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Volume • Number July ,
The Voice of Marana, Oro Valley and Northwest Tucson
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Back to school
Looking forward to a fresh start | Special section
Inside
Familiar face is new principal
This Week
New Picture Rocks Elementary School principal Vanessa Scafede puts students first. See the backto-school section inside for a profile of Scafede. (Vanessa Scafede/ Submitted)
LIVEN UP ...................10 Take a journey with Voyager at Live! at Old Tucson
SPORTS .....................22 Looking forward with some hope; things could be worse. HOT PICKS.....................................4 HEALTH.........................................21 HOROSCOPE/CROSSWORD.......23 WORSHIP/CLASSIFIEDS ........... 24
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ro Valley is constructing a temporary pedestrian entrance into Naranja Park on the north side of Naranja Drive, its access point directly across
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the road from the scene of a March 17 accident that claimed the life of a teen girl. The path, winding through mesquites into the park, is short-term because Oro Valley and
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BY TUCSON LOCAL MEDIA STAFF he town of Oro Valley issued permits for 119 single-family homes during the fiscal year that ended June 30, according to Permitting Manager David Laws. That total is 52 fewer than Oro Valley’s 171-permit projection for the 12-month period. It’s the fewest single-family permits in at least four years. Oro Valley issued 275 permits in fiscal 2019-’20; 497 permits, a 15-year high, in 2020-’21; and 199 permits in fiscal 2021-’22. In his message accompanying the 2022’23 budget, then-Interim Town Manager Chris Cornelison explained the slowing
Interim walk path coming to Naranja Park BY DAVE PERRY
119 home permits issued last fiscal year
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