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Address - PO Box 23, Chandler AZ 85244-0023

About Us:  The SanTan Sun News is a complimentary publication, published the first and third Saturday of the month except January and July.  Current circulation is 35,500 newspapers and the approximate readership is 70,000 at 2 readers per paper. The newspaper is distributed directly to 28,000 driveways within our coverage area of Ocotillo and the surrounding Southern Chandler / Gilbert communities, which is between Price and Val Vista / Greenfield, and Pecos / Chandler / Ray to Hunt Highway.

The SanTan Sun News is locally owned and operated by Fagen-Hancock, LLC, Chandler, AZ and is a privately-owned corporation not affiliated with any homeowners association or management group.

The SanTan Sun News assumes no responsibility for any transaction entered into because of this publication or website and reserves the right to edit or omit ads or editorial information not suitable for this publication. 

About the SanTan Sun News editorial pages:  We welcome your information about news, events, and other activities occurring primarily in the Southern Chandler area. We also include information about awards and honors of Southern Chandler residents.

Community - Typically for harder news and upcoming events, including from the City of Chandler, Chandler & Gilbert Chambers of Commerce, other governmental agencies. Includes Development Update, SanTan Chronicles.

Business – Business profile and other business news from the local business community. Includes Corporate Chronicles for short business news items.
 
Neighbors - Feature stories about activities and residents in the area, including classes and workshops in Southern Chandler and Gilbert, and information about charitable organizations.
 
Things to do - Activities and events happening in our Southern Chandler and Gilbert coverage area; usually family-related activities, but includes a variety of events. Includes holiday events during the year.
 
Youth - School news from Southern Chandler schools; surrounding schools on the website.
 
AZ Arts - Arts and entertainment information from Chandler, Gilbert and the Valley.

Active life - A section with news and information about events and activities happening in the adult communities of Sun Lakes, Springfield, Sunbird, Solera, etc.

Spirituality - Information about church and other religious activities in the area.
 
Calendar - Brief event information from outside Chandler and the state. Specific format: Title of event <in bold>, time <7-9 p.m.,> location <address, directions.> One or two lines about the event, organization, speaker, highlights. Info: email address and/or phone number.
 
Homefront - in times of war or terrorist attacks, to inform the public about homeland security, etc. 


How to submit news and information  If you have an upcoming event, a calendar item, know an interesting person, have just received an honor or award, please email the basic information: who, what, where, when, why and how, if applicable. Make sure you include a phone number that can be published for the PUBLIC to call for additional information, as well as a MEDIA CONTACT number for us to call if we have further questions. We do reserve the right to edit all submitted news release information. (If you have a specific event with specific wording, please consider our reasonable advertising rates.)

Or go to our website at www.SanTanSun.com, click on Send us a news release and either fill in the blank or copy and paste your news release there. Make sure to include your local tie to our coverage area.

Email is preferred to any of our email addresses, or News@SANTANSUN.COM


Please copy and paste the text from your news release, calendar item, etc. in the BODY of the email message. Do NOT attach a file - due to viruses, if we don't know you, we may not open the attachment. If you need assistance with copying and pasting, please email us and we will send you a step-by-step guide.

You will usually get an email response that we have received your email news release. You are welcome to email us to ask whether the information will be used, and the expected date of publication.

You may also "pitch" story ideas to us - simply write it in an email, tell us about the story idea, contact names, numbers and email addresses, and a way to reach you.

Publisher

Laurie Fagen

Laurie@SanTanSun.com

Advertising/ Production

Geoff Hancock

Ads@SanTanSun.com

Graphics

Shawn Patrick

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Editor

Lynda Exley

Lynda@SanTanSun.com  

Webmaster

Susan Kovacs

Susan@nergizing.com  



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