2020 Sept 5 ISSUE – CORRALES TREE CANOPY NEEDS CARE
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] The chairman of the Tree Preservation Advisory Committee, John Thompson, is concerned about the decline in the Corrales tree canopy. In a presentation to the Village Council August 18 Thompson laid out an approach to tree care for the council, asking “Is there a problem with Corrales trees?” He and his committee think […]
2020 Sept 5 ISSUE – SPEAK OUT NOW ON NEW RULES FOR SHORT-TERM RENTALS
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] New rules for short-term rentals, such as Airbnb operations, are proposed for Corrales. The Village Council will discuss and take public comment on the proposed Ordinance 20-005 at its Tuesday, September 8 session via Zoom. The Zoom meeting ID number is 815 7416 9208, with password 697376. Full text of the draft ordinance […]
2020 Sept 5 ISSUE – LITTLE FREE LIBRARY BOXES PROLIFERATE IN CORRALES
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Corrales now has at least five registered “Little Free Library” installations along roadways and byways. Among them are a new one at the northwest corner of Carey Road and Kepler Court, and others at 104 Laura Lane and 104 Andrews Lane. The idea of offering books to passersby began several years […]
2020 Sept 5 ISSUE – SAGEBRUSH DRIVE TRAIL LINK TO ESCARPMENT PATH STARTS
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] A long-proposed trail connection between the City of Rio Rancho’s paved Thompson Fence Line trail along the edge of the escarpment and the end of Sagebrush Drive in Corrales is finally underway. Engineering work has begun after the Corrales Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Commission pushed for it at the June 16 on-line Village Council […]
2020 Sept 5 ISSUE – ANCIENT CORRALES SIPHON PIPE REPAIRS GET UNDERWAY
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] By Scott Manning This month, the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District (MRGCD) will conduct a study of the Corrales Siphon to determine what maintenance work will be needed in coming years. The Corrales Siphon is a 70 year old wooden, barrel-like pipe that runs beneath the Rio Grande, bringing irrigation water diverted on […]
2020 Sept 5 ISSUE – CANDIDATES GALORE FOR CORRALES PET MAYOR 2020
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Candidates for the 2020 Corrales Pet Mayor all have now been corralled, with voting already underway. Snickers, a fun-loving guinea pig with a big heart, was the second candidate to enter the race, after the elegant hound, Abigail Fae. Snickers’ campaign slogan is, “Don’t be blinded by my white stripe, I’m […]
2020 Sept 5 ISSUE – ANY IDEAS FOR INTERIOR DRAIN DITCH?
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] A planning effort is now officially underway for potential uses of the Corrales Interior Drain, also known as “the scummy ditch” or “the scuzzy ditch” east of Corrales Road. Some villagers consider it a treasured natural area with aquatic life, wetlands vegetation and sometimes even muskrats, while to other Corraleños, it is a […]
2020 Sept 5 ISSUE – ECOLOGICAL TREASURE IN CORRALES INTERIOR DRAIN
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Headline_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] By Meredith Hughes What does an emergency nurse working three 12-hour shifts a week at UNM Sandoval Regional Medical Center in Rio Rancho do during his downtime at home in Corrales during a pandemic? Alex Price started a blog. It’s called Nature in Corrales, and is described like this: “Watching the […]
2020 Sept 5 ISSUE – CORRALES’ SIGN LAW MUST CHANGE, VILLAGE ATTORNEY ADVISES
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Corrales’ rules regarding political campaign signs likely will not be enforced between now and the November elections. The Village’s sign ordinance is now considered unconstitutional, according to a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling, Planning and Zoning Administrator Laurie Stout has determined. She issued a statement late last month that “I am hereby directing […]
2020 Sept 5 ISSUE – THAT ‘EXTRA’ $4.7 MILLION IS OURS! NOW, WHAT TO SPEND IT ON?
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] It’s only cost something over $35,000 thus far, plus many hours of labor by Village Administrator Ron Curry and Finance Officer Reyna Aragon, but it has been confirmed that most of the unexpected $4.7 million in the Village coffers first announced in January 2020, is legit. A forensic audit this summer has confirmed […]