Some cities are more than just a place to live – they shape the world and have for centuries. London is one of those exceptional cities. Since its founding in the early years of the first century A.D., it has risen to become one of the most powerful places on earth. For the visitor, any London travel experience is certain to impress, but the best way to really see it all is by exploring the city from an insider’s point of view – and when those travel experiences are a special London travel event, it’s even richer.

Discover the colors, fascinating artwork and sounds of Italy during the last MasterWorks of the season with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra on Friday, March 8.

A luminous supernova in a galaxy 67 million light years away from us has finally exploded for good, a UA-led team of astronomers has discovered. This event sheds light on how massive stars end their lives.

(NAPSI)—As more and more young (and old) couples seek novel wedding sites, there’s been a significant increase in making wedding memories where America’s history was made. And one such special place is Valley Forge, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania…Philadelphia’s biggest and most affluent bedroom.

Sunday tickets good for Thursday’s game at Kino

Witness murder, mayhem and deception unfold in Arizona Theatre Company’s world premiere thriller, Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of The Suicide Club. Commissioned by ATC, playwright Jeffrey Hatcher brings the famous detective alive in an original tale full of intrigue, twists and chills.

The Marana Town Council voted to allow Mayor Ed Honea to execute a one-year extension of the intergovernmental agreement between the town and Pima County for provision of water-consumption data and sewer-user account billing.

Marana residents who received letters from the town regarding the modernization of its Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) should mark their calendars with two important dates: May 5, the day the town will host a workshop detailing changes and what they mean to Maranans; and June 16, the day the new maps will take effect in Pima County.

Raise your hand if you forwent your weekly dinner out last weekend so you’d have enough money to fill your gas tank. See my hand way up in the air? Bet yours is, too. We’re no longer surprised when some nut job knocks over a gas station for the $100 and change in the cash register till. Pretty soon, though, average Joes will be knocking over gas pumps – literally – for the liquid gold inside (remember all the ATMs that truck-driving thieves yanked off their stands some years ago?).

In our March 2 issue, The Explorer incorrectly stated BodyBasics Health & Fitness specialized in physical therapy. While BodyBasics offers training that is similar to physical therapy, owners Chris and Kris Litten wanted to clarify that the company is not an accredited physical therapy facility.

Sir Winston Churchill was respected worldwide for his relationship-building skills during World War II. But the late British prime minister also enjoyed building other things.

The recent proposal by some Tucson Democrats to secede from the rest of the state once again shows us how clueless most of them are.

On a windy Saturday at the Oro Valley Farmers Market, a shopper suggested the breeze might be a good thing, because it’ll chase the bicyclists out of town. Saturday, of course, was El Tour, with thousands of people pedaling through the Northwest.

Do you love grandkids? Vote Republican

I must be famous.

'Robin Hood'

February is National Potato Lovers Month. And February is the perfect time to get ready to plant potatoes here in the Old Pueblo.

A former Marana police officer has been indicted on 25 felony computer-tampering charges and two felony charges of trafficking in the identity of another person.

I have a secret way to de-stress during a busy day. It has nothing to do with a spa (of which I have none) or Jack Daniel's (of which I definitely have none.) No, this de-stresser is instantly available to me with the click of a button when a rerun of Leave it to Beaver, that classic sitcom of the late '50s and early '60s, begins.

Letters to the editor published in the Octover 21, 2009, edition of The Explorer.

They really are attempting to convince all that the worse is behind us, the economy is coming back to life and quite soon it will be running full speed with all four cylinders humming just fine. Four? It is the new, and improved, "green economy!"

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