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First responder highlight
First responder highlight is a monthly column produced by the Coronado/Bernalillo Optimist Club. The Coronado/Bernalillo Optimist Club wants you to know Matthew Esquibel, an Albuquerque area native and a first responder for the Town of Bernalillo Fire Department and surrounding area. Matthew’s training as a firefighter/emergency medical technician was sparked by an EMT class he took […]
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First Responder Spotlight
The Sandoval County Optimist Club highlights a first responder each month, highlighting their community contributions. Vincenzo Jaramillo always wanted to be a fireman. As a youth, with both his mother and step-father being firefighters, most family activities centered around the fire station. He took his emergency medical technician training (EMT) as a class in high school. Upon graduating […]
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Las Placitas Association Community News
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY LAS PLACITAS ASSOCIATION!What a wonderful gift for Las Placitas Association’s Golden Anniversary! A 50-year moratorium on mineral extraction in Placitas might be achieved as we celebrate our 50th year serving you. Action has finally been taken to safeguard sacred tribal lands, protect our air quality, conserve water and assure contiguous wildlife corridors through […]