scott Flanders, who has professional experience in direct marketing and Internet distribution, has been named chief executive and president of Freedom Communications Inc., the Irvine-based media company that owns the East Valley & Scottsdale Tribune.

The Scottsdale Police Department, long plagued by radio “dead zones,” is getting a model on how to build a better communications system from its new sibling, the city fire department.

He used to throw pots at summer camp. Then he became a talent agent. But today Jonathan Adler is best known for his whimsical, handcrafted line of home decor accessories. He got his big break when Barneys in New York agreed to sell his work.

General Dynamics’ Decision Systems unit in Scottsdale is competing for contracts potentially worth more than $1 billion to produce small radios that could be embedded in the uniforms or body armor of future soldiers.

The Psalmist said of the creator, "I shall laud you because in a fear-inspiring way I am wonderfully made." (Psalm 139:14.) Indeed, the more we learn about the human body, the more we find ourselves in awe of the creator's handiwork.

State senators voted Monday to put a roadblock in the path of state officials who want to talk to customers and constituents in their native languages.

Scottsdale officials have tentatively selected one of the world’s foremost stadiumdesign firms to sketch plans for a baseball training facility for the San Francisco Giants.

Scottsdale will unveil designs next week proposed to transform the city’s oldest golf course into a spring training facility for the San Francisco Giants, leaving little doubt as to whether the city can build in the nearby flood plain.

Dana (Mason) Berchman has been hired as the town of Gilbert’s first communications manager and chief digital officer. Berchman will begin April 9.

NEW YORK - The old Army slogan ‘‘Be All That You Can Be’’ might as well be the motto of the cell phone industry today. Virtually every new device on the market comes packed with as many features as possible.

General Dynamics’ Decision Systems unit in Scottsdale is competing for contracts potentially worth more than $1 billion to produce small radios that could be embedded in the uniforms or body armor of future soldiers.

Tyler Larson, a second-year multimedia student at the East Valley Institute of Technology and senior at Mesa’s Mountain View High School, recently designed the winning logo for the Encanto Garden of Dreams.

When you are a member of a military family, you get good at adapting to change. And no one knows this better than Christian (a lieutenant commander in the Canadian Navy), his wife, Karin, and their two young sons. The family has traveled across the country, adjusting to many new homes, schools and surroundings along the way.

Intel Corp. engineers in Chandler have designed a next generation line of microprocessors for advanced cell phones and wireless personal digital assistants that will give them new capabilities such as 3-D game playing and full motion video conferencing.

For the fifth year in a row, Phoenix has been designated a "Playful City" because of its commitment to creating opportunities for kids to play throughout the city.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The $100 laptop computers that Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers want to get into the hands of the world's children would be durable, flexible and self-reliant.

Representatives from more than 30 businesses and community organizations met Sept. 15 in recognition of their role in the new Tempe/Kyrene Business Advisory Council, a program designed to partner the business and education communities in order to achieve community goals.

Representatives from more than 30 businesses and community organizations met Sept. 15 in recognition of their role in the new Tempe/Kyrene Business Advisory Council, a program designed to partner the business and education communities in order to achieve community goals.

Representatives from more than 30 businesses and community organizations met Sept. 15 in recognition of their role in the new Tempe/Kyrene Business Advisory Council, a program designed to partner the business and education communities in order to achieve community goals.

The five proposed designs for Arizona’s entry in the U.S. Mint’s “50 State Quarters” series, formally unveiled Thursday in Washington D.C., portray a State Quarter Commission in a struggle against the inevitable.

Mesa planning officials have approved the design of a new regional base at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport for U.S. Forest Service wildland firefighting operations.