On Dec. 23, 1883, the Salt River rose 14 feet after what seemed like a never-ending rain, tearing out the dam and headgate of the Grand Canal. The Phoenix Gazette described the flood as “an ocean of water pouring down Salt River.” Jenn WalkerJenn Walker began writing for Globe Miami Times in …
Read More »Globe Miami Times is now covering Globe City Council meetings on a regular basis. We will provide highlights of each meeting, and return to key issues at a later date with in-depth reports. As always, we invite you to weigh in on any of the issues! Dec. 16 highlights: City passed its annual compliance inspection …
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This article is part of our ongoing ‘Git Er Done Award Series Updated Dec. 15, 2014 at bottom of page For another year in a row, vehicles decked out in Christmas lights made their rounds on the streets of downtown Globe last night. Even in the pelting rain, the sidewalks were …
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While the Orion spacecraft launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida yesterday morning, 20 kids built and launched their own rockets at Globe Public Library, thanks to a little help from Globe’s TigeRobotics team. Jenn WalkerJenn Walker began writing for Globe Miami Times in 2012 and has been …
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Household Hazardous Waste Drop-Off This Saturday Imagine swimming in a thick pool of household cleaners and fertilizers. It would be an awful experience, if not a deadly one. Yet, every time this stuff winds up down the sink, toilet, drain, or gutter, it is very well on its way to …
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And continues to grow from small beginnings ******* Before the Center for the Arts became the dazzling white gem of Broad Street, serving both as the creative pulse of this community and the core of so many events, it was on its way to becoming one of downtown Globe’s forgotten …
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If you see Lori, the Czech German Shepard, in public, you might look twice. You might spot her in the supermarket, sitting patiently in an aisle with the end of her leash hanging loosely over the side of a shopping cart or on the floor next to her. Ken Matthews, …
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Everything Olga Rogers knows about traditional Slavic cooking, she learned from her grandmother as a child on a farm in what was formerly Yugoslavia. There, in a small, rural village called Boca Kotor, there was no shortage of livestock – they had ducks, cows, sheep, chickens, and goats abundant. Growing …
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Though old mining towns like Globe and Miami have been around only for a little over a century, the stories they have to offer history are endless. Arguably one of this area’s most prominent storytellers is Christine Marin, a Globe-Miami native, prolific writer, historian, former archivist, professor emeritus, and recipient …
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Serving his last term in Congress, Miami native reflects on life in politics. ********** After 23 years serving in office, congressman Ed Pastor (D-Ariz), member of the 113th Congress, is cleaning house. With his last day in office approaching at the end of the year, the representative of the Seventh …
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