An Estancia family farmer was awarded state economic development assistance to operate a farm and ranch hardware supply store he plans to expand into Mountainair. Javier Sánchez, the owner of Sánchez Farms and Estancia Valley Feed & Supply, was awarded $150,000 from the Economic Development Department’s Local Economic Development Act (LEDA) job-creation fund. This rural […]
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The Witches of Abiquiu
Five decades after the Salem witchcraft trials, where over 200 people were accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusets, there was an outbreak of witchcraft in Abiquiu, New Mexico. Dr. Rick Hendricks and Malcolm Ebright wrote a book titled, “The Witches of Abiquiu: The Governor, the Priest, the Genizaro Indians and the Devil,” based on a […]
Posted inPueblos
A Child’s Garden
It’s “thyme” to start gardening… again for the Placitas Elementary School (PES). After a long break from budget setbacks and a pandemic, PES is bringing back its popular gardening program. The program was started by Principal Joseph Lepre back in 2015, who understood that some parents couldn’t pick up their children right when school ended. […]
Posted inEdgewood, Uncategorized
Coffee With a Commissioner
The Town of Edgewood will be hosting Coffee with a Commissioner, where you can have the chance to meet and talk with Edgewood’s newest Commissioner, Patrick Milligan. This is your opportunity to have a casual conversation with Commissioner Milligan to share ideas or visions for Edgewood and learn about what’s in the works. The event […]
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Coffee With a Commissioner
The Town of Edgewood will be hosting Coffee with a Commissioner, where you can have the chance to meet and talk with Edgewood’s newest Commissioner, Patrick Milligan. This is your opportunity to have a casual conversation with Commissioner Milligan to share ideas or visions for Edgewood and learn about what’s in the works. The event […]
Posted inEdgewood, Pueblos, Uncategorized
Getting Rid of Garden Pests
Many commercial nursery and greenhouse operations have a continual routine of spraying with pesticides, virucides, fungicides, fertilizers and PGRs (Plant Growth Regulators) to bring perfect, lush and consistent products to retail garden stores and the consumer. Road’s End Farm and Nursery located between Edgewood and Moriarty doesn’t follow that approach and is a bee and […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress, Pueblos
Letter to the Editor: New Mexico is Right to Hold Out for Higher Prices for its Most Valuable Commodity
Submitted by Bill Jordan/New Mexico Voices for Children New Mexico is a land with many valuable assets – from our rich cultural diversity to our stunning physical beauty, to our mineral wealth. These assets belong to us all and while it’s impossible to put a price on some of them – our culture and natural […]
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, Pueblos, Uncategorized, Westside Albuquerque
Moriarty’s Sandoval Memorial Track and Field Meet: ‘Just Like Mateo and Pete Would’ve Done’
It was cloudy and cold at Moriarty High School last Saturday, but that didn’t dull the excitement of the annual Pedro and Mateo Sandoval Memorial track and field meet. Hundreds of student-athletes competed in the annual event. The meet included individual running and relay races, along with jumpers, pole vaulters, and throwers. Moriarty’s boys’ and […]
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, Pueblos, Uncategorized, Westside Albuquerque
Moriarty’s Sandoval Memorial Track and Field Meet: ‘Just Like Mateo and Pete Would’ve Done’
It was cloudy and cold at Moriarty High School last Saturday, but that didn’t dull the excitement of the annual Pedro and Mateo Sandoval Memorial track and field meet. Hundreds of student-athletes competed in the annual event. The meet included individual running and relay races, along with jumpers, pole vaulters, and throwers. Moriarty’s boys’ and […]
Posted inEdgewood, Uncategorized
Senator Tackles Fentanyl Epidemic With New Funding
On Saturday, March 23, U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich announced he had secured $400 million in funding to aid in the detection, inspection, and seizure of fentanyl and other narcotics to help address the fentanyl crisis around the country. The bill requires the Department of State to designate a Counter-Fentanyl Coordinator and funds the Fentanyl Results […]