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Well Groomed Pets is a luxury grooming boutique, offering bathing packages and grooming services, with an emphasis on wellness checks. They are located at 20062 S. Ellsworth Road, at Ellsworth and Queen Creek roads, in the new Costco shopping center.

The Maricopa County Parks and Recreation Department will initiate its annual fire ban on Wednesday, May 1. The annual fire ban dates align with the Air Quality Department's burn activity regulations. Under these regulations, outdoor recreational fires are prohibited within Area A's boundaries between May 1 and Sept. 30. This area encompasses all of Maricopa County's regional parks. 

Blue Watermelon Project’s Feeding the Future event is a culinary contest that challenges students to create healthy, great-tasting meals to bring awareness to the school nutrition industry. Students work with local chefs and school mentors to craft a school lunch tray that meets the financial and nutritional standards of the National School Lunch Program.

Preschool prepares children with the necessary skills needed to be successful in their next steps. Queen Creek Unified School District offers full- and half-day options for preschool. For the upcoming school year, five district elementary schools will be offering preschool.

The new Collaborative will build off existing efforts and explore comprehensive and interconnected Fair Chance approaches, including job training, placement, hiring and retention, as well as resources for housing, healthcare, financial health, entrepreneurial training and other needs of justice-involved individuals.

Arizona law requires that all municipalities adopt an annual, balanced budget. The Fiscal Year 2024-25 budget totals $723.8 million, a 17% decrease from the Fiscal Year 2023-24 budget. Nearly 60% of the budget is for infrastructure investments, including $159.7 million to continue progress related to transportation improvements.

Public input sought through May 17. Next meeting in Phoenix is on Tuesday, April 30.

The program provides an opportunity each month for one student from each of the San Tan Valley school district's eight schools to be recognized for demonstrating one of the various pillars of the Character Counts program.

This event is made possible through BISSELL Pet Foundation’s “Empty the Shelters” initiative.

Queen Creek Unified School District's April Students and Employees of the Month are from Crismon High School and Queen Creek High School.