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Town’s approval of big Keeping on truckin’ house angers neighbors BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor
COMMUNITY........... 24 A four-legged member of the Gilbert Fire is a top investigator.
BUSINESS................. 29 A french cookie maker is aims for Gilbert’s sweet tooth.
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eresa Welker said she has lived on Melrose Street in southeast Gilbert for 13 blissful years. “It’s a wonderful neighborhood,” Welker said. “As you turn off of Germann, there’s a tree-lined street with beautiful trees. “You turn on Melrose Street and there’s a row of houses with acre lots, big front yards, spacious generous
Perry’s star guard is an All-American athlete. COMMUNITY.............................24 BUSINESS ..................................29 SPORTS ...................................... 32 GETOUT .....................................36 CLASSIFIEDS ........................... 40
space in between homes to give you that relaxed, open feeling that we all love and at the end of the street is the cul-de-sac ensuring that our street is quiet and for residential use. Kids have the security to walk across the street (and) be outside.” But a potential party house under construction on that cul-de-sac on Melrose Street threatens their quality of life, Welker and other residents in
see MELROSE page 4
Adventure is over for go-kart park project BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor
SPORTS..................... 32
Sunday, February 5, 2023
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andy Nelson said he was sitting outside on his patio one day just listening to the birds’ chirping. “That’s the biggest activity of the day,” he said last week, recalling that he thought, “And the time is coming soon, it’s not going to work.” Since 2021, Nelson and a group of his neighbors have unsuccessfully
fought against San Tan Adventure Park, a planned outdoor venue featuring 22 gas-powered go-karts that they said would pollute the air, emit deafening noise and bring in more traffic. Construction was scheduled to begin early this year but instead council this Tuesday, Feb. 7, is expected to cancel a lease with the project’s developer SAP Holdings. According to the town,
see GO-KART page 10
If 5-year-old Aria Hartman looks like she’s having a good time as her mother Jennifer Hartman photographs her atop a commercial lawn mower, you’re right. So were hundreds of other kids sharing that delight during the Truck-A-Palooza presented by Earnhardt Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram on Jan. 28 at Gilbert Regional Park. The kids had a chance to get hands-on experiences as they “inspected” a wide assortment of trucks and commercial equipment. For more photos that depict that delight, see page 14. (David Minton/GSN Staff Photographer)
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