Author Donna Anderson is a former newspaper woman with a naturally curious mind, making her the perfect person to pull together an ambitious book on Globe, Arizona for the city’s centennial celebration in 2008. The book A History of Globe, Arizona covers the first hundred-plus years of the city’s history, …
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Fond memories of Woolworth: The Man and his legacy.
*Originally published in the Summer of 2010 and reproduced for web in 2012. “ Frank Woolworth won a fortune, not by showing how little could be sold for so much but how much could be sold for little.” New York Times 1919 The year was 1997 and the retail giant, …
Read More »The Final Salute to Globe-Miami’s Apache Drive-In
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 …
Read More »The Last Single Screen Drive-In Closes
This fall, Globe’s Apache Drive-In will close its gates on September 28. As the state’s last drive-in, with a capacity of just 200 cars, it has outlasted most. Within the last 25 years, Arizona has had all but two of its nearly 50 drive-ins close one by one. The Apache …
Read More »Photo Workshop Features Globe Locations
The 1st annual Globe Photography Workshop hosted by Globe Miami Times was held on April 19,20 and 21st of this year and featured eight shooting locations and a half dozen models. The workshop was designed to offer up some of Globe’s unique locations which help to define this area and make them accessible …
Read More »DRIFT INN: A Saloon success story
By: Bill Norman When Washington, D.C., residents Lisa Brazil and Eileen Townsend decided they were going to move out west and buy a business, one thing they agreed on was that they would never, ever consider owning a bar. Today they’ve been proud co-owners of the Drift Inn Saloon in …
Read More »Kip Culver: Caring for Downtown
Cities outgrew them long ago and towns have over looked them in a rush to attract box stores and strip malls. Yet memories of a time when the main streets of our childhood literally held the lifeblood in the community is one reason why nearly 30 years ago the National …
Read More »Local EDC Stone Deaf and Dead Wrong
Because our leaders won’t listen, we have taken the democratic option available to citizens in this country to force the City, our elected leaders who should be listening to the voters, but aren’t - to put it to a vote on the next regularly scheduled election.
Read More »A Walk Around Globe: The Stairs
In an age where shopping malls and super highways rule our lives, the downtown district of Globe, with its “Main Street” of small shops, walk-able sidewalks, park benches and local traffic is something locals may take for granted, but visitors find charming. It’s more human scale satisfies the senses. Since moving to …
Read More »Photo Gallery of Tex-Mex Festival
” menu_order=”0″ order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] Linda GrossWriter, photographer. Passionate foodie, lover of good books and storytelling. Lives in Globe. Plays in the historic district. Travels when possible.
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