A Righteous Affair: Saluting the End of An Era and Saying Farewell to the Apache Drive-In By: Jenn Walker & Linda Gross More than a week ago, the Globe Miami Times hosted the Final Salute to the Apache Drive-In. As a publisher, we are still catching our breath. But now …
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Passenger Train Arrives In Miami, AZ
This morning passengers flooded the Old Depot in downtown Globe, Az to board the Copper Spike for a special VIP trip to Miami and back. Over 150 people, made up of mostly local media, area merchants, and political and community leaders found seats throughout the train’s five passenger cars. The …
Read More »Remembering Miami’s Keystone Motel
As Globe-Miami bordellos go, there were none as famous as Miami’s Keystone Motel which operated more-or-less in the open until it was shut down in 1962 after an unfortunate ad placed in the yellow pages from an over zealous manager brought it down. Miami historian and master story teller, John …
Read More »Douglas Miles: Artist, Activist, Apache
His work adorns the walls of museums and collectors as far away as the Smithsonian, and as close to home as the local skate park out at San Carlos. As a fine artist, the work of Douglas Miles—artist, Apache and activist—is hard to peg. His recent venture into skateboard graphics …
Read More »The Man Behind the Fireworks: Jim Grider
This July 4th, Globe-Miami will be treated once again to a spectacular fireworks display, courtesy of Phelps Dodge Corporation, and Jim Grider, our very own Fire Master; a man who has been lighting up the skies for fifty years. Rivaling fireworks shows in the Valley, the local show involves over …
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