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For more than a decade, Margaret Taylor has been volunteering at A New Leaf, a Valley nonprofit devoted to helping families, children and adults overcome challenges from homelessness to domestic violence to mental health issues. Taylor’s work centers around scheduling meals at East Valley Men’s Center, a homeless shelter in Mesa that houses about 110 men each night. Recently, Taylor hit a milestone in her volunteer work: Scheduling 1 million meals for the center. Here’s...

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There was a day when an indie restaurant owner had one restaurant, period. Now everybody and his mother owns at least two. It’s a trend, which probably started with OGs like Matt Carter (Zinc, two Missions, Fat Ox), Bernie Kantak (Citizen, The Gladly) and Chris Bianco (Pizzeria Bianco, Pane Bianco, Tratto, etc). Nowadays, the list must also include Gio Osso (Virtù Honest Craft, Virtù Pizzeria, Piccolo Virtù), TJ Culp (Restaurant Progress, Sottise), Dom Ruggiero (Hush,...