This Week in AJ #3: Impact Fees, Halloween Weekend, and Bingo Mondays
City Hall kept it quiet this week. Halloween is about to fix that. Here is what matters, and what is coming up. City Hall: impact fees stand pat The public…
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Halloween in Apache Junction 2026: Every Party, Haunt, and Trunk-or-Treat
Cooler weather has arrived, along with all the fall and Halloween festivals. Let’s get outdoors and feel like humans again. Plenty of things going on — pick what you like…
Paws 4 Life Starts Taking Down the Rings
Paws 4 Life has started dismantling its training grounds at the old Apache Junction dog track. In a post to the group’s Facebook page Sunday, volunteer Tom Joseph wrote that…
Run the Real Numbers: Our 55+ Cost Calculator Is Live
Thinking about a winter place in Apache Junction? We built the tool we kept wanting for you. It runs a park home in a 55+ community against a stick-built house,…
MGC Fitness Floor Closed Oct. 19–23 for New Equipment
The upstairs fitness area at the Multi-Generational Center will be closed Monday, October 19 through Friday, October 23, while the city replaces the strength equipment. Everything else at the MGC…
Paws 4 Life Needs a New Home
Paws 4 Life, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, has to move. Right now, they have nowhere to go. This one is personal for me. My mother has volunteered for Paws 4 Life…
This Week in AJ #2: Camera Rules, Flood Maps, and a Busy Weekend
The big local news this week is about cameras, flood maps, and road work. The fun news is that October is packed. Here is what matters, and what is coming…
Welcome to Apache Junction 411: Your New Community Hub
Hey — welcome to Apache Junction 411. I’m Frank. I live out here in the East Valley, and I started 411 for a simple reason: Apache Junction deserves better than…
This Week in AJ #1: Cameras, Construction, and Halloween Plans
Welcome to the first-ever This Week in AJ — a quick roundup of what’s happening around town. Every week, same deal: the decisions, the construction, the openings, and what’s coming…