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Edgewood Commission Gets a Personal Assistant, Approves Lodger’s Tax Funding

Complaints about the town’s communication with the public and the town’s website have surfaced at the Edgewood Commission meetings from frustrated community members.  At the commission’s regular meeting on March 26, Ray Seagers, a resident and business owner, told commissioners he was in favor of the community liaison position, which was approved at the commission’s […]

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Edgewood Commission Gets a Personal Assistant, Approves Lodger’s Tax Funding

Complaints about the town’s communication with the public and the town’s website have surfaced at the Edgewood Commission meetings from frustrated community members.  At the commission’s regular meeting on March 26, Ray Seagers, a resident and business owner, told commissioners he was in favor of the community liaison position, which was approved at the commission’s […]

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Estancia Leaders Say Farmer’s LEDA Grant is Problematic

Last month, an Estancia family farmer was awarded state economic development assistance to operate a hardware store with plans to expand into Mountainair. Some in the Estancia community are not excited about the news.  The New Mexico Economic Development Department awarded Javier Sánchez, owner of Sánchez Farms and Estancia Valley Feed & Supply, $150,000 from […]

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Forest Service Looks for Input on Fire Plan

Despite the spring winds and the temperature heating up, it’s fire mitigation season in New Mexico. The Cibola National Forest & National Grasslands division is seeking comments for the proposed North Sandia Fuels Reduction Project. The project is proposing several ways to restore, maintain, and improve forested conditions on approximately 2,956 acres in the Sandia […]

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Commentary: Supreme Court Program Allows Students to Learn About the Judicial Process

This letter is provided as opinion/commentary from the author. You can submit your own letter to editor@edgewood.news Submitted by Justice David K. Thomson, Office of the Courts This year is the 60th anniversary of the federal Civil Rights Act of 1964. President John F. Kennedy proposed this legislation in 1963, but he was assassinated before […]