Chandler, Arizona

• Chandler renews contract for photo enforcement at 12 sites
  

  The cameras will continue to flash at 12 Chandler intersections - at least for one more year.

• Plan to silence dogs at Chandler park stirs outcry
  

  Chandler was poised to become the first city in the nation to discourage dog barking in a public dog park with high-frequency-sound devices that only canines can hear.

• Pilot killed after plane crashes into Chandler building
  

  One person was killed in a plane crash at a Chandler airport when a plane smashed into a hangar and office building and exploded.

• Plane crashes into hangar at Chandler airpark
  

  A Chandler firefighter surveys the remains of a World War II-era P-51D Mustang airplane that crashed into a hangar and started a fire at Stellar Airpark in Chandler.

• Chandler would cut $49M if override fails
  

  Eliminating money for parks, libraries, recreation centers and aquatic programs still won't be enough to cover the $49 million in budget cuts Chandler will be forced to make if voters decline to authorize a routine budget override in May, city officials say.

• Accidental shooting in Chandler leaves 19-year-old dead
  

  A 19-year-old man died after being accidentally shot at a home near Chandler Boulevard and McClintock Drive in Chandler Saturday afternoon.

• Chandler ponders options for traffic cameras
  

  A speed board reflects the speed of oncoming cars as they approach the intersection of Elliot and Arizona Avenue, where there's a RedFlex red light camera.

• Chandler man shot, killed in mishap with gun
  

  A 19-year-old Chandler man was shot dead Saturday after a gun he was looking at fired as it was being put away, police said.

• Chandler Ostrich Festival
  

  The 2010 Ostrich Festival is Friday, Saturday and Sunday, March 12 -14 at Chandler's Tumbleweed Park at the corner of McQueen and Germann .

• PD: Man with diminished capacity missing from Chandler home
  

  Police are asking for the public's help to locate a man who went missing from his Chandler home Wednesday.

• Arrest Made in Chandler Homicide Case
  

  Chandler police announced an arrest Tuesday after a woman's bloody body was found inside a residence Monday.

• Police arrest suspect in downtown Chandler killing
  

  Just before Michelle Morales was killed in a vacant downtown Chandler home Monday morning, her son got calls from a man saying he kidnapped Morales and demanded money.

• Alert: Police: Landlord finds woman dead inside Chandler home
  

  A homicide investigation is underway after a transient woman was found dead inside a vacant Chandler home Monday.

• `Chandler Rapist' enters plea deal
  

  The so-called "Chandler Rapist," accused of attacking six girls during an 18-month crime spree, entered a plea bargain Monday that calls for a prison sentence of 168.5 years.

• Arizona energy bill could hurt Chandler's solar future
  

  Chandler's efforts to lure solar companies and their jobs are threatened by a new energy bill introduced in the Legislature, city officials say.

• Chandler mayor interested in county attorney post
  

  If Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas decides to resign to run for higher office, then Chandler Mayor Boyd Dunn is interested in replacing him.

• Report: Schools spending less in classroom
  

  Arizona schools spent less of their funds in the classroom during the 2008-09 school year than any time since the figures have been tracked.

• Chandler mayor interested in county attorney post
  

  If Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas decides to resign to run for higher office, then Chandler Mayor Boyd Dunn is interested in replacing him.

• Chandler officials worried about May 18 override election
  

  Bad timing, the poor economy and a proposed 1-cent state sales-tax increase on the same ballot have Chandler leaders sweating a May 18 special Proposition 300 override election.

City Description

Chandler is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, and is a prominent suburb of the Phoenix, Arizona Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). It is bordered to the north and west by Tempe, to the north by Mesa, to the west by Phoenix, to the south by the Gila River Indian Community, and to the east by Gilbert. The population was 240,595 according to the Census Bureau's 2006 estimate. It also has satellite locations for the technology companies Intel and Orbital Sciences Corporation. In 1891, Dr. Alexander John Chandler, the first veterinary surgeon in Arizona Territory, settled on a ranch south of Mesa, studying irrigation engineering. By 1900, he had acquired 18,000 acres (73 km²) of land, and began drawing up plans for a townsite on what was then known as the Chandler Ranch. The townsite office opened on May 17, 1912, the same year that Chandler High School was established. By 1913, a town center had become established, featuring the luxurious Hotel San Marcos, the first golf resort in the state. Most of Chandler's economy was successfully sustained during the Great Depression (a second San Marcos hotel was canceled due to the Depression however), but the cotton crash a

City Contained By:

• Maricopa County
• Arizona
• United States of America

City Contains:

• Chandler-Gilbert Community College
• Chandler High School
• San Marcos Hotel

Timezones:

• Mountain Time Zone

Size:

• 150.219310399 km squared

City Featured in Films:

• Little Miss Sunshine
• Twisted Souls
• Waiting to Exhale

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