JEMEZ HOUSE News:
The Jemez House Thrift Shop is extending its Saturday hours 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. effective immediately.
The Jemez House Thrift Shop, at 13 Sherwood Blvd., offers a wide variety of items at affordable prices. Read More
SM81 Would Establish Albuquerque Brewery District
NM LEGISLATIVE News:
SANTA FE–State Sen. Tim Keller, D-Bernalillo and Daniel Ivey-Soto, D-Bernalillo co-sponsored Senate Memorial 81 (SM81), which officially calls to establish a Brewery District in Albuquerque. Breweries named in the memorial are Nexus, La Cumbre and Il Vicino because of their close proximity to one another.
According to the New Mexico Brewers Guild (NMBG), there are more than two dozen established microbreweries across the state. NMBG also estimated that more than 65,000 barrels of beer were produced in 2013. The local economic stimulus these breweries bring to small Read More
Discover E 2014 at LAHS Feb. 20!
Discover E provides interesting, interactive and fun engineering, science, math and technology demonstrations. Courtesy photo
Students brace for the big bang. Courtesy photo
DISCOVER E News:
Discover E (Engineering) is an evening of interesting, interactive and fun engineering, science, math and technology demonstrations for K-12 students and their parents or guardians. The 12th annual Engineers Week activity is 4:30-7 p.m.,Thursday, Feb. 20 at the Los Alamos High School Commons Area.
The event is co-sponsored by the Los Alamos Chapter of ASM International (a professional society Read More
Udall Statement on Continued Obstruction of Emergency Unemployment Insurance
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON—U.S. Sen. Tom Udall issued the following statement after Republicans filibustered a measure to extend emergency unemployment insurance that would help 6,000 New Mexicans:
“I’m extremely disappointed that once again, partisanship kept families in New Mexico looking for work from getting help they need. Nearly 6,000 New Mexicans have already lost this lifeline because of partisan obstruction. And today, Republicans again blocked emergency unemployment insurance for them and for hundreds of thousands of families all across Read More
LA Walks Invites Public to Meeting 5 p.m. Today
LA WALKS News:
LA Walks will hold a regular meeting 5-6 p.m., today, Feb. 11 at Aspen Ridge and invites public attendance.
LA Walks is a citizens’ group whose mission is to support pedestrian safety, accessibility, convenience and comfort throughout Los Alamos. The organization is interested in new members. The meeting focus is to expand the understanding of transportation issues for seniors, walking and commuting via scooters in Los Alamos.
Come and join the group discussion Feb. 11. Read More
Quotes: The Authors Speak Series Presents Award Winning Romance and Mystery Author
Darynda Jones, award winning romance and mystery author. Courtesy photo
LIBRARY News:
Quotes: The Authors Speak Series presents New York Times bestselling author Darynda Jones at 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 27 in the Upstairs Rotunda at Mesa Public Library.
New Mexico’s own Jones will be part of the new season’s Quotes series, visiting Thursday, Feb. 27 for the evening Authors Speak event and giving tips to teen creative writing classes at Los Alamos Public Schools Friday.
“The grim reaper gets a shiny cool makeover in Jones’s blazing hot debut…Fast-talking Charley’s wicked exuberance Read More
Sanchez: Give Credit Where Credit is Due on Education Reform
Give Credit Where Credit is Due on Education ReformBy Sen. Michael Sanchez, D-Bernalillo & Valencia
Last year, high school graduation rates in New Mexico improved 10 percent over recent historic rates, from the low 60 percent range up to 70 percent.
For the second year in a row, Hispanic New Mexican students enrolled in Advanced Placement (AP) classes have the highest completion and graduation rates of all AP students in the country.
Read More These are fantastic developments that are justly lauded, and which the current governor is rightly touting – for which she is incorrectly taking credit.
Los Alamos Genealogical Association Meets Thursday
LAGA News:
The Los Alamos Genealogical Association will meet at 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 13, at Mesa Public Library. The public is invited.
Irma Holtkamp will speak on “Using Newspapers for Genealogical Research: An Overview of Genealogy Bank and Newspapers.com.”
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Historical Society Lecture Features LANL Historian Alan Carr Tuesday at Fuller Lodge
LANL Historian Alan Carr
LA HISTORICAL SOCIETY News:
The Los Alamos Historical Society presents Alan B. Carr, author of “On The Front Lines of the Cold War,” 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 11, at Fuller Lodge.
Carr will explore the political landscape of the later Cold War years from the Los Alamos perspective by introducing the Laboratory leaders and technologies that helped win history’s most dangerous conflict.
Carr is the Historian for Los Alamos National Laboratory. During his tenure as Laboratory Historian, Carr has produced several publications pertaining to the Manhattan Project, early Read More
Los Alamos FIRST LEGO League Winners
The Atomic Flying Pickles in tie dye and the Bloonatics from left top row Coach Susannah Rousculp, Summer Bronson, Risa Bridge, Indy Warrior, Haylee Richardson, Elyse Phillips, Ally Lakis, Ellie Rightley, Emme Segler, Coach Vicki Erkkila and Genevieve Triplett. Bottom row from left, Jillian Bennett, Catherine Rousculp, Jessica Erkkila, Elia Vasquez and Zoe Lederman. Courtesy photo
The Atomic Flying Pickles moving from the NMFLL robot games to a judging session … their enthusiasm was contagious! Courtesy photo
FLL News:
Five teams from Los Alamos competed at the New Mexico state Read More