ISSUE 11-06-21 WHAT’S ON?
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] By Meredith Hughes Hello, Standard Time, bye-bye grasshoppers, which have been leaping about distracting my terrier on walkies…. Anybody have a celebrant of the recent “dark time of the year” show up at the door dressed as a dying Earth? Really? No? These kids today…. Do visit the websites of your favorite museums, […]
ISSUE 11-06-21 SANDY ST GEORGE DIES
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Watercolor artist Sandy St.George died August 30 at age 80. Born in Arkansas, she spent her teenage years on the East Coast where she began a life that family members describe as that of a hippie, poet traveler and folksinger. She first visited New Mexico during an extended roadtrip in a Volkswagen bus. […]
ISSUE 11-06-21 MELANIE ROMERO HIRED AS NEW VILLAGE CLERK
Currently a patient care coordinator for an Albuquerque fertility clinic, Melanie Romero has been hired as Village Clerk, replacing Aaron Gjullin. She had filed an application to work for the Village back in September. Gjullin resigned effective October 15. In recommending that the Village Council confirm Romero’s selection at the October 26 meeting, Mayor Jo […]
ISSUE 11-06-21 TWO FORMER COUNCILLORS PUSH BACK AGAINST INTENSIVE CANNABIS GROWING
It has happened rarely, but at the Village Council’s October 26 session, two former councillors spoke out against a pending policy, urging they buck advice from the Village Attorney. The issue: tightening restrictions on growing marijuana in residential neighborhoods. The two ex-councillors, George Wright and Fred Hashimoto, urged the mayor and council to pass a […]
ISSUE 11-06-21 NM WINTER WILL BE HOT AND DRY AS EXPECTED
Two forecast indicators were published in the last weeks that give a dark, if predictable insight into our warming climate. The first comes from the national weather service’s climate prediction center, in their seasonal outlook maps for the coming three months. These maps, which are made by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), forecast […]
ISSUE 11-06-21 TIME CAPSULE TO BE OPENED NOV. 19 AS VILLAGE CELEBRATES 50TH
On November 19, Village government will celebrate 50 years since incorporation as a municipality. Ceremonies will include opening of a time capsule sealed 25 years ago. It has been entombed in a crumbling concrete vault near the entrance to the Village Office. Opening of the capsule is set for 2 p.m. “We are not sure […]
ISSUE 11-06-21 CORRALES WUI DESIGNATION MEANS INCREASED WILDFIRE RISK
By Stephani Dingreville Corrales is a wild land. Most communities fit into one of three categories, urban, suburban or rural. However, a new classification is being used ever-increasingly to describe some areas, Corrales among them: WUI. Pronounced “wooey,” WUI stands for Wildland-Urban Interface. This is where the border of urban development overlaps with an area […]
ISSUE 11-06-21 CORRALES FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVES GRANT FOR NEW SUBSTATION
By Stephani Dingreville At a recent Village council regular meeting, Fire Chief Anthony Martinez spoke about a grant the department had received to build a second fire substation in Corrales. The substation will be at 2200 Loma Larga Rd, on the east side between Penny and Nicky Lanes, where the green water tower now stands. […]
ISSUE 11-06-21 IS NUCLEAR POWER THE ANSWER?
If coal has to go, followed by natural gas, and solar and wind power are faulted for presumed inability to respond to demand for electricity at the slip of a switch, that would seem to favor future reliance on nuclear power. But Americans have been reluctant to embrace that option primarily due to recurring radiation […]
ISSUE 11-06-21 CORRALES SEES ITS FIRST HOMICIDE IN ALMOST 20 YEARS
Spencer Komadina, the son of former Corrales lawmaker and long time physician Steve Komadina was shot and killed in Corrales on the night of October 30 at his home. Corrales Police Department (CPD) Chief of Police Victor Mangiacapra told the Comment that CPD officers responded to a residence in the 300 block of Paseo De […]