LAFD Loses Hair For Worthy Cause
Los Alamos Firefighter Joe Martinez volunteers to get his hair shaved off in an effort to raise funds to help fight childhood cancer. His girlfriend Monica keeps an eye on the progress. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
The fourth annual St. Baldrick’s head shaving fundraiser underway Thursday at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
LAFD News:
The Los Alamos Fire Department hosted its fourth annual St. Baldricks head shaving fundraiser Thursday to help fight childhood cancer.
The event at Ashley Pond Park saw many firefighters lose their hair Read More
Author Gail Rubin To Speak At Mesa Public Library On ‘A Good Goodbye’ At 7 p.m. Thursday
Author Gail Rubin
LIBRARY News:
Gail Rubin is the featured speaker in Mesa Public Library’s ongoing Authors Speak series at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 24 in the Library’s upstairs rotunda.
Her award-winning book, A Good Goodbye: Funeral Planning for Those Who Don’t Plan to Die, brings light to a dark subject. The book was awarded Best of Show in the 2011 New Mexico Book Awards and was a finalist in the Family & Relationships category of the 2010 Book of the Year Award from ForeWord Reviews. She uses humor to talk about one of the touchiest subjects there is: Death. As she says “talking about sex won’t Read More
Citizens Learn About County Comprehensive Plan
Los Alamos County Principal Planner Tamara Baer outlines the County’s Comprehensive Plan at the second of three meetings for citizens to ask questions and give their input. The meeting was held Wednesday at UNM-LA. The third meeting is 9:30 a.m., Saturday at the Los Alamos Golf Course Community Room. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comLetter To The Editor: Petition To Nix New Roundabout
By Joel M. Williams
Los Alamos
Citizens, bikers, and pedestrians, ever wonder how 269 vehicles per hour (>4 per minute), waiting at the stop-sign on Central at N.M. 502, can currently enter the line of vehicles going pass them on N.M. 502 e-bound at the rate of 917 vehicles per hour (>1 vehicle every 4 sec) while vehicles just in front of them are going in the opposite direction at 148 vehicles per hour (>1 vehicle every 30 sec)?
Not easy for them, but they do it, as collected data demonstrate. What these folks need is “some help” in the merging without making things unsafe for Read More
Los Alamos Family Council More Than A Counseling Center
From left, Jeremy Varela and Kristy Ortega of United Way of Northern New Mexico, Joy Beery and Cheryl Pongratz of Los Alamos Family Council, Paul Martinez of the Youth Activity Centers and Pamela Risley Rogers of the LAFC Board. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
LAFC News:
Los Alamos Family Council is more than a counseling center. LAFC also operates two Youth Activity Centers.
The Youth Activity Centers are a natural part of LAFC’s mission to enhance the quality of life through prevention of substance use and abuse. The programming focus of the Activity Centers is on youth resiliency, Read More
Letter To The Editor: Drivers And Walkers Awake
By WILLIAM C. MEADDrivers and Walkers Awake … Or else, the planned roundabout at the intersection of Trinity and Central will force drivers to travel in conflicting “circular” paths (or find another route) and pedestrians will be negotiating for their lives and limbs with vehicles intent on making it through the roundabout (or stay away).
The N.M. 502 improvement project plans now call for the installation of a two-lane, 25 mph roundabout at the intersection of Trinity and Central. Construction is scheduled to begin in the Spring of 2017 at a total project cost estimated to be $7.1 Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: March 9 To March 15, 2016
LAPD News:
The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department. Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.
March 9 at 7:27 a.m. / A 49-year-old Los Alamos woman reported that someone stole her vehicle parked on Alabama Avenue. The estimated loss is less than $2,500.
OLIVIA PEREZ
March 9 at 8:13 a.m. / Police arrested Olivia Perez, 31, of Los Alamos near Diamond Drive and Orange Street on an outstanding warrant from another jurisdiction.
March 9 at 3:11 p.m. / A Los Alamos man on Orange Street Read More
Today’s Lodgers’ Tax Advisory Board Meeting Canceled
COUNTY News:
The Lodgers’ Tax Advisory Board meeting, which had been scheduled for today has been canceled. Read More
Williams: Numbers Don’t Lie – What Do They Tell Us About Proposed Central-N.M. 502 Roundabout?
Image by Joel M. Williams
Several days ago, I showed what the simple roundabout at Central-N.M. 502 proposed by Los Alamos County Public Works and selected by Los Alamos County Council in 2012 has “morphed” into … a land-gobbling mammoth. It seems appropriate now to envision how this roundabout will operate.
In order to do this, we need some numbers. Together in the accompanying figure are the current intersection, the roadway of the proposed roundabout and a table of traffic flow numbers during peak hours (morning, noon, and evening), Read More
A Councilor’s Request: Participate In Library Survey
By Councilor Steven Girrens As the Council Liaison to the Library Board, I’d like to encourage our community to participate in the library survey that will be open until March 31. You can access it by clicking on the Open Forum tab from the main page of the Los Alamos County website at https://www.losalamosnm.us.
This survey is the first phase in updating the public library’s strategic planning process, which will play a key role in developing the nature and scope of the library’s services over the next five years. Getting as much feedback as possible will enable Read More
Letter To The Editor: We’d Love Your Candid Feedback
By TIM LANGWORTHY
Los Alamos Library Board
Do you ever go to the Mesa Public Library or to our beautiful new branch library in White Rock?
What do you most appreciate about your visits? Can you suggest ways we could serve you better?
We’d love to get candid feedback from you. Please just take a few minutes to complete the “Library Planning Survey” available at by clicking here. The survey will only be available for a few weeks, through March 30.
The other members of the Library Board and I will carefully consider your input and use it as we draft the strategic plan that will guide the library’s evolution Read More
Letter To The Editor: P&Z Commission Welcomes Public To Comprehensive Plan Review Process
By PHIL GURSKY, ChairmanDuring this past week, press releases, news articles, thousands of post cards, radio interview and print, electronic and radio ads have announced public meetings on Monday March 14, Wednesday March 16 and Saturday March 19 to begin the process of public input in the coming update of the County Comprehensive Plan.
I would like to take this opportunity to describe the function of the Comprehensive Plan in straightforward terms and invite the community to be an active part in the decision making process. Simply put, the Read More
Scenes From Thursday’s GOP Meet & Greet
Third Congressional District candidate Michael H. Romero told the audience gathered for a Meet & Greet Thursday at UNM-LA that there are a lot of things his Democratic opponent, Rep. Ben Ray Luján, hasn’t been doing that he will. ‘Another thing, once the elections are over … you never hear from them again … I will get a mobile home to use as a mobile office and travel around the state speaking to constituents about their concerns,’ Romero said. LAFRW President Bethany Douglas read prepared statements by Republicans challengers Michael Glenn Lucero and Jerald Steve McFall, unable to Read More
LAFD’s Wildfire 2016 At Ashley Pond March 25
Los Alamos Fire Department Forms EMS Bike Team
Courtesy photoThe Los Alamos Fire Department has formed an EMS Bike Team. This new team will enable our EMTs to quickly reach patients who may be located in an area not easily accessible by our ambulances.
LAFD first got the idea for the team by observing the police bike team working the July 4 celebration at Overlook Park in White Rock. While we faced delays and access issues getting to patients due to the crowds, the Los Alamos Police Department was able to quickly and safely maneuver throughout the event area and respond where Read More
Republican Candidate Withdraws From Los Alamos County Clerk Race … Throws Support To GOP Opponent
During a candidate meet & greet event Thursday evening at UNM-LA, Republican Wendy Laird announces that she is withdrawing from the Los Alamos County Clerk race and throwing her support behind GOP opponent Naomi Maestas. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Staff Report
Republican Wendy Laird filed Tuesday morning for the Los Alamos County Clerk position … not realizing her fellow Republican Naomi Maestas, who has worked at the Los Alamos County Clerk’s Office for nearly a decade, was going to run as well. Maestas filed Tuesday afternoon.
At Thursday evening’s Read More
Georgia Strickfaden Presents Talk At History On Tap
Roger Rasmussen, left, came to Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory in 1944 and spoke of witnessing the first test at Trinity Site. He attended Thursday night’s History On Tap at Unquarked the Wine Room in Central Park Square. Los Alamos historian Georgia Strickfaden, center, presented a talk about Los Alamos’ unique history and discussed why people are coming here to hear ‘the story’. LACDC Marketing Manager Ryn Herrmann is at right. Photo by KayLinda Crawford/ladailypost.com
Georgia Strickfaden, center left, owns Atomic City Tours and is a self -described story teller. Read More
Meet The Candidates!
Candidates who filed for local offices Tuesday gathered for a group photo in the Los Alamos County Clerk’s Office, from left, Patrick Brenner, Amy Woods, Kristin Henderson, Chris Chandler, Wendy Laird, Naomi Maestas, Steven Girrens, Bill McKerley, Antonio Maggiore and Pete Sheehey. Council candidate Jaret McDonald and candidates for state offices not pictured include Dist. 43 incumbent Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard, challenger Sharon Stover, Jennifer Attrep for First Judicial District Court judge and incumbent Karyl Ann Armbruster for PED. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.comHenderson: Why I’m Running For A Second Term
By KRISTIN HENDERSONLos Alamos is a great place to live and raise a family. I am running for a second term because I believe it can be even better, but there is still work to do.
The issues I’m particularly concerned with include improving our downtowns and our housing, the new National Park in town, and improving our gym space and recreation.
Most importantly, I continue to believe we need take all our citizens into account when decisions
McDonald: My Platform As I Run For Council
By JARET MCDONALD, CandidateI am running for a seat on the Los Alamos County Council because I’ve always been interested in public office and I really want to make a difference in my community.
I was born in Los Alamos and many of you know my father Jan McDonald who was a longtime Los Alamos High School Band director and my mother Sheryl Parsons, a retired teacher. My stepfather Will Parsons is retired from LANL and my stepmother Lynne McDonald works part time at the Lab.
I’ve worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory for over 20 years as a contractor and employee Read More
