It’s signed, sealed and delivered. The home of your dreams is now a reality and you’re ready to decorate, entertain, and nest. Then suddenly, the dream turns into a nightmare. The air conditioning unit crashes — right in the middle of the July swelter. When else?

A lacrosse stick is a simple piece of equipment: a metal pole, a plastic head and some coarse netting.

Used to be, a foreclosure was something people seldom spoke about. Today, times have changed. Right now is the ideal time to buy a new home with record lows in mortgage rates and an increase in available, affordable homes. But if you’ve got a foreclosure or short sale on the books, you might be asking — how long before we can buy again?

Students from the Tempe Union High School District cannot only earn their high school diploma while in school, but also an associate’s degree.

The students of the month for Pride, Purpose and Performance for December and January at Mountain Pointe High School in Ahwatukee are pictured with assistant principal Mark Keller, left to right: Joan Martinez, Martina Enriquez, Ethan Gage, Austyn Skulkan, Allyson Whittaker, and Kylie Armstrong.

When speaking about business success it doesn’t come from one individual.

Frank Hanson, a Tempe resident who works at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage, 301 W. Warner Road, is celebrating 40 years in real estate in Ahwatukee and Tempe.

Selling season is upon us — does your home have its best foot forward? Or, do you still need to be convinced that now is finally the time to place your home on the market?

Jeff Bryant and Joe Campbell admit they heard it more than once when they decided to open Desert Eagle Brewery in downtown Mesa last October.

Please join us in welcoming our newest chamber members:

The number of distressed homes listed for sale in Ahwatukee was 52 percent lower on Feb. 1 when compared to the year earlier, based on data from the Arizona Regional Multiple Listing Service.

When Bill Keller landed a store manager’s job with Dillard’s department store in the Valley 34 years ago, his wife, Dianne, said she wasn’t excited about moving to Arizona, much less Mesa — from Minneapolis.

It's supposed to be a parody of itself, right?

When Bill Keller landed a manager’s job with Dillard’s department store in the Valley 34 years ago, his wife, Dianne, said she wasn’t excited about moving to Arizona, much less Mesa — from Minneapolis.

Barry Kramer, operating principal and designated broker of Keller Williams Realty Sonoran Living with offices in Ahwatukee, was recently sited by REAL Trends, Inc. as one of only 17 firms in America to achieve growth in all key areas of brokerage operational performance. REAL Trends is a trends and research firm in the residential brokerage industry in North America and annually publishes rankings of the leading brokerage firms and sales professionals.

Phoenix has Stand Up Live Comedy Theater. Jester’Z is in Scottsdale. And Mesa’s home to the National Comedy Theater.

If the Ahwatukee Foothills community knows one thing, it’s how to stand in resilience and maintain hope.

Please join us in welcoming our newest members to the Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce:

A benefit concert in honor of the late Trenton Keller, a sophomore at Desert Vista High School who died last month, will be hosted at Mountain Park Community Church this Saturday.

Edward Rutherford has been writing historical sagas for more than 20 years but I just discovered him this summer with “New York, the Novel (2009).” After a passionate reading, I wanted heartily to recommend but hesitated — would most readers consider it “old news?” However, when Hurricane Sandy recently ravaged the East Coast, I felt compelled to do the review as it certainly wrote another chapter in the history of this amazing American city from 1664 to the year 2009.

Memorial and viewing services for Trenton Keller will be at Mountain Park Community Church tomorrow, beginning at noon.

High school student Trenton Keller, 16, was found dead by family members early morning Sunday.

Julia Roberts chews up the scenery and spits it back out again with great brio in her first truly villainous role as the evil Queen in "Mirror Mirror."