Lifestyles

Fr. Glenn: The Merry Manic Month Of May

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

Well, a happy Mothers’ Day to all of you moms out there. I hope that your children recognize all the love that you’ve given them, and realize that many go without such love all of their lives. So kids: be grateful to, and for, your moms! After all, they’re there to share both your joys and your sorrows, your hopes and dreams. Whoever coined the phrase: “A problem shared is a problem halved” must have been thinking about Mom.

Moms’ Day is always smack down around the middle of May, which tends to be one of the busiest months of the year. Lots of things going on that month in churches just after Read More

Posts From The Road: Scenes Of Dramatic Weather & Light

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Morning Light: The early sunrise light of a January morning begins to illuminate the sky and water surface of a lake in southern New Mexico. The red morning sky gives way to orange and yellow, which reflect in the water creating a colorful start to the day. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Late Light: While stopped for the night on our way home to Colorado in early February we stayed at an RV Park just east of Clayton, N.M. The skies were mostly clear except for a few light clouds. The sun had set and the glow of the evening light created an interesting scene with the nearby windmill and trees in the Read More

NMDOT And Local Law Enforcement Support Click It Or Ticket Seat Belt Enforcement Campaign

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Transportation Secretary Ricky Serna

NMDOT News

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Department of Transportation and local law enforcement agencies remind drivers to buckle up during the national annual Click it or Ticket seat belt enforcement campaign, which begins May 15.

Law enforcement will be out looking for unrestrained drivers and passengers during a concentrated enforcement period May 22 through June 4, which coincides with the Memorial Day holiday.

 “It should be a part of every driver’s routine,” Transportation Secretary Ricky Serna said. “You get in the vehicle, you buckle-up. It only Read More

Tuesdays At The Square Kicks Off June 13

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This year the concert series is 6-8 p.m. every Tuesday June 13-27 and July 11-25 on the lawn in Central Park Square. Courtesy/MainStreet and Creative District

MAINSTREET News:

Presented by Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District, Tuesdays at the Square (formerly at Ashley Pond) is gearing up for a rocking summer.

This year, Tuesdays will be activating the lawn next to Boese Bros with six Tuesday evenings of live music, spanning rock, jazz, blues and more. The Atomic Follies will kick of our season with their all-ages cabaret show during Pride Week.

Then the series will continue with The Los Read More

MFA Launches New Program To Rehabilitate & Resale Vacant & Abandoned Single Family Homes Across New Mexico

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MFA News:

ALBUQUERQUE — The Board of Directors for the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority (MFA) recently approved the Restoring Our Communities (ROC) Program to reduce vacant and abandoned homes in communities across New Mexico.

The program will acquire, rehabilitate, and resell single‐family properties that are vacant or abandoned, to create workforce housing units, and offer financial aid to homebuyers through down payment assistance. The program has $2,000,000 available for funding under an open Notice of Funding Availability. 

During the completion of MFA’s Housing Strategy, Read More

Cone Zone: Week Of May 8, 2023

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COUNTY News:

The projects listed in this section are being managed by County Public Works staff through contractors. For more information, email lacpw@lacnm.us, call 505.662.8150 or visit the “Projects/Public Works” link at www.losalamosnm.us.

Please slow down and use caution within the construction work zones. Please note the below information is based on a schedule provided by the contractors and may change due to weather or other delays.

Public Works Projects: 

33rd / 34th St. Road and Utility Improvements

TLC Plumbing and Utility will continue working on the utility portion of the Read More

Los Alamos Police Conducting Sobriety Checkpoints

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Los Alamos Police conducted a sobriety checkpoint, saturation patrol, and registration, insurance and driver’s license checkpoint Friday night on Diamond Drive. LAPD joins state police efforts across New Mexico working to bring awareness to the dangers of drinking and driving. State police say these checkpoints are helping to change society’s attitude about driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, adding that hundreds of lives could be saved each year if every driver had the courage to make the right decision not to drive impaired. Read More

Fr. Glenn: ‘What IS Truth?’

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By Fr. Glenn Jones:

“What is truth?” – one of the most famous and philosophical lines of the Christian Gospels, uttered musingly by the Roman governor of Judea Pontius Pilate in his dialogue with Jesus prior to Jesus’ condemnation and crucifixion. (John 18:38)

We find that the answer to this poignant, and yet essential, question becoming ever more fleeting and elusive in our day. Daily is news about the rise of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and its ever-increasing ability to mimic authors, poets, artists, etc., until reproductions and “works” are almost indistinguishable from the original Read More