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Metzger’s Do it Best® Hardware Earns National Recognition As Top Home Improvement Store In New Mexico

Metzger’s leaders receiving their recognition, from left, Metzger’s Los Alamos Manager Frank Sandoval, Metzger’s General Manager David Jolly, Do it Best Territory Manager and loyal Metzger’s customer Mike Haynes and Metzger’s White Rock Manager Charlie Hoffine. Courtesy photo

BUSINESS News:

Another successful year of serving the community has put Metzger’s Do it Best® Hardware in exclusive company within the independent home improvement industry.

Hardware + Building Supply Dealer (H+BSD), a national publication covering the hardware industry, named Metzger’s Hardware its 2018 Read More

Dave’s Sports Barbershop Gets A Facelift

Barbers, from left, Dave Patterson, Dakota Patterson and Greg Casados work on happy customers, from left, Tyler Nakaoka, Jacob Verburg and Frazier Hansell at the newly remodeled Dave’s Sports Barbershop in Central Park Square. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Loren Maes works on Paige Patterson, Dave’s daughter. Four barbers were at work during this visit to the barbershop. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com

Dave Patterson has owned Dave’s Barbershop in Central Park Square Read More

Ryti: Economic Development

By RANDALL RYTI
Democratic Candidate
Los Alamos County Council

I moved to Los Alamos in 1992 as a founding partner in a small environmental consulting business, Neptune and Company. For this reason I have always followed Los Alamos County’s efforts to foster economic development and diversification. I was also on the board of the Pajarito Environmental Education Center as we moved from a fledgling 501c3 entity to a non-profit business providing educational services to the community.

Every entrepreneur has his or her own reasons for starting a business. For Neptune and Company, we started Read More

Petree Garden Center Launches Full Florist Service

General Manager Laurel Hardin shows off a new arrangement Tuesday morning now available at Petree Garden Center and Florist at 2470 East Road in Los Alamos. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Just some of the arrangements now available at Petree Garden Center and Florist. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post
bjgordon@ladailypost.com

Petree Garden Center has had a busy and successful spring and summer since its opening in April. Now General Manager Laurel Hardin is expanding the business to include a full service florist Read More

Local Leaders Selected For Leadership New Mexico

John Gulas, President and Chief Executive Officer, LANB

 
LNM News:
 
Leadership New Mexico is pleased to announce that the following leaders from the Los Alamos area are among the 42 leaders from 17 communities across the state selected to participate in the 2018-2019 Core Program:
  • John Gulas, President and Chief Executive Officer, Los Alamos National Bank; and,
  • Albert Jiron, Deputy Division Leader, Software & Applications Engineering, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
 
This is the 23 class of the Leadership New Mexico Core Program. Open to all citizens of the state,
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Daily Postcard: Rainbow Colors Sky Above Zia CU

Daily Postcard: A rainbow colors the sky above Zia Credit Union at 1001 Central Ave., Tuesday afternoon in downtown Los Alamos. Photo by Adam Baker

About Zia Credit Union:

In 1955, a group of approximately 200 individuals from Zia Company, support contractors for the Los Alamos National Laboratory, organized and founded Zia Credit Union as a special interest group, a common practice for that time in the credit union movement. The contractors felt they needed their own financial institution. Management of the newly-founded Zia Credit Union chose to become a state-charted credit union. Read More

Roasted Green Chile At Farmers Market Thursday

Two roasters will be on hand to meet the demand for green chile, 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Thursday at the Los Alamos Farmers Market in the library parking lot. Courtesy photo
 
LAFM News:
 
What’s happening at the Farmers Market this week?
 
It’s that time again when the aroma of green chile fills the market and Thursday there will be two roasters on hand to meet the demand.
 
Also this week at the market:
 
Peppers, Bell Peppers, Shishitos, Onions, fresh Garlic, Egg plant, Carrots, Salad Mixes, Heads of Lettuce, Basil, Squash, Pinto beans, Tomatoes, Potatoes, Radishes,
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Armbruster: The Meaning Of Labor Day

By KARYL ANN ARMBRUSTER
Union member since 1970, negotiating team member 1995-2009
LAFSE president 2002-2008, LAMS teacher 17 years 

Labor Day is not just a day off. It represents the lives hundreds of workers put on the line to make America great.

Our Los Alamos Federation of School Employees (LAFSE), a part of AFL-CIO has helped make working conditions in Los Alamos Public Schools where more than 60 percent of teachers belong even better.

LAFSE is responsible for leave days, the sick leave bank, for speech and language therapists, nurses and counselors earning the same pay as teachers

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Happy Labor Day 2018 Los Alamos!

Staff Report

The Los Alamos Daily Post news team wishes our readers a happy and relaxing Labor Day in Los Alamos, throughout the state, across the nation and in 129 countries around the world.

History of Labor Day

What it Means:

Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.

Labor Day Legislation:

The first governmental recognition came through municipal Read More

On The Job In Los Alamos: Los Alamos Landscaping

On the job in Los Alamos Friday are Los Alamos Landscaping and More co-owner Rachel Wehner and her sons watering the hanging flower baskets along Central Avenue. Los Alamos Landscaping and More is at 2470 East Road, Suite A. For more information, visit www.losalamoslandscaping.com. #worklosalamos #wherediscoveriesaremade. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

It’s a family affair for Los Alamos Landscaping and More co-owners Craig and Rachel Wehner and their sons Jonathan and Matthew … and everyone gets a turn watering the hanging flower baskets Friday along Read More

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