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NEWS................................. 5 GPS board member Reed Carr resigning.
COMMUNITY..........12 2 Classical Academy teens earn prestigious honor.
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Sunday, May 2, 2021
Region mourns slain officer, prays for second BY CECILIA CHAN And KEVIN REAGAN GSN Staff Writers
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rizona this weekend was mourning the loss of a veteran Chandler police officer who was killed in the line of duty during the deadly climax of a chase that began in Eloy and ended at a Gilbert auto multiplex. And at the Gilbert Sun News’ deadline, Gilbert police and officials also were praying for an unidentified Gilbert officer who was critically injured in the incident. Officer Christopher Farrar, an 18-year veteran Chandler policeman who had been assigned to the
Christopher Farrar
Town considers Heritage District height exemption
K9 division, was struck and killed by an unidentified man who had stolen a pickup truck in Pinal County the evening of April 29. The suspect is in custody. “Every day he came to work, he made a difference,” an emotional Chandler Police Chief Sean Duggan said of Officer Farrar at a pre-dawn press conference Friday. “In the course of 18 years, he touched many lives. “So I just ask that you keep Chris’ family in your prayers and just take a moment and remember and be mindful of the brave men and women who are out there daily helping to keep our community
Vroom, vroom!
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BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor
BUSINESS................. 18 Pair of brothers sweeten Gilbert’s business scene..
COMMUNITY........................................12 BUSINESS............................................. 18 SPORTS....................................... 22 GETOUT......................................26 CLASSIFIED..........................................28
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he Brundrett Family, which owns Norwood Furniture in the Heritage District, has big plans for three vacant parcels near the Town’s iconic 130-foot-tall water tower. They envision a four-story building housing a groundfloor restaurant, offices and a rooftop deck bar, sandwiched between their furniture store and the Farmhouse Restaurant. The 0.365-acre infill site is near the southwest corner
see BRUNDRETT page 8
SECTION COMING MAY 30TH!
Gilbert Elementary fifth graders Brooklyn Anaya, left, and Kyle Cuevas, joined their classmates last week in making and racing electric cars courtesy of Schneider Electric Company. (Pablo Robles/GSN Staff Photographer)
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