Ten Tax Tips for Individuals Selling Their Home
IRS News:
PHOENIX ─ If you’re selling your main home this summer or sometime this year, the IRS has some helpful tips for you.
Even if you make a profit from the sale of your home, you may not have to report it as income.
Here are 10 tips from the IRS to keep in mind when selling your home.
- If you sell your home at a gain, you may be able to exclude part or all of the profit from your income. This rule generally applies if you’ve owned and used the property as your main home for at least two out of the five years before the date of sale
- You normally can exclude up to $250,000 of the gain from your income ($500,000 on a joint
Photos Sought for 2014 Shelter Alumni Calendar
Remy arrived at the Los Alamos Animal Shelter as a stray in late fall of 2012. Photo by Don Taylor
FOS News:
Get those cameras ready, polish those smiles, and say Cheese! (or Tuna! or Kibble!) Friends of the Shelter is accepting photo entries for the 2014 Shelter Alumni Calendar through Sept. 6. We need your help because without your photos and stories, there can be no FOS calendar.
Pet owners who have adopted an animal from any shelter or any abandoned or homeless animal are invited to send a photo and a brief story about their pet. You do not have to live in Los Alamos nor have adopted or rescued Read More
Ashley Pond Park Improvements Move Right Along
Progress continued today on the Ashley Pond Park renovation project. The project includes improvements to the pond structure that will improve ADA accessibility, enhance water quality and resolve storm water drainage issues, plus construction of new sidewalks and bulkheads around the pond, new landscaping and water features, and a new concert stage with a removable cover at the southeast corner of the pond with an electrical infrastructure to support lighting and a sound system for events. Photo by Katy Korkos
The concert stage begins to take shape. Photo by Katy Korkos
The projct is slated Read More
Letter to the Editor: Gun Show at Pueblo Complex: Irrelevant Battle of Style Rather than Substance
By KHAL SPENCERNancy Schick’s editorial in Sunday’s Los Alamos Daily Post boils down to one issue. She does not like guns, sees them only in the context of school shootings, and does not want the school district to be in any way associated with guns or a gun show. She is certainly entitled to her opinion, but her opinion should not be the basis of the Schools’ policy.
First of all, I take issue with the tone of her essay. The Los Alamos Sportsman’s Club (of which I am a member, but speaking for myself here) bears little resemblance to “…a white-supremacist Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: Aug. 15–Aug. 19, 2013
The following information is provided by the Los Alamos Police Department.
Neither arrests nor charges indicate a conviction, and neither means that a person is guilty of the charges filed against them.
Aug. 15 at 8:09 a.m. / A Los Alamos man reported that he is the victim of larceny on Canyon Road. The estimated loss is less than $250.
Aug. 16 at 5:58 p.m. / A 94-year-old Los Alamos man reported that someone took his vehicle without permission on Monte Rey Drive North. The estimated loss is less than $2,500.
GALEN MARTINEZ
Aug. 16 at 11:07 p.m. / Police arrested Galen Martinez, 47, of Santa Fe on North Read More
Pierotti’s Clowns’ Lou Pierotti to Speak at Pinon School
‘Tribute to Pierotti’s Clowns’ mosaic by Susan K. Dailey, commissioned by the Los Alamos County Art in Public Places Board and installed in front of Mesa Public Library in Los Alamos. Courtesy/LAC
Staff Report
Lou Pierotti of the famed Pierotti’s Clowns fast pitch softball team is set to speak to 4th-6th graders at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11 at Pinon Elementary School in White Rock.
About the Clowns…
In 1953, Lou Pierotti formed the Pierotti’s Clowns, the only 5-man fast-pitch softball team in the nation. This team was sponsored by the Los Alamos Kiwanis Read More
JJAB Co-sponsoring Holding Hope, Suicide Awareness and Prevention Week
Atomic City Children’s Theater Holding Auditions for Disney Aladdin Jr.
Los Alamos students perform in last year’s production of Disney The Little Mermaid Jr. Courtesy/ACCT
ACCT News:
Atomic City Children’s Theater (ACCT), the Los Alamos Public Schools’ after-school theater program, is excited to announce auditions for their Elementary School production of Disney Aladdin Jr., a two-act musical play based on the smash Broadway hit.
Auditions will be 2-5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28, and are open to 5th or 6th grade students in the Los Alamos or White Rock area. Registration begins at 1 p.m. and students wishing to participate in the cast should come to the Mountain Read More
Letter to the Editor: Vote FOR UNM-LA. It’s Important!
By Chris ChandlerI guess I jumped the gun…
Last week I started checking the mail for my ballot. I quizzed my husband about it, thinking that he had accidently misplaced it. Voting to support the UNM-LA mil levy is important, and I sure didn’t want to miss my chance. So I contacted the County Clerk. The ballots will be out this week, the week of Aug. 26. I’m glad that I called … better to be safe than sorry.
UNM-LA is an important asset to the community. High school students, young adults and long time residents can, and do, enjoy the excellent course offerings. UNM-LA also Read More
Yang: Final Summer-Lite On: Bird Brain
Final Summer-Lite On: Bird BrainPretend that I am tweeting in this space.
For those “supposedly smart people” who get in trouble for the content of their tweets, my reaction is: Why do it? I am less puzzled by the offensive content than I am by their urge to tweet it … especially for some who actually have thousands of followers.
A professor of psychology was recently censured for tweeting that obese people lack the commitment to get their graduate degrees (because they cannot lose weight). Prof of psych?! Bad content is bad enough, but tweeting it is simply colossal, monumental, Read More
Bandelier Superintendent Speaks at Sierra Club Sept. 4
SIERRA CLUB News:
Superintendent Jason Lott from Bandelier National Monument is the guest speaker at the upcoming Sierra Club meeting.
Lott will present an update on the Monument’s transportation and fire management plans as well as the most recent flash flood.
The meeting is open to the public and begins at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4 on the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos campus in Building 6, Room 612.
Los Alamos Farmers Market 7 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Thursday
Courtesy/LAFM
LAFM News:
This week’s Los Alamos Farmers Market is set for 7 a.m.to 12:30 p.m., Thursday at the Mesa Public Library parking.
What’s at the market this week:
Roasted Green Chiles, grapes, tomatoes, shishito peppers, lettuce, arugula, onions, garlic, squash, diakon, garlic scapes, cabbage, squash blossoms, cucumbers, orka, egg plant, green chile, chile powder, corn decorations, beets, radishes, carrots, green beans, broccoli, Kolrobi, parsley, basil, dill, fennel, chives, honey, potatoes, chard, celery, pinto beans, cow cheese, milk, butter, goat cheese spreads, Read More
Low Vision Support Group Hosting Film Tuesday
LVSG News:
The Low Vision Support Group invites the public to view the inspirational film “Going Blind, Going Forward – Coming Out of the Dark about Vision Loss.”
The film is showing at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 27 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center, 1101 Bathtub Row, and is suitable for all ages and including those who have impaired sight. The audio is helpful and families and caregivers are encouraged to attend together.
Representatives from the New Mexico Commission for the Blind will be available for personal consultations.
The film running time is 80 minutes and Read More
Letter to the Editor: Pueblo Complex is Not a School
By Gerald AntosIn response to Nancy Schick’s Letter to the Editor published Sunday in the Los Alamos Daily Post …
In light of your many years of service and awards, I feel you have forgotten one thing. Pueblo complex is not a school and the school system that owns it can do what they darn well please.
They are being paid for the use and can CHOOSE to overlook liberal viewpoints like yours and rent to a community organization and hold a gun show. The people of the shooting club and MANY others in this community believe that the right to self protection by any means but especially firearms Read More
Our Lady of the Woods Hosts Dinner Sept. 6
OLW News:
Our Lady of the Woods (OLW), a Wiccan coven, is hosting its First Friday Pagan Dinner at 6 p.m., Sept. 6 at the Pyramid Cafe in Mari Mac Plaza.
Anyone interested in paganism, Wicca, or learning about OLW is welcome to join OLW members for the informal dinner on the first Friday of each month.
Whether a beginner, advanced practitioner, or just curious, everyone is welcome.
Click link for directions: The Pyramid Cafe, Los Alamos Read More
UNM-LA Instructor Still Finds Teaching Exciting After 32 Years
After 32 years at UNM-Los Alamos, history instructor Melanie Shirk is still excited to begin a new semester. Shirk recently received a certificate for teaching a full 90 semesters at UNM-LA.
“There are always new things ─ new students with new perspectives,” Shirk said. “One of the rewarding things about teaching at UNM-LA is having students from so many countries. When they take U.S. History, they bring a real interest. It makes Read More
Megan Pfeffer is Medical Center’s Mercy Award Nominee
Megan Pfeffer. Courtesy photo
LAMC News:
Megan Pfeffer, RN, oncology nurse at the Los Alamos Medical Center Oncology Clinic was nominated in June for the Mercy Award.
The Mercy Award recognizes extraordinary employees who best embrace the humanitarian spirit on which LifePoint Hospitals was founded and is given in honor of Scott Mercy, the founding Chairman and CEO of LifePoint Hospitals. It also illuminates the tremendous impact one individual can have on so many.
Pfeffer is one of 60 nominees who will be considered for the Mercy Award. She and her guest will fly to the annual awards ceremony Read More
Letter to the Editor: Debate Not About Right to Own Guns
By Nancy SchickThis weekend there is a gun show at the Pueblo Gym. The gym is on a site owned by the Los Alamos Public Schools. This means that very soon, 40 vendors will gather for the purchase and sale of guns on our tax-payer supported school property.
A discussion has begun about whether or not it is appropriate to conduct gun sales on school district grounds. I began this conversation a few days ago when I emailed Superintendent Gene Schmidt and the five School Board members asking that LAPS discontinue its support of this Read More
Letter to the Editor: Thank You School Board for Acknowledging Holiest Day in Jewish Year
By Dana Kline
Seventh Grade Language Arts
As a middle school teacher excited about the beautiful new building we will soon be moving into, I attended the special board meet last Friday, Aug. 23. The board made a thoughtful and careful decision about our move in date, Sept. 17. I especially want to thank the board, and our principal, Rex Kilburn, for giving us one extra day to move in, and collaborate with other teachers with whom we will be sharing classrooms.
More than that, however, as a Jew, I want to thank the board for acknowledging the date of our High Holiday, Yom Kippur, and that it coincides with Read More
Rainbow Shines Over White Rock
A rainbow shines down on White Rock early Saturday evening. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More