Lifestyles

Girl Scouts Complete Project To Help The Homeless

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Juniors of Girl Scout Troop 10074 completed a project resently to help the homeless. The project was the work of Amelia, Ashley, Brianna and Lillian. For more information about Girl Scouts in Los Alamos and White Rock, contact Grace Wiele at gwiele@nmgirlscouts.org. Courtesy/Jeanine Wood

Amelia, Ashley, Brianna and Lillian of Girl Scout Troop 10074 started out by researching what homeless people need and decided on a budget. Next, they shopped for supplies online and worked with Immaculate Heart of Mary Church to assemble bags for the homeless. People can now take those bags to give out when Read More

Iris Street Water Work To Continue Tuesday

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Iris Street will be closed to through traffic Tuesday to work on a water line replacement. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

Gas, Water, and Sewer crews from the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities (DPU) will be returning to Iris St. Tuesday to work on a water line replacement.

Drivers should expect to see traffic controls in place 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. while work is underway.

Signs warning motorists of the road closure will be placed at the corner of Iris Street and 6th Street. A short section of Iris Street will be closed near the middle of the block. DPU crews will restrict traffic to only those residents Read More

420 TeaTime Offers Delights For Imbibers And Abstainers In Wonderland-Themed Tea Room And Dispensary

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420 TeaTime owner Christa Tyler in her Mad Hatter Lounge in White Rock. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

Welcome to the Tea Room at 420 TeaTime. The kitchen serves both cannabis-enhanced and cannabis-free food and drink. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com

A slice of Wonderland popped up Sept. 1 in White Rock when 420 TeaTime opened its doors. Located in the former Pig + Fig Café space at 35 Rover Blvd., Suite G, TeaTime has been transformed into a Wonderland-themed tearoom and cannabis dispensary that also Read More

Liddie’s Traditional New Mexican Dishes: Prickly Pear Syrup

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Prickly Pear Cactus, ready for harvest. Photo by Liddie Martinez

Jars of syrup cooling. Photo by Liddie Martinez

Video demonstrating how to prepare Prickly Pear Syrup. Video by Liddie Martinez

By LIDDIE MARTINEZ
Española Valley

I have always loved cactus. Early in my writing career I spent quite a bit of time researching cacti and writing odes to them. Cactus blossoms are exotic and fragile but try to pluck one and you will be digging glochids out of your skin for days. The tiny, near invisible spines will rub off the cactus pads with the lightest touch and removing them is difficult. The plants are Read More

SFNF: Wildfire Preparedness Is Year-Round: Remove Dead Plants & Debris From Property

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SFNF News:

SANTA FE — As fall approaches and cooler temperatures set in, wildfire season can seem like a distant concern.

However, this is a great time to begin preparations for the next fire season and clean up around your home. The 2022 Wildfire Preparedness is Year-Round campaign provides monthly wildfire preparedness tasks that follow the changing seasons.

The October message from the Santa Fe National Forest (SFNF) and partners at other forests, agencies and non-governmental organizations is remove dead plants and debris from your property.

Seasonal upkeep, like raking Read More

NCRTD Closed Oct. 10 In Observance Of Indigenous Peoples’ Day

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NCRTD News:

The North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) has announced that the RTD Blue Buses will not be in service Monday, Oct. 10, in observance of Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

The exception will be the RTD 255 Mountain Trail route to the Santa Fe National Forest that will be operating on its normal schedule. Read More

Taylor: Donations Sought To Support Asylum Seekers

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By TYLER TAYLOR M.D.
Los Alamos 

Nowadays, I have one of the best jobs around. Though I get no wage, the payoff is wonderful.

Two of us at the Unitarian Church – Margie Stockton and myself – have for two weeks gotten to process the donations coming in for the asylum seekers briefly sheltered in Deming.

As I carry into our church the donated socks, cereal boxes, deodorant, jeans, etc., and pack them for delivery, there are two marvelous benefits. First, I get to imagine how each of the hundreds of items will help a child badly needing shoes, a hungry adult, or a teen with no jacket who will soon move to a cold Read More

Public Meeting On Atomic City Transit Plan Oct. 6, 2022

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COUNTY News:

As part of the monthly Los Alamos County Transportation Board meeting scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, board members will hear a presentation on the Atomic City Transit (ACT) Plan under development.

Additionally, board members and transit staff welcome public feedback on the project and encourage the public to join the virtual meeting.  

Los Alamos County retained LSC Transportation Consultants, Inc., to prepare a 2022 Short-Range Transit Plan for ACT that will assess how transit conditions have changed, how ACT is performing and potential improvements to the transit Read More

Republican Party Of New Mexico Shares Statement On Observance Of Yom Kippur

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RPNM News:

ALBUQUERQUE — This evening marks the beginning of Yom Kippur, the Jewish “Day of Atonement” and the holiest day on the Jewish calendar.

The following is a statement from Republican Party of New Mexico (RPNM) Chairman Steve Pearce on Yom Kippur:

“We at the Republican Party of New Mexico would like to wish our Jewish friends and Jewish communities a blessed Yom Kippur. This special day is a time for reflection and focuses on repentance and asking forgiveness for any wrongs committed over the past year.

“Yom Kippur also provides an opportunity for Jews here in New Mexico and Read More