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China Moon Undergoes Renovation – Reopens Tuesday

China Moon Restaurant in Central Park Square at 15th Street and Central Avenue is undergoing a major renovation this evening and the owners intend to open for lunch Tuesday. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

It appears this team plans to pull an all nighter to get China Moon ready for tomorrow’s lunch crowd. From left, China Moon co-owner Sally Saisa Rrzig, Humberto Zubia, co-owner Ziggy Rrzig and Lupe Cruz. The Rrzig’s took over China Moon last year after Sally’s father retired. She has lived in Los Alamos for some 20 years and together with her husband also owns three Read More

QNM: Why Now? Why Here? Why You?

QNM News:

  • 2017 Quality New Mexico Learning Summit Registration Opens

ALBUQUERQUE — Registration for Quality New Mexico’s 2017 Learning Summit is open! The 2-day event will take place April 18-19 at Isleta Resort in Albuquerque. Early-bird registration fees are available until Feb. 13. Visit www.qualitynewmexico.org.

The learning program includes a special presentation by Dr. Gary Sanchez, founder of The WHY Institute. Dr. Sanchez will help attendees discover their personal and business WHY. Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award Recipients will discuss WHY they pursued Read More

Udall Joins Senators In Authoring Bill To Require Trump And Future Presidential Nominees To Release Tax Returns

U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
 
U.S. SENATE News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C.  U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) announced that he has co-sponsored a bill authored by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) that will require President-elect Trump to release his recent tax returns in order to provide the public with more transparency on matters related to the President-elect’s actions, values and foreign business dealings.
 
“President-elect Trump has defied decades of bipartisan tradition in refusing to release his tax returns. New Mexicans and folks throughout the nation
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Rose Chocolatier Moves To Central Park Square

The new expanded kitchen at Rose Chocolatiier in Central Park Square. Courtesy photo
 
BUSINESS News:

Rose Chocolatier has moved and is now located at 149 Central Park Square in the heart of downtown Los Alamos.

“We love our new space, especially being so near to other great local businesses,” owner Marguerite McClay said. “To be precise we are across from Finishing Touch, between Allure and projectY and about half way between UnQuarked and Pet Pangaea. With Bathtub Row Beer Co-op and El Rigoberto’s and other stellar businesses
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New Mexico Museum Of Natural History Foundation Announces Three New Directors

Rafael Gonzalez. Courtesy photo
 
NMMNHF News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE  The New Mexico Museum of Natural History Foundation has announced three new directors have joined the Foundation Board.
 
Rafael Gonzalez received his B.S and M.S degrees in Electrical Engineering from The University of Texas at El Paso in 2001 and 2003 respectively. He joined Sandia National Laboratories in 2015 as a Research & Development Science and Engineering manager. In his current role, Gonzalez is a factory manager for the Microsystems & Engineering Science Applications (MESA)
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USPS: Staples To Stop Offering Postal Services

USPS News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C.  The U.S. Postal Service has announced in a letter to the American Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO that the deal between the U.S. Postal Service and Staples has ended.
 
Staples will be removing all signage and will discontinue postal services at the national retailer’s roughly 500 U.S. locations that handle postal services by the first week of March 2017. In response, APWU is calling off the boycott of Staples effective immediately and will notify its many supporters and allies.
 
This is a big win for the public as well as the 200,000
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Daily Postcard: Clement & Benner Christmas Window In 1980 After CB FOX Purchased Store

Daily Postcard: This photo was taken of the Christmas window in 1980, the first Christmas following purchase of the store by CB FOX (July 1979). The Clement & Benner sign, deeply cut into oak, was the first physical improvement CB FOX made to the building. As part of CB FOX’s 1991 remodel of the entire storefront, the space, which had been a marquee or sheltered display space and entryway to the double front doors, all of which was exposed on the sidewalk side to the weather good or bad, became enclosed and now comprises the Candy & Gifts area of the store. Photo by Bill Jack Rodgers

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Udall, Heinrich Praise Enactment Of American Innovation And Competitiveness Act

U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich praised the enactment of S. 3084, the American Innovation and Competitiveness Act (AICA), a major science bill that includes a number of significant provisions Udall and Heinrich championed to help boost New Mexico’s economy.

The bill, which passed both houses of Congress last month and was signed into law by President Obama today, contains measures to boost technology transfer initiatives, strengthen and grow manufacturing, and encourage private-sector innovation. 

The legislation, an update of Read More

Del Norte Credit Union Expands DNCU Scholarship Program in 2017

DNCU News:

  • Scholarship programs expands eligibility to home‐schooled and GED candidates

SANTA FE — Del Norte Credit Union (DNCU), Northern New Mexico’s hometown financial co‐op, has announced an expansion of its DNCU Scholarship Program for 2017.

Scholarships will now be offered to 10 students, signifying an increase from seven winners in previous years. This one‐time award of $1,000 is applied toward the higher educational program in which the winning students are enrolled in the fall of 2017. In addition, one scholarship is earmarked for a GED candidate and another for a home‐schooled Read More

Lamphouse Sales Offers Alternative To Garage Sales

Caroyle and Gary Kemp, here with daughter Abigal, are the proprietors of Lamphouse Sales in White Rock. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com
 
Abigail Kemp shows off some of the art available at Lamphouse Sales. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.com

By BONNIE J. GORDON
Los Alamos Daily Post

The idea for Lamphouse Sales came to Gary Kemp when he noticed all the garage sales taking place in Los Alamos.

“I thought, wouldn’t it be nice if there was one place to go instead of attending all these garage sales?” Kemp remembered.  

His wife Caroyle Kemp ran with the idea and Lamphouse Read More