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‘Big train’ operators open homes to displays.
Sunday, December 4, 2022
Group home’s location riles Gilbert neighbors BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor
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ames DeVary said he used to bring his two children, ages 2 and 4, to the Gilbert neighborhood park’s tot lot regularly – but nowadays they steer clear away from it. “I’ve stopped going to the park because of this house and because of the tenants,” DeVary said. “We don’t want any issues with the residents. They leave the house, sit on
the picnic bench and hang out and drink.” The house in question, on West Johnson Drive in Dave Brown Country Estates, is an adult behavioral health group home and sits next to the park. DeVary and his family live four houses away. “I see a ton of police, at least once a month if not more,” DeVary said. He backed up his claim with a Gilbert Police premise history search showing 25 calls for service to the location from April to Oc-
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tober. The calls included aggravated assault, assault and disorderly conduct. They also include calls of suspicious person, illegal parking and suspicious vehicle. The operator said the group home is legal and not breaking any laws. Nonetheless, DeVary and two of his neighbors int eh community near Ray and Cooper
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A tree grows in Gilbert
Gilbert Realtor couple becoming local pub owners.
BY KEN SAIN GSN Staff Writer
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arents’ rights advocates in Arizona are celebrating huge gains, both in the Legislature and at the ballot box for governing board members. Purple for People, a conservative parental-rights organization, endorsed 38 candidates in November’s school board elections across Arizona and unofficial results show that 20 of them won seats – including two in Scottsdale, one each in Gilbert’s two main districts, one in Chandler and one in Mesa. “We’re very happy,” said Michelle Dillard, president of Purple for Parents. “It’s great to have school board
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Though the Gilbert Sister Cities Friendship Garden has been opened since, June it needed a formal unveiling that included Alderman Stephen Ross, the new west mayor of Antrim and Newtownabbey, Ireland. Ross, right, joined Gilbert Sister Cities President Greg Tilque and Mayor Brigette Peterson recently to plant a tree near the garden in Gilbert Regional Park. (David Minton/GSN Staff Photographer)
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