ISSUE 01-08-2022 LOS CABALLOS
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] By Steve Komadina A New Year And New Direction? Well, here we are 2022! Always a chance for new beginnings as we turn the calendar at the end of another year. This is a column that talks about horses and the Corrales connection. It was started as an initiative of Corrales Horse and […]
ISSUE 01-08-2022 COMMENTARY
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] By Johnny Martinez Elephant in the Room I am not a writer, but after speaking with members of old Corrales families, I was prompted to write this piece. I would like to solicit similar stories and sentiments from those who perhaps are reluctant to write about “stuff”, especially our older Corraleños. I will […]
ISSUE 01-08-2022 LETTERS
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Dear Editor: My wife Alicia and I have lived in Corrales for over 26 years and have raised our children here. I am a licensed real estate broker who has been continuously active in my profession here locally for over 35 years. We have no objection to the personal use and cultivation of […]
ISSUE 01-08-2022 WHAT’S ON
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] By Meredith Hughes We did it! Made it out of 2021 —thank you, vaxxes, Facetime and Zoom— and into 2022, even though 99 year old phenom Betty White did not, alas. Some of us plan to wander through The Mary Tyler Moore Show to see Ms White, in a show we never watched, […]
ISSUE 01-08-2022 RON BLOCH DIES AT 77
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] A retiree to Corrales since 2015, Ron Bloch died unexpectedly on December 28. He was 77. The Missouri native joined the Peace Corps in its early days after graduating from St. Louis University in 1966. While serving in that capacity in Venezuela, he was drafted into the Army during the war in Vietnam. […]
ISSUE 01-08-2022 BILL CLARK DIES
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Outdoorsman and adventurer Bill Clark of Corrales died December 26 after a 41-year career with Los Alamos National Laboratories and 21 years fighting off cancer. Family members noted that “The last few years of Bill’s life were filled with fewer adventures. He battled lung disease due to complications from radiation treatment with inspiring […]
ISSUE 01-08-2022 TRASH PICK UP CHALLENGE
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Two villagers, Janet Ruth and Dave Krueper, have issued as 2022 Trash Pick Up Challenge to make Corrales more litter-free by January 2023. “We would like to issue a 2022 Trash Pick Up Challenge to Corraleños,” they told Corrales Comment December 31. “Today, New Year’s Eve morning, on our morning walk, we brought […]
ISSUE 01-08-2022 COUNCIL PASSES BAN ON COMMERCIAL CANNABIS GROWING IN NEIGHBORHOODS
Commercial-scale growers of marijuana have been operating legally in Corrales for years, and at least nine new sites for cannabis businesses are proposed on land east and west of Loma Larga. Until now, the only legal cannabis grow sites have been those licensed and regulated to produce it for medicinal uses. But that will no […]
ISSUE 01-08-2022 CANDIDATES SIGN UP TO MAKE DECISIONS ON YOUR BEHALF
In most elections, incumbents are considered to have a distinct advantage. But that offers little predictive value for Corrales’ upcoming election for mayor and three of the six members of the Village Council, because only one incumbent is seeking re-election. So decision-making for Village government should look very different —but also likely very familiar— after […]
ISSUE 01-08-2022 WHAT’S AHEAD FOR 2022?
The new year launches with optimism and flush bank accounts, at least for public institutions and maybe yours. The State treasury is brimming, apparently with lots more revenue to come in 2022, and Village government is all smiles with $4 million tucked away. “The Village is in excellent financial health,” Mayor Jo Anne Roake crowed as […]