Teens check out the colorful new art benches designed by artist Colin Selig, He created the benches from propane tanks and installed Thursday in front of the Community Building at 20th Street and Central Avenue. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
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Scenes Of Last Outdoor Farmers Market This Season
The kettle corn is popping at today’s final outdoor Los Alamos Farmers Market for the 2017 season. The Los Alamos Farmers Market is set up near the Mesa Public Library on Central Avenue. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs
Masa corn tortillas are under construction at today’s Los Alamos Farmers Market … get um while they’re hot! Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs
Christmas chile roasting today at the Los Alamos Farmers Market. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs
The produce stand is filled with fresh pickings at the Farmers Market today on Central Avenue. Photo by Nancy Ann Hibbs
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Council Approves Rezoning Entrada Business Park
County Planning Manager Tamara Baer
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
Los Alamos County Council unanimously approved rezoning the Entrada Business Park from heavy commercial to mixed use during its regular meeting Tuesday night in Council Chambers.
The difference between the two zones, County Planning Manager Tamara Baer explained, is heavy commercial allows automotive and automobile services that can generate noise and traffic, whereas mixed use allows residential development, is more pedestrian friendly and aims to encourage Read More
County Linemen Rescue Cat Stranded 4 Days In Tree
County linemen rescue a cat today that has been stranded 40-feet up in a ponderosa tree for four days without food or water near 41st and Sycamore. Photo by Dave Guenther
COMMUNITY News:
Los Alamos County Department of Public Utilities linemen Randy and Wayne responded today to the scene of a cat stranded without food or water for four days some 40 feet up in a tall ponderosa tree, near 41st Street and Sycamore.
The linemen traveled in the bucket of their truck up the 40 feet to rescue the weakened cat. Their mission was accomplished in about 10 minutes, according to a neighbor.
The cat is resting at home Read More
Davey Trees To Audit DPU Pole Attachments
Courtesy image
COUNTY News:
Beginning next week, Davey Tree Service Inc, under contract with the Los Alamos Department of Public Utilities, will audit all utility pole attachments and identify potential powerline hazards in the Los Alamos townsite and White Rock area. This includes auditing attachments from telecom and cable utility companies.
DPU officials ask for customer cooperation, in permitting the contractor to access DPU poles located in customer back yards. Davey Trees’ crew will knock on the front door prior to entering a back yard to access a DPU pole. As a requirement of the audit, Read More
Flat Jack Spotted On Central Avenue Promoting Halloweekend In Downtown Los Alamos Oct. 27-28
Flat Jack promotes Halloweekend. Courtesy photo
Los Alamos MainStreet and Creative District News:
Flat Jack was spotted Tuesday on Central Avenue near CB FOX Kidz, in front of the Teen Center on 20th Street and in front of Fuller Lodge. The skeleton is created from chalk and painted on the local roads using sewer grates for his rib cage.
Los Alamos Creative District Curator Ryn Herrmann made the Flat Jack template to promote Halloweekend Friday Oct. 27 and Saturday Oct. 28 in downtown Los Alamos.
For the complete Halloweekend schedule, visit losalamosmainstreet.com.
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Atomic City Transit Celebrates 10 Years!
Atomic City Transit personnel are handing out cookies and water today at Los Alamos Transit Center to celebrate its 10th anniversay of servng the Los Alamos community. Employees at this morning’s celebration, from left, Annet Acomb, Amy Danforth and Nanett De La Torre. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Cookies and bottles of water for community members in celebration of the Atomic City Transit’s 10 years of service in Los Alamos. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Los Alamos Police Blotter: Oct. 18 – Oct. 24, 2017
LAPD News:
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 against them.
THEA MEDINA
Oct. 18 at 3:13 p.m. / Police arrested Thea Medina, 39, of Los Ranchitos near Sandia and Diamond Drive on an outstanding warrant from another jurisdiction.
ADRIAN TRUJILLO
Oct. 18 at 4:40 p.m. / Police arrested Adrian Trujillo, 29, of Los Alamos in Espanola on an outstanding District Court warrant.
RICHARD I. PENA
Oct. 24 at 1:57 p.m. / Police arrested Richard Read More
Help Needed For Acid Canyon Clean-up Day Oct. 28
Photo of White Rock Canyon near the Blue Dot Trailhead before and after the last clean-up day in 2016. Courtesy photoPEEC News:
Calling all volunteers! Pajarito Environmental Education Center and Los Alamos County Open Space and Trails need help Saturday to remove the last bits of fence from Acid Canyon and restore this great, little canyon to a more natural state.
The goal is to clean up the old chain-link fence that mars the steep slope below the nature center in Acid Canyon. We need individuals who can hike the short distance down into the canyon, then bring pieces of fencing
Read More Los Alamos County Assessor’s Office: State Evaluation Finds 100 Percent Compliance
The dream team at the Los Alamos County Assessor’s Office, from left, Assessor Ken Milder, Chief Deputy Assessor Joaquin Valdez, Appraiser Marty Martinez, Chief Appraiser Lucas Fresquez, Assessment Specialist Nerio Gurule, Senior Assessment Specialist Betty Martinez and Appraiser Apprentice Curtis Valencia. Courtesy photo
COUNTY News:
Each year, the New Mexico Property Tax Division conducts a performance evaluation of every County Assessor’s Office in the state. The evaluation is required by state statute (NMSA 7-35-3A). The Los Alamos County Assessor’s Office was recently Read More
