2021 JANUARY 23 ISSUE: VILLAGE ATTORNEY CONTRACT APPROVED
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] The Village’s contract with its current law firm has been renewed. Only one firm, New Mexico Local Government Law, headed by Randy Autio, sought the contract. It was approved by the Village Council at its January 12 session. Under terms of the contract, the Village is to pay no more than $140,000 (plus […]
2021 JANUARY 23 ISSUE: JANET RUTH’S CHECKLIST FOR BIRDS IN CORRALES RELEASED
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Corrales’ Janet Ruth, retired research ornithologist, author of the 2018 book Feathered Dreams, instrumental in having the Corrales Bosque Preserve named an “Important Bird Area,” recently wrapped up a major avian opus on which she and her photographer husband, Dave Krueper, had worked for well over five years. It’s the remarkable Annotated […]
2021 JANUARY 23 ISSUE: ART UP! ONLINE SHOW; FOSTERING YOUTH VOICES THROUGH CREATIVITY
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] An online exhibition of art by Corrales Elementary School students can be seen at the Corrales Arts Center website from January 23 through the end of February. The show includes results of arts education exercises guided by the center’s Elaine Manicke, Heidi Ames and artist-teacher recruits for its Art Up! after […]
2021 JANUARY 23 ISSUE: 28 NEW HOMES BUILT HERE IN 2020, 1 MORE THAN IN 2019
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Reporting in on Planning and Zoning actions in 2020, administrator Laurie Stout said housing starts in the village were steady, with 28 permits for single-family homes issued, one more than in 2019. She added that there had been “no action on that large tract of land” in the Far Northwest Sector, where the photovoltaic […]
2021 JANUARY 23 ISSUE: LOBBYING EFFORT FOR N.M. HEALTH CARE SOLUTION
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] The Corrales-based campaign to establish near-universal, affordable health care for New Mexicans is gearing up for a final push in Santa Fe later this month. The 2021 session of the N.M. Legislature begins January 19. “Now the time has come to roll up our sleeves and create the critical design elements that must […]
2021 JANUARY 23 ISSUE: N.M. REDISTRICTING COMMISSION PROPOSED
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Had the country recently not been on high alert for further acts of domestic terror after the assault on the U.S. Capitol January 6, a revised inauguration, the departure from Washington of a twice impeached president, more of us might have been focused on redistricting. Every ten years voting districts are redrawn. In […]
2021 JANUARY 23 ISSUE: MARG ELLISTON, DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIR
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Reflecting on the much-televised and social media-shared turmoil on Capitol Hill January 6, Corrales’ Marg Elliston pointed out that the 2018 Women’s March protesting Donald Trump’s inauguration was much larger. She was one of those marchers, and returned home to become chair of the Democratic Party of New Mexico, a position she has […]
2021 JANUARY 23 ISSUE: SHORT-TERM RENTAL PLAN GETS P&Z OK
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] In what was thought to be a first for Corrales, a property in the community’s designated business district was re-zoned from commercial to residential by the Village Council January 12. The owner, Barbara Kline, had requested down-zoning for the property at 3842 Corrales Road, across from the Corrales Comment office. She had explained […]
2021 JANUARY 23 ISSUE: TYSON PARKER CHOSEN TO FILL COUNCIL VACANCY
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Architect Tyson Parker is the new Village councillor, appointed to fill the vacancy left when Dave Dornburg resigned from his Council District 4 position. He was selected by Mayor Jo Anne Roake from among eight villagers who stepped forward to serve out the term until March 2022. Her selection was confirmed by the […]
2021 JANUARY 23 ISSUE: 10-ACRE BOSQUE WETLANDS PROJECT AIRED FOR JONES CHANNEL OUTLET
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] The Nature Conservancy has proposed a project at the mouth of the Harvey Jones Flood Control Channel to improve bosque habitat by using stormwater flowing down the Montoyas Arroyo and treated wastewater from Rio Rancho’s sewage plants. Online Zoom sessions for public input about the project are scheduled for February 2, noon to […]