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Mallorca Travelogue Thursday

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Blue Buses Not In Service Memorial 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, May 30, in observance of the Memorial Day holiday.

Regularly scheduled bus service throughout north central New Mexico including Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe and Taos Counties will resume Tuesday, May 31.

The North Central Regional Transit District provides free bus service Monday through Friday to a service area that encompasses more than 10,000 square miles of north central New Mexico including the counties of Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe and Taos; Read More

Coffee Sales At LANB Benefit Student European Tour

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Courtesy poster

EDUCATION News:

To cover final costs of their educational tour of Spain, France and Italy, 14 graduating seniors are selling bags of kosher, organic and fresh-roasted, Fair Trade coffee, at Los Alamos National Bank this week.

Stop by the lobby of LANB, 2-5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Thursday to support these amazing graduates. Travelers depart June 8, a week after graduation, to see the cultural and historical sites of the Prado Museum, La Sagrada Familia, Carcassonne, Nice, Pisa, Assisi, St. Peter’s Basilica, Roman Colosseum and Pompeii. https:////www.eftours. Read More

Atomic City Transit Upcoming Schedule Changes

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Atomic City Transit bus. File photo

 

COUNTY News:

Monday May 23, Atomic City Transit schedules will be adjusted in order to better provide connections with the Northern New Mexico Park and Ride buses. 

More specifically, the entire schedule will be rotated forward by 5 minutes, which will affect the timing at each bus stop. As an example, if you currently catch the bus at 7 a.m., you will catch the bus at 7:05 a.m. beginning Monday.

The new transit service plan, implemented Jan. 25, has succeeded in enabling the operators to deliver the published service schedule with excellent “on-time” Read More

Annual 8th Grade Washington, D.C Spring Break Trip

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Students who were winners of essay contest and got to lay the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery during this year’s Washington DC Trip. From left, James Gutierrezt, Jaimey Zerr, Lauren Poague and Jersey Zerr. Courtesy photo
 
COMMUNITY News:
 
It’s time to sign up for next year’s annual 8th grade spring break trip to Washington, DC. This trip is available to Los Alamos Middle School and home school 8th grade students.
 
The trip is a private trip and not a school sponsored trip. Sign up online at www.worldstridesdiscovernow.
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Boutique Air Terminates Contract With County

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Boutique Air. Courtesy photo

COUNTY News:

Los Alamos County Airport Manager David Ploeger announced today that he received a letter Thursday evening from Shawn Simpson, CEO of Boutique Air, terminating Boutique’s contract with the County to provide air service from Los Alamos to Albuquerque.

Boutique and the County entered into a contract last November to provide three flights a day between the Los Alamos airport (LAM) and Albuquerque Sunport (ABQ).

The letter came after conversations between Simpson and Ploeger about low passenger counts for the commercial airlines service and the need Read More

Mesa Public Library Hosts Travel Writer Ray Bartlett April 16

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Ray Bartlett. Courtesy photo
 
LIBRARY News:
 
Travel writer Ray Bartlett will read from and sign copies of his debut novel, Sunsets of Tulum, show slides of his travels, and answer questions about writing, travel, and publishing.
 
The event, which is free and open to the public, is 2-3 p.m., April 16 at Mesa Public Library, 2400 Central Ave., Los Alamos.
 
This is Ray Bartlett’s debut novel, published by Barrel Fire Press in October, 2015. Bartlett is a travel writer who has written numerous guidebooks for Lonely Planet, Insight
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Griggs: A Visit To The Ancient Mayan City Of Copán

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A dazzling, full-sized replica of the Rosalila in the Copán Museum of Mayan Sculpture. Although today they are weathered gray stone, the original buildings were colorful, elaborate theater sets proclaiming the glory of the city. Photo by talk2winik

 

By DAVID H. GRIGGS
Forign Correspondent
Los Alamos Daily Post

In 1839, the intrepid explorers Stephens and Catherwood hacked their way with machetes through the jungles of Central America. Amid the steaming green foliage and the towering ceiba trees, spider monkeys swung from vines and brilliant scarlet macaws flew through the trees. Read More