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Update: NM 502 & NM 4 Road Closures Saturday!

Courtesy/DOE/NNSA

DOE/NNSA News:

Westbound N.M. 502 (Main Hill Road) leading to Los Alamos will be closed to all traffic Saturday, Aug. 25 (see map in purple). The hairpin ramp connecting N.M. 4 to westbound N.M. 502 will also be closed (see map in blue).

These traffic control measures are to allow completion of mill and inlay work on an approximately one mile stretch of N.M. 502. Signage will be posted to detour traffic around the closures via East Jemez Road (truck route).

As previously announced, westbound N.M. 502 traffic (see map in red) will be narrowed to one lane beginning today, Aug. 23. Read More

Relay For Life In Los Alamos Saturday!

Scene from a previous Relay for Life. Courtesy photo
 
COMMUNITY News:
 
The community is invited to this year’s Relay For Life in Los Alamos Saturday at the Canyon Rim Trail at Knecht Street and Smith’s Marketplace.
 
Relay For Life is the signature fundraiser of the American Cancer Society. This event is designed to bring communities together to celebrate (cancer survivors and caregivers), remember (loved ones lost to cancer) and fight back (against cancer by raising money, awareness, and participation).
 
Four teams have registered to walk and raise funds for
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Los Alamos Historical Society Annual Gala Sept. 15

Parties in Fuller Lodge, from the Manhattan Project to the Historical Society’s gala, are a historic tradition. This year’s gala will be held Sept. 15 at Fuller Lodge. Courtesy/Los Alamos Historical Society

Denny Erickson accepts the 2017 Los Alamos History Award from Historical Society Board President Michael Wheeler. The winner of the annual award will be announced at a special pre-gala reception. Courtesy/Los Alamos Historical Society

LOS ALAMOS HISTORICAL SOCIETY News:

The Los Alamos Historical Society is hosting its fifth annual gala on Sept. 15, celebrating three milestone anniversaries Read More

Scenes From Los Alamos Farmers Market Today

Scene from the Los Alamos Farmers Market today at 2400 Central Ave., in the parking lot of Mesa Public Library. The Farmers Market is open 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. every Thursday in the summertime through Oct. 25. The Winter Farmers Market is open 7 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. 10, Feb. 14, March 14 and April 11 inside Fuller Lodge at 2132 Central Ave. The Holiday Farmers Market is open 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Dec. 13 and Dec. 20 inside Fuller Lodge. Farmers participating in the market include Mesa Top Farm, TomatoCulture, Big Jim Farms, Pat Montoya’s Family Orchard,, Mr. G’s Organic Produce and High Country Grass Fed Read More

Emily Holmes Serves As United States Senate Page

Emily Holmes, 16, of Los Alamos with U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich this summer during her time serving as a Senate Page in the nation’s capital. Courtesy photo
 
The Holmes family from left, Rich, Emily and Nan during a recent visit to the Los Alamos Daily Post to talk about Emily’s experience this summer in the United States Senate Page Program. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
 
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@/ladailypost.com
 

Los Alamos High School student Emily Holmes spent a month this summer serving as a page in the United States Senate

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TOTH Opens Little Free Pantry To Curb Hunger

This Little Free Pantry by Eagle Scout Prescott Moore is now available in the parking lot at Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church for those feeling hunger. Courtesy/TOTH
 
By  The Very Rev. Christopher M. Adams
Rector, Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church

Thanks to the hard work of Eagle Scout Prescott Moore, Trinity on the Hill Episcopal Church is proud to be the home of a Little Free Pantry.  Even though we live in a town blessed with abundance, hunger and food insecurity still afflict many beloved residents of our community.

Enter the Little Free Pantry. The Little Free Pantry Read More

Nancy Ann Hibbs Wins Daily Postcard Contest

Los Alamos Arts Council Board Member Shashi Charles, left, presents Nancy Ann Hibbs with her prize money at the Daily Post office. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
 
Local photographer Nancy Ann Hibb’s picture of a Columbine flower is the newest winner of the Daily Postcard contest. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Nancy Ann Hibbs’ interest in photography began when she was a child.

“My dad had a dark room in the bathroom growing up so I guess I got it from my dad,” she said.

Additionally, Hibbs said she has a background Read More

Los Alamos Arts Council Presents ‘Rosalie Heller Annual Memorial Lecture’

Rosalie Heller. Courtesy photo

LAAC News:

Los Alamos Arts Council is hosting its first “Rosalie Heller Annual Memorial Lecture.” The event will be held at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22 in the Pajarito Room at Fuller Lodge.  

Guest lecturer is William McGlaughlin, performer, composer, conductor and radio host.

His talk is titled, “Remembering Lenny” to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein’s birth.

A second announcement will appear closer to the date with information about how to obtain free tickets for the lecture.

The event is free but donations will be accepted. The Read More