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The watchword in education of late has been access.

By carving out one’s path in life, adversity often has a way of throwing a wrench in the best laid plans. Local centenarian John Bestall is certainly no stranger to adversity.

For more than 10 years, a few people who have one thing in common have been meeting at the closest thing to a Parisian sidewalk café that Tempe has to offer—P. Croissant.

It comes as no surprise that teenagers are in the high-risk category for accidents related to the use of alcohol.

It might have been hard to do, but planners of last year’s Tempe Oktoberfest were quick to admit their miscalculation: bringing in professionals to stage the popular downtown fest was akin to New Coke’s marketing fiasco.

The public meetings are over and the online-comment period has ended.

In a world where everyone with a smartphone is a reporter, a story is going to be told with every interaction between the police and citizens.

There’s nothing quite as lonesome as being the kid at school who has no one to play with.