PORTLAND, Maine — There's no smoke and mirrors about it — Americans are eating a lot more smoked seafood than they used to.

You wouldn’t know it from all the parking lots and shopping centers in our immediate vicinity, but out on the fringe of suburbia, acres of peaches are growing fat and juicy in the warm spring sunshine.

Here is the 2013 Gilbert All-District boys and girls track and field team as determined by the Gilbert city meet results:

Here is the 2013 Gilbert All-District boys and girls tennis teams as voted on by the district’s tennis coaches:

The Gilbert Unified School District governing board failed to approve Tuesday night future discussion about placing a budget override renewal on the November 2013 ballot.

2013 Track and Field state Championships

What a difference a year makes.

The first round of the Division I state baseball tournament saw several upsets on Saturday.

This is Year 2 of the new 24-team playoff field in baseball, and it went off without a hitch in Division I last season.

Updated baseball rankings, as of April 23:

Josh Webster pitched a complete game, allowing just one run on seven hits to lead host Mesquite to a 4-1 victory over Hamilton on Friday.

Mattie Merrell pitched a complete game, two-hitter, while also hitting a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning to lead host Queen Creek to a 2-1 victory over Higley on Thursday.

2013 Team tennis state tournament

Down two runs in the bottom of the seventh, Hamilton’s Ryan Peep smacked a walk off two-run double to propel the Huskies baseball team to a 7-6 comeback victory over visiting Horizon on Tuesday.

Updated baseball rankings, as of April 15:

Most people know what it’s like to pull up a chair at a family reunion or holiday meal, but not many have tucked their toes under the table at a community harvest feast. Several local art and community organizations are hoping to change that with Saturday’s “Feast on the Street” in downtown Phoenix.

Rick McConnell didn’t intend to spend the last 28 years coaching boys basketball at Dobson.

Desert Vista used a big fifth inning to defeat visiting Mesquite, 11-5, in a Division I softball game Friday.

Here are the East Valley high school varsity football schedules for 2013. This list will be continuously updated.