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🌱 What Buckeye’s council will decide on $3.38 million in police grants

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Hello Buckeye! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • What Buckeye’s council will decide on $3.38 million in police grants
  • How a new leader could shape Buckeye’s massive Teravalis community
  • Why Buckeye’s mayor says Valley commutes beat almost every big city

Also on today's calendar: Movies In The Park and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Breezy in the morning; sunny, with a high of 97 and low of 73 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Breezy in the morning; sunny, temps: high: 97, low: 73.
  • Sunday: Sunny, windy and hot, with a high of 100 and low of 75 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Buckeye seeks $3.38 million for two new police units (inbuckeye.com) — Buckeye is pursuing $3.38 million in grants to launch two specialized police units, and the City Council will decide whether to ratify the applications on Oct. 6. One unit would target street crimes with a K-9 team, while another would focus on opioid and substance use, though long-term staffing costs after the grants expire remain uncertain.
   

• Howard Hughes names Kaminski President of Arizona region (housingwire.com) — A major leadership change is underway for Teravalis, the massive master-planned community rising in Buckeye, as Howard Hughes promotes Kate Kaminski to lead its Arizona region. She’ll guide strategy, development, and infrastructure as the project moves from planning into active homebuilding and future commercial growth, shaping long-term housing, jobs, and services on Buckeye’s western edge.
   

• How the Valley Said Yes to Development and No to Traffic Delays (inbusinessphx.com) — Buckeye residents are benefiting from decades of regional transportation planning that have kept Valley commute times among the best in the country, according to new data. Buckeye Mayor Eric Orsborn, who chairs the MAG Regional Council, says Proposition 479 would extend this progress by funding future projects to manage congestion as the region continues to grow.
   

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  • So, to air fry or not?
    This is my question. I am debating getting an air fryer. But is it worth it and which make is the best. I've read and researched so now im taking a… (Nextdoor Verrado)
  • If anyone had lost this sweet uncut female pitty she has now been picked up by Hartt.
    She had been hanging out for over two months in this area. I fed and kept her watered have tried multiple times to find owner. I didn’t know how… (Nextdoor Beloat / Verrado)
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  • Panera Bread posted a job opening for Catering Lead in Buckeye. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Buckeye here.

🗞 Nearby News

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  • Former U.S. Women's Open winner who made USGA history dies at 93 (usatoday.com)

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  • INSIGHTS: A Bridge to Better Governance (icma.org)
  • Goodyear bee attack sends person to hospital with more than 100 stings (fresnobee.com)
  • Four-star edge rusher Jalanie George commits to Wisconsin, Luke Fickell (jsonline.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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