Mother’s Day is an important time of year at Fresh Start Women’s Foundation. We value moms in the highest regard and know they need to be taken care of. We believe that if you support the mom — with counseling, career services, legal assistance, higher education — you support not only that woman, but her family as well. If we can keep our moms confident, positive, and moving forward in their lives, their entire family will be impacted in a positive way.

Jennifer’s ex-boyfriend held a gun to her head when she was six months pregnant. The abuse had been going on for a while, but that was finally the moment she knew she had to get out. She waited until her son was born because she was completely on her own with no family to turn to. She fled Las Vegas with her baby, $50 and the cheapest bus ticket out of state – which was to Flagstaff. Some quick luck landed her at a shelter in Phoenix who referred her to Fresh Start Women’s Foundation for counseling and career support. Jennifer and her son are doing great now, thanks to her perseverance and strength – but there are so many like her that never make it that far.

This year’s Gilbert mayoral election pits current mayor John Lewis against former mayor Steve Berman again, in a rematch of the 2009

June 29, 2004

Members of the Gilbert Town Council will go behind closed doors today to talk about their salaries.

September 6, 2004

The Gilbert Town Council is scheduled Tuesday to go behind closed doors to discuss a previously approved $60 million auto mall incentive package.

Kathy Langdon, president and CEO of Gilbert’s Chamber of Commerce, is known for her unusual chair: a round exercise ball.

Gilbert pool owners who install a secondary fence around their pools will be offered a rebate on the cost of the fence permit, under a change approved Tuesday by the Town Council.

Mother’s Day is an important time of year at Fresh Start Women’s Foundation. We value moms in the highest regard and know they need to be taken care of. We believe that if you support a mother — with counseling, career services, legal assistance, higher education — you support not only that woman, but her family as well. If we can keep our moms confident, positive, and moving forward in their lives, their entire family will be impacted in a positive way.

Mother’s Day is an important time of year at Fresh Start Women’s Foundation. We value moms in the highest regard and know they need to be taken care of. We believe that if you support a mother — with counseling, career services, legal assistance, higher education — you support not only that woman, but her family as well. If we can keep our moms confident, positive, and moving forward in their lives, their entire family will be impacted in a positive way.

The Gilbert Chamber of Commerce urged the Town Council in a joint meeting Tuesday to deflect future recalls or referendums.

Dozens of strangers Tuesday came to the aid of a Gilbert woman facing foreclosure over homeowners association dues, offering cash and free legal representation.

A Gilbert homeowners association is moving to seize the home of a single mother with terminal breast cancer to recoup $1,000 in legal fees.

An ordinance that would have prohibited businesses from leaving advertising fliers at homes with "no soliciting" signs was rejected Tuesday night by the Gilbert Town Council.

Gilbert Town Council members on Tuesday raised concerns about the penalty for a proposed restriction on door fliers.

The Gilbert Town Council is prepared to violate state law to protest a new plan that diverts a portion of municipal court revenue to the state coffers.

Four men are on a mission to promote health and wellness through the growth of local triathlons. “We plan on doing this by increasing awareness of the sport, sponsoring races and athletes, and supporting youth development,” said Marc Rubin, a Scottsdale attorney and one of the founders of Tri-Scottsdale Foundation.

Relatives of the victim in a high-profile murder case about to go to trial sought, but didn't get, permission to sit in on a closed Gilbert Town Council session Tuesday regarding the case.

Since he was a young boy, the director of Eagles Aerie School has looked up to firefighters as heroes. “It’s every boy’s dream to be a fireman,” director Tim Peak said.

What a difference six weeks and more than 6,000 signatures make. The Gilbert Town Council voted 7-0 Tuesday night to rescind three tax hikes that the same council approved on a 5-2 vote June 30. The reversal came as the city was faced with a voter referendum drive that seemed certain to at least put tax collections on hold.

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Tim Coughlin couldn’t live with one. Now he’s frustrated without one.