Lifestyles

Fr. Glenn: Happy Mothers’ Day!

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By Fr. Glenn Jones

A very happy and blessed Mothers’ Day to all of you moms/grandmothers out there! A rather tough Mothers’ Day for you this year, I fear, as it’s likely that many of you are separated from children/grandchildren not only by miles, but in an abundance of caution over this COVID situation we’re stuck in. Like I’ve often seen on Facebook from older ladies over the last few weeks: “Call grandmothers away from their grandchildren … because we are NOT okay!!”  Ah … the joy of grandparents—to spoil the little ones and to bask in their love. (“Grandchildren are the crown of the aged…” Proverbs Read More

Living In A Complex System: The Basics

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By DON NEEPER
Formerly of Los Alamos

In our society, each new law or regulation is intended to fix a previous problem. Sure enough, it seems each new written legal rule generates at least one new problem. Why is that?

The new problem often occurs because most legal solutions address symptoms rather than the underlying social rules that generate the problem. President  Johnson’s war on poverty did not end poverty, but urban renewal moved some poor people out of their own neighborhoods into more crowded areas. Federal flood insurance encouraged the construction of more flood-prone houses after Read More

Scenes From Farmers Market 50th Season Opening Day

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The Los Alamos Farmers Market kicks off its 50th Anniversary Season today as Market Manager Cindy Talamantes, right, rings up a purchase for Sarah Manzanares at Ashley Pond Park. Today’s market launches this season’s outdoor market, which moved from the  parking lot at Mesa Public Library to the Ashley Pond Park lawn next to the Justice Center. To comply with the governor’s public health order, everyone is asked to wear a mask and the market is roped off to control the crowds. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

Victor and Amalia Castillo cook up lunch today for Farmers Market patrons. Read More

Traffic Alert: Nectar Closed For Utility Work 6 P.M. Today

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Traffic Alert:

At 6 p.m. today, Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities water crews will close a section of Nectar Street, between 15th Street and 17th Street to replace a water line.

The closure is scheduled to remain in place until Friday evening, May 8. 

While the Nectar entrance into the northeast parking area for Central Park Square will be closed, the 15th Street entrance at Myrtle will remain open for both ingress and egress. 

The Nectar entrance into Central Park Square west of 17th Street (or across from the park) will not be affected. 

Door hanger notifications were provided earlier Read More

Home Country: Looking For Glory

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Home Country
By SLIM RANDLES

Like a doctor removing something important, Herb Collins gently peeled the wrapper back from the root ball and tenderly placed the baby tree in the hole. Then he stood and walked around it to see which way he should align it. Actually, looks pretty good just the way it is.

So he took his bucket of mixed sand and compost and began sprinkling it down onto the roots and then packing it in gently with his fist.

Every few minutes he’d stop and read the directions again. When he ordered the tree, the nurseryman had written back “Are you sure?” Well, that made ol’ Herb laugh. Yes, he Read More

Travel Lane At 20th And Oppenheimer Has Reopened

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COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County Gas Crews finished up at 6 p.m. today and opened the lane at 20th Street to Oppenheimer Drive.

After temporarily closing a section of Trinity Drive, from 20th Street to Oppenheimer Drive, due to gas line break around 2 p.m. today, Trinity Drive is now reopened to traffic.

The section of the Trinity Drive was closed when a New Mexico Department of Transportation contractor inadvertently struck a 4-inch gas line while excavating a sink hole near Ashley Pond.

There was no disruption in service. Read More

Traffic Alert: N.M. 502 Near Roundabout Closed Wednesday

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Traffic Alert:
As part of the ongoing construction of the new roundabout on the eastern edge of Los Alamos, N.M. 502 will be closed beginning at 7 a.m. Wednesday, May 6.
This closure by New Mexico Department of Transportation and their contractor Star Paving is necessary for installation of a roadway storm drain and water service crossing.
Arroyo Lane residents will be directed to enter and exit east to Canyon Road. 
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