Linda Gross
Writer, photographer. Passionate foodie, lover of good books and storytelling. Lives in Globe. Plays in the historic district. Travels when possible.
Linda Gross
February 24, 2018
Government
Gila County employees turned out this morning to spearhead a clean up of the Pinal Cemetery. Although the call was put out for a community-wide volunteer effort, the workforce this morning wielding rakes, hoes and wheelbarrows was largely all county employees, including Supervisors Cline and Humphrey and Gila County Manager, …
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Linda Gross
February 18, 2018
Education
Recently I watched a video by photojournalist Damaso Reyes for the News Literacy Project as he spoke to students about ways to spot fake news. In the lecture by Reyes, he identifies six simple checks on reality that everyone can follow in judging the news they see on line. I’ve …
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Linda Gross
February 2, 2018
Op-Ed/Letters
The president’s recent State of the Union Address was the third longest SOTU address by an American president since 1966 coming in a 89 minutes. The longest was Bill Clinton and the shortest was Ronald Regan. While all presidents get to take center stage without taking questions or responding to …
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Linda Gross
January 9, 2018
History, The Visitors View
Chrysotile, Arizona was home to one of Arizona’s most prolific asbestos mines in the early 1900s. At the time there were over a hundred and fifty of these mines found throughout Central Arizona, largely concentrated in the Salt River region. Collectively they produced some 75,000 tons of asbestos from 1913 …
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Linda Gross
November 11, 2017
Arts & Entertainment
“How delightful that in an era as crude as ours this finely composed novel stretches out with old-World elegance.” —The Washington Post A Gentleman in Moscow shows what one can accomplish in a crumbling world with the right attitude about changing fortunes. The hero of the book, Count Alexander Rostov …
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Linda Gross
October 4, 2017
Announcements, Living
The United Fund of Globe Miami hosted their kick off breakfast this morning at Cobre Valley Country Club where they announced the 2018 recipients. It was a packed house despite the early morning breakfast hour with members of the 20+ agencies represented, along with community leaders and major stakeholders. The …
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Linda Gross
July 27, 2017
Announcements, Living
This year’s recipients of the Globe-Miami Community Investment Fund were announced at Freeport’s 3rd Quarter Partnership meeting in Globe. The fund, established in 2012, has distributed $1,326,000 to this region and is governed by a board made up of local community leaders representing diverse organizations and two FMI representatives. The …
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Linda Gross
July 19, 2017
Business, Health&Spirit
*Note: This article corrects an error in the recent print edition of our Summer issue which stated the grant for the project was $25,000. It should have read $2,500. GLOBE- It is one woman’s tribute to libraries―and the Miami Memorial Library, to be precise. Artist Patty Sjolin put in 100 hours over …
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Linda Gross
June 23, 2017
Government
The City of Globe declared a State of Emergency last night during a special meeting held at City Hall. The declaration allows for more legal and operational latitude by Mayor and Council in managing the very real threat of flooding which the City is facing as a result of the Pinal …
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Linda Gross
June 22, 2017
Announcements, Government
The question is not if flooding will occur, but when it will come and how much damage it may do. At a community meeting in Globe Tuesday night, experts from multiple agencies and local government addressed the threat of flooding in this area as a result of the fire which burned over …
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