Rev. Evelyn Vigil was in town to visit friends last week. Vigil served as editor/publisher of the Monitor for 10 years during the 1980s-90s time period. She went on to become a reverand and for the past 13 years, has served as the facility chaplain for the Main Jail of Santa Clara County, in San Jose, Calif. It is a maximum-security jail holding approximately 1,600 men, and includes a psychiatric unit, a hospital unit and a special-housing unit for handicapped inmates. She stopped by the Los Alamos Daily Post’s downtown headquarters Thursday for a tour and said the guys back home asked her Read More
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Boomerang Is Coming To Los Alamos!
This sketch shows the whimsical design planned for the exterior of the new Boomerang upscale resale and consignment shop scheduled to open Dec. 1 at the corner of Central Avenue and Knecht Street. Boomerang will carry gently used clothing, accessories, furniture, books, household items and antiques. Dillane is seeking financial support to help with expenses opening her new shop – for details, click here. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Boomerang owner Anna Dillane painting the inside of her newly leased space Thursday at 1247A Central Ave. Dillane has lived in Los Alamos Read More
Scenes From Saturday’s County Employees Arts & Crafts Fair
Artists display their wares at the annual Los Alamos County Employees Arts and Crafts Fair Saturday at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Recently retired County employee Sandra Quintana displays her creations at Saturday’s fair. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com 
Anthony Baca stands by his artwork Saturday at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com 
Vita Henerson displays her wares at the arts and craft fair. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com 
Artist Cindy Boe. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.comLAHS XC Does Los Alamos Proud At District Championship
District Champion Cameron Staples leads the ‘Topper charge up the steepest hill on the course at Friday’s District 2-AAAAA Cross Country Championship. Photo by Blake Wood
Greg Ahlers and Forrest White bring it home at the finish. Photo by Blake Wood
The ‘Topper Boys display a little Halloween spirit. Photo by Blake WoodSPORTS News:
It is hard to imagine how Friday afternoon’s District 2-AAAAA Cross Country Championship could have gone better for the ‘Topper Cross Country team.
Both the Boys and Girls teams achieved a perfect score,
Read More O’Leary: Please Vote … And Consider Me For The Council
By SUSAN O’LEARY
Candidate for County Council
Election Day is this Tuesday, Nov. 4. If you’ve already voted, thank you for participating. If you haven’t voted yet and are still thinking about who to vote for, here are a few reasons to consider supporting me.
I’m a seasoned manager with years of experience serving in leadership roles in a large, successful for-profit organization. I’ve been held accountable for delivering specific results; aligning day-to-day decisions with high level goals, and making sure that funds were spent in ways that truly served strategic level goals. Read More
Ashley Pond’s Granddaughter Attends 80th Birthday Event
Joan Pond, second from right, the grandaughter of Ashley Pond who founded the Los Alamos Ranch School, attended the 80th birthday celebration of her friend Los Alamos resident Don Kendall Thursday at Oppenheimer Place. From left, Kendall’s daughter-in-law Karen Kendall, Kendall’s wife Frances, Kendall, Pond and Kendall’s son Greg Kendall. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos resident Don Kendall celebrated 80 years ‘aged to perfection’ at a special party Thursday at Oppenheimer Place. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Udall Addresses Settlement Agreement To Reform Albuquerque Police Department
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
PUBLIC SAFETY News:
ALBUQUERQUE – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall released the following statement Friday on the settlement agreement between the U.S. Department of Justice and the city of Albuquerque to reform the Albuquerque Police Department:
“This is a sobering day for Albuquerque and its police force, as it joins a list that no city wants to be on. I hope this court-enforceable consent decree will mark a critical step forward in reforming the Albuquerque Police Department, where the use of excessive force and the lack of accountability and oversight have eroded the public Read More
Work Underway On ‘Fiber Meet Point’ In White Rock
Work got underway Tuesday on a REDI Net ‘fiber meet point’ on Bonnie View near N.M. 4 in White Rock. The County hosted an event Oct. 17 to mark the start of construction on this project with a ceremonial groundbreaking. County Administrator Harry Burgess explained that this is the first of a proposed eight ‘fiber meet point’ sites to be installed in business districts around Los Alamos and White Rock. The County Council approved a $250,000 general services contract with REDI Net to provide research, design, engineering and construction services for the fiber Read More
Art and Science of Entertaining: Thanksgiving
By PEGGY PENDERGASTLos Alamos
I do hope that you are as eager to read this, my second Los Alamos Daily Post column, as I am to share it with each of you.
If I were asked “What is my favorite meal of the day?” without a nano-seconds hesitation I would heartily declare “breakfast.” This response could easily be because oh how I do love the beginning of each new day but also because I love bacon, hot chocolate with whipped cream, toast, ham, eggs poached, scrambled and overeasy, bacon, jams and jellies, pancakes, waffles and bacon!
Actually, as the list of breakfast ‘delights’ Read More
Letter to the Editor: Vote To Retain Judge Sheri Rafaelson
By BETTY ANN GUNTHER
Los Alamos
I sympathize with the Ragsdales anger at robbery of their home by John Craven, the son of a trusted neighbor as expressed in their various letters to editors, but I do not agree with their opinion that Judge Sheri Rafaelson should not be retained because she released him.
Rafaelson sentenced the young man not to incarceration, but to a drug treatment program and electronic monitoring. As the Los Alamos Monitor reports, on Oct. 11, 2014, Rafaelson ruled that “Craven will spend at least a year of his probation on electronic monitoring, or until authorities deem Read More