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Electric Work On Barranca Mesa Begins Thursday

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County DPU informs the public that their contractor, Paul Parker Construction Company, will be replacing primary underground electric lines and conduit at the eastern end of Barranca Mesa. They will be excavating between 410 and 500 Navajo Road and then south on Totavi. Excavation will continue across the intersection where Totavi crosses Navajo and through to the end of the Totavi cul-de-sac. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

 The Los Alamos County Department of Public Utilities (DPU) will be replacing primary underground electric lines and conduit at the eastern end of Barranca Mesa.

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Posts From The Road: Casa Grande Neon Sign Park

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Neon Sign Park: Shown is a view of several of the neon signs in the Casa Grande Neon Sign Park. All signs in the park are from local businesses except for the Dairy Queen sign, which was rescued from Holbrook, Ariz. on Route 66. The neon sign park contains 14 saved and restored signs. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com


Horse Shoe Motel: This sign and the waving bellman seen beside the sign originally attracted visitors to the motel beginning in the 1940s. The sign has been restored to its original state but the bellman is a reproduction of the bellman that stood at the motel in Casa Grande. This was Read More

Oversized Modular Home Transport To Cheyenne March 6

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COUNTY News:

JR Theroux Mobile Home Service, Inc., along with Abcon Mobile Home Movers, will be transporting two halves of a double-wide modular home from N.M. 501 (Truck Route) to Cheyenne beginning at 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 6.

The route will begin on N.M. 501 (Truck Route) and head north on Diamond Drive at Omega Bridge (Los Alamos Canyon bridge) to Trinity Drive. The transport will make a left on Trinity and head west to 48th Street then Sandia Drive to the intersection of Sandia and Diamond. The transport will then make a left on Diamond and head north to the roundabout, where it will turn right

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Notes From The Road: Wolf And Mermaid In Costa Rica

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Wolf and Mermaid Enchanted Roasters Café co-owners Kate Kudynska and her husband Scott Baird on a recent trip to Costa Rica. Photo by Adrian Baird

Johnny Baird of Wolf and Mermaid Enchanted Roasters Cafe helps out at a coffee farm recently in Costa Rica. Photo by Adrian Baird

By SCOTT BAIRD
Co-owner
Wolf & Mermaid Enchanted Roasters Café 

Editor’s Note: This is part one of a series by Scott Baird detailing a recent visit to Costa Rica with his co-owners of Wolf & Mermaid Enchanted Roasters Café.

Landing in San Jose, Costa Rica, we had a feeling that we were arriving in familiar territory. Read More