2020 DEC 5 ISSUE: SEWER BLOCKAGE EXPLAINED
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] A blockage in Corrales’ sewer line, now cleared, was caused by wastewater from the Ex Novo beer brewing operation across Corrales Road from the fire station. The business owner, Joel Gregory, said the clog was caused by waste hops particulate that apparently settled in the six-inch sewer line along the east side of […]
2020 – JULY 11 ISSUE: CORONAVIRUS UPDATE
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] The announced Corrales Fourth of July Parade was cancelled just days before it was to have launched due to an intense spike in COVID-19 infections. Of the 753 cases in Sandoval County at that time, 22 were in Corrales. Mayor Jo Anne Roake encouraged strict adherence to Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s toughened guidelines. […]
2020 – JULY 11 ISSUE: GET YOUR NOMINATION IN FOR PET MAYOR 2020
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] The pandemic may have halted many events in their tracks, including the State Fair and the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, but Tracy and Chuck Stabenow and the forces behind the Corrales Harvest Festival are determined that the 2020 Pet Mayor election will go forward. The Harvest Festival itself still officially is scheduled to […]
2020-JULY 11 ISSUE: BALLOON FIESTA POSTPONED
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] By Meredith Hughes We have no Balloon Fiesta this year, yet another casualty of the pandemic which had been fairly well beaten back in New Mexico —until it no longer was. Ironically, the Balloon Fiesta Park field has been functioning busily for some time as a drive-up COVID-19 testing site via Presbyterian, which […]
CRIME ALERT – SLAUGHTER OF CORRALES PONY PROMPTS OUTPOURING OF DONATIONS FOR REWARD
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] The killing of a large pony in its corral near Cabezon Road and Caminito Alegre at the south end of Corrales late at night June 25 shocked villagers and led to a fundraising effort for a reward for information. The crime is being investigated by the N.M. Livestock Board; donations for a reward […]
2020 – JUNE 6 ISSUE: PROSPECTS FOR REOPENING APS SCHOOLS, PROGRAMS
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Reopening Albuquerque Public Schools in August will depend on many factors, including an acute need for more school custodians, given the sanitization issues during a pandemic, as well as a lack of school nurses, in many cases. Revitalizing the state’s economy is dependent in part on parents who cannot work from home, and […]
2020-MAY 23 ISSUE: VILLAGE FACILITIES REOPENING
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Aligning with Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s pandemic re-opening strategy, Mayor Jo Anne Roake released a plan to re-start the local economy and return to normal operations at Village facilities. “The Village is committed to helping our government and businesses reopen in a safe, responsible manner, recognizing that public health and safety is always […]
BREAKING NEWS: COVID-19 TEST SITE IN CORRALES MAY 13, REC CENTER
On Wednesday May, 13, 2020 starting at 9:00am there will be a COVID-19 test site in the Village of Corrales at the Corrales Recreation Center 500 Jones Road, Corrales NM 87048. To help increase the number of people that can be tested, PLEASE call (505)867-2291 ext 5 to be screened and pre-register for an appointment […]
2020 MAY 9 ISSUE: EMERGENCY EQUINE FEED ASSISTANCE OFFERED
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Any resident of New Mexico with personal equines who is struggling related to COVID-19 or other emergency circumstance may apply for assistance with feed. Animal Protection of New Mexico, the state’s leading advocate for the humane treatment of animals, set up a program for equine emergency feed assistance for those affected by the COVID-19 […]
2020-MAY 9 ISSUE: PARADE FOR CORRALES GRADUATES SAT. MAY 23 ON CORONADO, LOMA LARGA
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] A Corrales parade has been arranged for high school graduates Saturday, May 23 in lieu of the traditional commencement ceremonies. The parade starts promptly at 10 a.m. at the Recreation Center and heads south to Coronado Road (mostly bypassing Corrales Road) and then goes west to Loma Largo before returning to Corrales Road […]