Lifestyles

Shop On Corner Hosts Final Sale Of 2019 Wednesday

TOTH News:

The Shop on the Corner thrift shop will host its last sale of the year 8:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday.

The Clear the Racks sale features two bags for $5. The Corner Store boutique offers inventory at half price.

The thrift store reopens Jan. 8, on the first floor of Trinity on the Hill Espicopal Church at Canyon Road and Diamond Drive. Read More

Scenes From 2019 Luminaria Walk At Stables Sunday

The Annual North Mesa Stables Luminaria Walk Sunday evening featured to the delight of young and old, a quiet walk through of the stables open house, campfires (‘luminarias]), and plenty of s’mores and opportunities to interact with horses, goats, sheep, cows and other stable animals. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene Sunday evening from the Annual North Mesa Stables Luminaria Walk. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene Sunday evening from the Annual North Mesa Stables Luminaria Walk. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com

Scene Sunday evening from the Annual North Mesa Read More

On The Job In Los Alamos: LARSO Advisory Council

On the job in Los Alamos are members of the Los Alamos Retired and Senior Organization (LARSO) Advisory Council meeting this morning at the Betty Ehart Senior Center, 1101 Bathtub Row. The LARSO Advisory Council has met monthly for more than 25 years. The LARSO mission is to provide service, fellowship, instruction and advocacy for retirees and senior citizens. Learn more here. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com Read More

Community Helps Children’s Christmas Bazaar Succeed

An elf assists children shopping at the annual Children’s Christmas Bazaar Dec. 1 at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church. Courtesy/TOTH
 
By BETH PATTILLO
TOTH Children’s Christmas Bazaar Chair

I would like to thank the Los Alamos community for its generosity in supporting the 17th annual Children’s Christmas Bazaar at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church during the Winterfest weekend. You were generous with giving of your time and your donations.

At least 85 people helped with set up, baking, greeting, wrapping (30 wrappers wrapping all at the same time!), helping children select

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International Holocaust Remembrance Day Jan. 27

Martin Schoeller, left, with Yad Vashem Chair Avner Shalev have embarked on a commemorative project to mark 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. As Holocaust survivors continue to age, this may be one of the last opportunities to record their images. Courtesy/YV

Yad Vashem News:

Throughout 2020, the world will be marking the 75th anniversary to the end of World War II. Starting Jan. 27, 2020, which is the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, perhaps one of the most iconic symbols of the Holocaust, Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center will be involved Read More

Study: Cheapest & Most Expensive New Mexico Rents

PPR News:
 
For most families, finding an affordable place to live is one of their top priorities, along with schools, jobs, transportation and healthcare.
 
In New Mexico, the median monthly rent is $782, though this number varies widely depending on the area of the state in question.
 
UnitedStatesZipCodes.org has released a new study on the New Mexico Communities With the Cheapest Rent using the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
 
The study lists the New Mexico areas with the 50 lowest and 50 highest median monthly rent costs.
 

The 10 Cheapest Communities: Read More

Posts From The Road: London Bridge In Arizona

Bridge Span: The London Bridge spans 930 feet across the Bridgewater Channel in Lake Havasu City, Ariz. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

Major Attraction: Today the London Bridge is a major tourist destination when visiting Lake Havasu City. Shown is a waterside walkway and some of the development along Bridgewater Channel. Restaurants, shops, a marina and tours are just a few of the many attractions that visitors can enjoy. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com

 

By GARY WARREN
Photographer
Formerly of Los Alamos

 The road to London Bridge travels through Arizona! The bridge Read More

Fr. Glenn: Learning From Others

By Fr. Glenn Jones

An interesting—and edifying—evening.

Here in the Archdiocese of Santa Fe—as in many other dioceses around the U.S.—we have quite a number of non-native-born priests—from Vietnam, Mexico and Latin America, Spain, and Africa, to name just a few places of origin (not even to mention myself, originally from Texas, which sort of counts. And, by the way: I ain’t got no accent; it’s y’all that talk funny! 😉

Anyway … I attended a dinner hosted by our Nigerian priests the other evening, and a most enjoyable evening it was. It wasn’t so much the food they had prepared (though it was quite Read More

Annual Christmas Tubas Concert At TOTH Dec. 21

The sound of brass instruments playing Christmas carols is a staple this time of year. When those instruments are tubas and euphoniums, the sound has a more mellow character. Hear the Christmas Tubas perform in a free concert 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 21, at Kelly Hall in Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church. Courtesy photo

The Christmas Tubas perform 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at Kelly Hall in Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church. Courtesy photo Read More

Gov. Lujan Grisham Signs Electric Vehicle Accord

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham
 
STATE News:
 
SANTA FE Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and seven other governors have reaffirmed their partnership to develop electric vehicle charging infrastructure along major highways in the Intermountain West and released voluntary minimum standards for those charging stations.
 
Gov. Lujan Grisham signed the new REV West Memorandum of Understanding, along with governors from Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. The document updates a similar agreement signed in October 2017 with a goal to ensure drivers can
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