Los Alamos County Clerk Naomi Maestas, left, and Chief Deputy Clerk Tessa Jo Mascarena present the clerk’s office FY 2025 budget to council Monday night in Council Chambers. Council voted unanimously to tentatively approve the approximately $1.1 million budget. Screenshot/LADP Read More
Council Tentatively Oks Manager’s Office FY25 Budget
Los Alamos County Deputy Manager Linda Matteson, right, presents the County Manager’s Office FY 2025 budget to council while Deputy Clerk Marie Pruitt, left, listens during the budget hearing Monday night in Council Chambers. Council voted 6-1, with Councilor David Reagor opposed, to tentatively approve the approximately $15.3 million budget, with several budget options. These budget options include $80,000 for education, marketing and outreach services for greenhouse gas reduction, $100,000 for energy audit services, $500,000 for electric vehicle infrastructure plan and fleet Read More
Review: ‘Fun Home’ Shares An Important Story
Review by KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
Despite the name, there isn’t a lot of “fun” in the musical “Fun Home”. The play, which is based on a graphic novel by Alison Bechdel, focuses on memories from Alison’s childhood and early adulthood that mainly center on her father, Bruce Bechdel.
Bruce was an English teacher, home renovator and funeral parlor director – hence the name of the play. The family nicknames the funeral business “fun home”.
But Bruce harbors a secret – he is gay. Living in a time when gay marriage, rights and acceptance was pretty much nonexistent, Read More
Council Tentatively Approves Its $428,753 FY 2025 Budget
Los Alamos County Council voted unanimously to tentatively approve its FY 2025 budget of $428,753 during the budget hearing Monday night in Council Chambers. Screenshot/LADP Read More
Scenes From PEEC’s 2024 Earth Day Festival
A scene from PEEC’s 2024 Earth Day Festival Saturday at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
A crowd checks out the booths and activities offered during the Pajarito Environmental Education Center’s (PEEC) Earth Day Festival Saturday at the Los Alamos Nature Center. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos County Department of Public Utilities Conservation Specialist Abbey Hayward supervises Annamarie Allen as she puts soil in a cup to plant grass seeds during PEEC’s Earth Day celebration Saturday. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More
Libertarian Phillip Mach Files For N.M. Dist. 43 Seat
Libertarian Phillip Mach files for New Mexico House Dist. 43 this morning at the Municipal Building. Mach, who has lived in Los Alamos for three years, said he decided to run for the seat because, ‘I think it is important that we have a contested election’. He added that he believes the Libertarian Party will have a contested primary, ‘which is exciting’. The seat is held by Democrat Christine Chandler who is seeking re-election. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Read More
LAHS Students Meet With Legislators At Chamber Breakfast
Los Alamos High School students, from left, Asher Koh, Michael Bane, Rep. Christine Chandler, Sen. Leo Jaramillo and student Brandon Stokes participate in the Chamber Business Breakfast Feb. 29 at SALA Event Center. During the breakfast, Chandler and Jaramillo gave an overview on the recent 30-day legislative session. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Read More LASA: Pollinators As Teachers Of Love
By DANA ECELBERGER
Los Alamos Sustainability Alliance
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- Did you know? New Mexico has a surprising number of native pollinators: bees of all shapes and sizes, flies, butterflies, wasps, birds, bats and more, but bees are the hardest working in the pollination department. Out of around 4,000 native bees in the United States, New Mexico has around 1,000 bee species! That is a full fourth of all the known native bees in America.
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As we celebrate Valentine’s Day, many of us are thinking about love and what in the world it is all about. Some of us may already have found love, either as a romantic connection, Read More
Los Alamos Resident Anna Yarrow Presents Her Play ‘The World Beautiful’ Sunday At SALA
Los Alamos resident David Brown, along with his friend and caretaker Anna Yarrow, take a stroll Monday afternoon around Ashley Pond. Yarrow wrote a play she titled, ‘The World Beautiful’ to commemorate her friendship with Brown. The play will be performed Sunday at SALA. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
Los Alamos resident Anna Yarrow created a multi-media play, “The World Beautiful” that will be performed at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 18 at SALA Event Center.
The show will also be livestreamed.
The show incorporates a lot Read More
