Edgewood

When the majority of the Edgewood commission decided in 2023 that it needed to make a change in leadership, it was not as smooth a process as it could have been. That’s because Edgewood was going somewhere that governing bodies had not been before, said Mayor Ken Brennan, who the commission selected for the position […]

It seems like election season just ended and the next one remains a ways off, but Ken Brennan, Edgewood mayor, is already tossing his hat into the ring, running for District 50 state representative slot. Brennan, a Republican, is challenging incumbent Matthew McQueen (D-Santa Fe), who took office in 2015. Signatures to appear on the […]

The Edgewood Commission during a Jan. 8 special meeting approved an all mail-in ballot special election that will allow voters the chance to determine the outcome of the anti-abortion ordinance that was passed last year. Town commissioners met to approve a proclamation to call for a referendum vote, in which voters will be able to […]

Services aimed at improving the quality of life for Edgewood seniors have not climbed back to pre-Covid levels, but it is something local leaders are looking to address. At a senior town hall meeting Jan. 5, attendees expressed a desire to see greater flexibility in transportation services and more in-home meal delivery for home-bound seniors. […]

Edgewood Police are searching for a male suspect who attempted a carjacking and then shot the owner of the vehicle at the Walmart Supercenter in Edgewood on the evening of Jan. 3 According to police, the vehicle owner walked out of the store and encountered a man attempting to steal his vehicle. The suspect then […]

An Edgewood man who is alleged to have beaten a relative to death on Christmas Eve was arrested Dec. 27 and charged with murder. Edgewood police officers were called to a home on Aspen Drive on Dec. 24 found Brian Enright, 49, unresponsive in the bathroom, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. While officers were […]

In the early morning hours of Thursday, Dec. 7, Edgewood Police conducted a search warrant of a house and computers in Edgewood belonging to Thomas Gunter, age 58, and subsequently arrested Gunter on several counts of child pornography. According to police, Gunter both downloaded and uploaded at least a dozen photos containing child pornography to […]

The Town of Edgewood has kicked off the planning process for an update to the Town’s Comprehensive Plan. As part of the planning process, the Town’s consultant, Consensus Planning, has created a community survey that asks a wide range of questions regarding the future of Edgewood and community aspirations. The results of the community survey […]

When an Artesia teenager was discovered to have thrown her newborn baby in a trash can earlier this year, it had a profound effect on Edgewood Mayor Ken Brennan. “When I saw that on the news, I almost lost my lunch, that somebody could actually do that,” he said during last week’s commission meeting. “And […]