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For more than a decade, Gilbert has been best-known nationally for its explosive population growth, more than tripling in size since 1995.

The fourth-graders dashed out of their portable classroom carrying bundles of fleece blankets they made for foster children and loaded them into the back of a car at Jacobson Elementary School in south Chandler.

The new Hampton Inn & Suites in Gilbert celebrated its opening with a party on Nov.

Several tax hikes and a 5 percent cut in pay for all police employees are among the recommendations Gilbert's resident-led budget subcommittees offered for balancing the town's budget.

A new 315-unit apartment complex has opened in Gilbert and its owners are marking the occasion with a free public barbecue featuring some of the town's restaurants.

Getting ready at Airia. Wild Horse Pass Casino will bring a bit of Las Vegas to the Valley when its new nightclub, Airia , opens Friday, Nov.

Paula Myers and her son Raymond Blasier hold a photo of her husband Lee at the Lund Family Hospice Home in Gilbert shortly after Lee Myers lost his battle with cancer.

Billions of dollars in voter-approved Valley freeway-expansion work will be postponed and scaled back after plummeting tax revenue forced a regional transportation panel to slash spending Wednesday night.

Puppies wait to be adopted at the Maricopa County Animal Care and Control's East Valley shelter.

Chandler opens a car dealership this week - for a brand that's actually up in sales this year.

Salesmen wait for customers at the new Subaru Superstore in Chandler. Oct. 16, 2009.

Advance tickets are on sale for the Gilbert Family Halloween Carnival, to be held 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Oct.

While retail vacancies throughout metro Phoenix continue to soar, Gilbert's SanTan Village Shopping Center, approaching its two-year anniversary this month, is having greater success staving off the current economy's maladies.

A new, multi-specialty pediatric and women's center on the Mercy Gilbert Medical Center campus will help patients and families deal with medical needs associated with high-risk pregnancies, as well as neonatal and pediatric care, and stay closer to home.

A handful of new stores opened recently in Gilbert and Queen Creek, generating more jobs and tax revenue for local communities.

The Gilbert Town Council held one of its shortest meetings of the year so far on Tuesday, starting at 7 p.m. and adjourning shortly before 9 p.m. Here are some of the items they voted on, approving all of them.

A sign along Ellsworth Road indicates where the proposed Williams Gateway Freeway would cross in Mesa.

A Gilbert psychic has challenged the town's license and permit fees and won. Paula Parris said the requirements to get a license and permit as a fortune teller in Gilbert were "excessive," costing her $1,300 more than most other businesses.

A youth soccer group is complaining that Chandler's Parks and Recreation Department is playing favorites when it doles out taxpayer-supported practice fields.

A Chandler police officer and another driver are in the hospital after an early morning car crash.