ISSUE 1-22-22 COMMENTARY
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] By George Wright The 2022 municipal election is very important to conserving our lifestyle, quality of life, and legacy. In 2018, the Village Council passed a law (Ordinance 18-002) that banned commercial cannabis operations in Zones A-1 and A-2, the areas of the village where we have our homes. Based on faulty input […]
ISSUE 1-22-22 MOVIE REVIEW
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Spider-Man: No Way Home HHHHH Directed by Jon Watts. Starring Tom Holland and Alfred Molina. Plugs: Too many to count. Nearest: Cottonwood Mall. Like many teenagers I was a fan of comic books, and my favorite superhero was Spider-Man. In fact Spider-Man is so popular that Marvel Comics had several different […]
ISSUE 1-22-22 GOLDEN YEARS
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] By Laura Smith Transitions Transitions are difficult. Since late 2014, on the third Thursday of each month, a group of volunteers have gotten together for the Village in the Village (ViV) board of directors meeting. Last month I said goodbye to the group after an almost seven-year stint. I hung up from the […]
ISSUE 1-22-22 LETTERS
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Dear Editor: A little note to thank you for publishing your great newspaper. The Comment keeps us COVID house-bound residents connected to the village, so you’re more appreciated now than ever before. As a former newspaper reporter, I’m a real “news junkie!” I just wanted you to know how much we all look […]
ISSUE 1-22-22 COUNCIL SUPPORTS IDEA OF SMALL LIBRARY ANNEX
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] By Stephani Dingreville A proposal for a new library annex was presented at the January 11 Village Council meeting, along with an appeal for a fund-matching grant. Kristie Gilbert of the Friends of the Corrales Library (FOCL) gave the presentation on behalf of the more than 200-member organization. The annex project has been […]
ISSUE 1-22-22 ADOBE THEATER HISSY FIT
ADOBE THEATER STAGES ‘HONKY TONK HISSY FIT’ JAN.28 Four years ago, the Adobe Theater presented the comedy by Jones Hope Wooten, Doublewide, Texas to sold-out audiences and now the team is back with the sequel, Honky Tonk Hissy Fit. The play runs January 28 through February 20 Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and […]
ISSUE 1-22-22 DEDE FELDMAN BOOK TALK
DEDE FELDMAN BOOK TALK AT PLACITAS LIBRARY MAR.26 Former State Senator Dede Feldman will talk about her new book, Ten More Doors: politics and the path to change, at the Placitas Library Saturday afternoon, March 26. This is a re-scheduled event. It starts at 2 p.m. “This is a memoir, written in the first person, […]
ISSUE 1-22-22 CORRALES NEIGHBORS COLLABORATE ON BOOK ABOUT FINAL TRUMP YEARS
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] CORRALENOS PRODUCE BOOK ON ‘TERRIBLE TRUMP TIME’ Corrales neighbors Kent Blair, long-time Corrales Comment cartoonist, and Lou Christen, who identifies as “the Lone Curmudgeon,” have published an illustrated book of essays mining the politics of the Trump years. Titled The Last Two Years of The Terrible Trump Time ending with one day of […]
ISSUE 1-22-22 BOSQUE BURNED AREA REPLANTED BY VOLUNTEERS
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] An area of the Bosque Preserve that burned in 2012 has been replanted by volunteers and the Corrales Fire Department as a pilot project. The project involving the Bosque Advisory Commission, N.M. Tree Stewards and Sandoval County Master Gardeners began December 7. An earlier attempt to restore the burned area was only partially […]
ISSUE 1-22-22 CANNABIS ORDINANCE APPROVED JAN.11; NO COMMERCIAL GROWING IN A-1, A-2
At the Corrales Village Council meeting held on January 11, councillors agreed to repeal a moratorium of cannabis-growing applications. The moratorium, which was imposed November 9, effectively paused all applications for growing cannabis in Corrales for 95 days. This specific length of time was agreed upon so that the councillors could have at least three […]