2021 JANUARY 9 ISSUE: HOLIDAY FOOD, GIFT DRIVE SUCCESSFUL
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Corrales Fire Department Commander Tanya Lattin reports that this holiday season “With everyone’s help, we assisted 41 families.” At least 148 people, of whom 86 were children, were helped. In fact, several citizens have steadied families with internet service for online school, as well as food, since March. Lattin says the Fire Department will […]
2021 JANUARY 9 ISSUE: JOHN KERRY LEADS CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION AS BIDEN TEAM TAKES CHARGE IN WHITE HOUSE
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] With Joe Biden in the White House and John Kerry taking charge of the nation’s side-tracked response to climate change, prospects have improved that the planet’s livability can be retained. The president-elect’s proposal to direct some $2 trillion for that goal over the next four years may be blocked by a reluctant Congress […]
2021 JANUARY 9 ISSUE: SOLO HIKER TREKS 3,100 MILES
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] By Meredith Hughes When you are 22, athletic, and have a free summer ahead, even during a pandemic, you go for it, especially if you have supportive Corrales parents. Nicolette Jones has it all, and in November completed the 3,100-mile trek that is the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail, stretching from […]
2021 JANUARY 9 ISSUE: MASTER GARDENERS TRAINING BEGINS IN FEB.
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] If you love digging in dirt and fussing with seeds, and now are inclined to become better informed, soon you can dive into the 15-week Master Gardener Training offered each winter-spring by Sandoval Extension Master Gardeners, in partnership with New Mexico State University. The training program is expected to start by February and […]
2021 JANUARY 9 ISSUE: CORRALES WOODWORKERS BUILD DESKS FOR STUDENTS LEARNING AT HOME
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] A team of Corrales woodworkers has built small, student desks for children trying to learn at home during the pandemic. Ben Blackwell said he was inspired to start such an effort here after seeing a CBS Evening News story in early October. He took a prototype to Corrales Elementary School this fall for […]
2021 JANUARY 9 ISSUE: MUSIC IN CORRALES TRIES ONLINE APPROACH FOR 2021
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Music in Corrales volunteer Jannie Dusseau recently described the organization’s pandemically truncated season as “a significant learning experience and undertaking for our small volunteer organization, as we navigated what for us have been the unknown waters of obtaining and presenting online concerts.” And still they persisted. The schedule already was set for September […]
2021 JANUARY 9 ISSUE: SENIOR LIVING COMPLEX PROPOSAL UPDATE
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Maybe 2021 will be the year some Corrales seniors wishing to downsize, but still live in the village, will begin to realize their dreams. Frank Steiner, with the backing of a Village in the Village committee, appears more hopeful than ever. In the fall of 2019, Steiner informally presented to Corrales Planning and […]
2021 JANUARY 9 ISSUE: COVID-19 DEATHS IN CORRALES AS PANDEMIC SPREADS RAPIDLY
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Although no deaths from COVID-19 infection in Corrales have been reported officially, at least one person here was known to have died as of January 1. The N.M. Department of Health reported that 194 Corrales residents had been diagnosed with the fast-spreading disease at the first of the year. Statewide, that number was […]
2021 JANUARY 9 ISSUE: WHAT’S AHEAD FOR 2021?
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] “Life goes on in the village. Life goes on like a song.” And so it is as Corrales begins 2021 after a coronavirus pandemic crushed most of community life here during 2020. The two lines above are the underlying phrase from the Corrales pageant produced and staged by the late Evelyn Losack in the […]