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2021 JUNE 5 ISSUE: SCOUTS REMEMBER NATION’S FALLEN
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2021 JUNE 5 ISSUE: REVENUES STRONG FOR FY21-22
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] With that “extra” $4.7 million discovered last year still unspent, intact and sitting in reserve, the Village Council has approved a budget for the next fiscal year that anticipates revenues of $5.9 million in the general fund. As always, the biggest chunks of that would go to the Police Department ($1,216,796) and Fire Department […]
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2021 JUNE 5 ISSUE: EMPLOYERS’ TAX RATE FOR NEW MEXICO RECALCULATED
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] A tax rate review and recalculation was conducted for all New Mexico employers by the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (NMDWS) under the provisions of the Small Business Recovery Act of 2020. Revised notices were sent out informing employers if their rate increased, decreased, or was unchanged from the notices sent in […]
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2021 JUNE 5 ISSUE: GRANTS OFFERED TO TEENAGERS’ ORGANIZATIONS
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Local nonprofit organization Albuquerque Involved brought together community-minded teens from across Albuquerque during the pandemic. The Albuquerque Involved Mentee (AIM) program was designed to help high school students discover and interact with local non-profits. Through AIM, teens learn how the non-profit grant application and funding process works. For the 2020-2021 school year, students […]
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2021 JUNE 5 ISSUE: MOBILE HOME REMOVED
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] The abandoned, trashed-looking mobile home left along the Corrales Main Canal last month attracted lots of humor. Before it was dismantled and hauled away in late May, the not-so-mobile home generated guffaws and smirk when signs were affixed offering it for rent or designating it as a police substation. Indeed, a Corrales police […]
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2021 JUNE 5 ISSUE: JOHN KEYSER SCULPTURES DEDICATED JUNE 13
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Two sculptures by the late John Keyser have been donated to the Village of Corrales by the artist’s family. A dedication ceremony for the metal works installed at the Recreation Center will be held Sunday, June 13. “It is now 10 years since John’s passing,” his wife, Sybil Keyser, said in announcing the […]
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2021 JUNE 5 ISSUE: COUNCIL WILL VOTE JUNE 15 ON ORDINANCE FOR WALLS
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Renewed discussion of possible regulations on construction of walls and fences along Corrales Road could come at the June 15 Village Council meeting. The council’s summer schedule voided the regular meeting that would have fallen on June 8. At the last meeting in May, Councillor Zach Burkett asked that the next agenda include […]
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2021 JUNE 5 ISSUE: MIKE BARON’S DOWEL ART
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Corrales psychologist and art innovator Michael Baron has recently completed a large, wooden wall hanging as a statement on America’s divisions. Some of his earlier assemblages of wood dowels were shown in the July 19, 2014 issue of Corrales Comment. His earliest work became table tops and other furniture. His latest piece “Bridging […]
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2021 JUNE 5 ISSUE: HORSE ‘DE-SPOOKING’ CLINIC JUNE 19
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] The Corrales Equestrian Advisory Commission will be sponsoring an equine de-spooking clinic at the Corrales TopForm Arena Saturday June 19 from 9 a.m to 2 p.m. There is no charge for the clinic, which is designed to build confidence in horse and rider and to acclimate horses to the various difficulties and challenges […]
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2021 JUNE 5 ISSUE: 10-ACRES WOULD BE SAVED FOR FARMING
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] The Village is set to preserve in perpetuity another 10 acres of farmland at the north end of Corrales. It is the Phelps Farm on the east side of Corrales Road where Trees of Corrales has had a tree nursery for its wholesale business in recent years. It is a little south of the […]
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2021 JUNE 5 ISSUE: INTEL SEEKS TAX BREAKS ON EXPANSION
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Intel has requested financial assistance and tax breaks from the Sandoval County Commission, the City of Rio Rancho and the State of New Mexico to convert its factory between Corrales and Rio Rancho. Agreements with those governmental entities follow Intel’s announcement May 3 that it would invest $3.5 billion to upgrade and renovate […]
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2021 JUNE 5 ISSUE: JUNE 15 VOTE ON NEW RULES FOR ‘CASITAS’
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] The Village Council is expected to vote on an ordinance clarifying regulations, and imposing new restrictions on, construction or conversion of secondary dwellings, commonly referred to as “casitas,” at its June 15 meeting. The council unanimously approved the draft ordinance at its May 25 session. In the past, many Corrales property owners have rented […]
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2021 JUNE 5 ISSUE: RE-PAVING CORRALES RD. COULD TAKE JUST 25 DAYS
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] For a section at a time, traffic along Corrales Road will be constricted to just one lane as the roadway is being re-paved this month and probably next. Initially the project was estimated to take two months from the start date at the south end, at Alameda Boulevard, to completion at the north […]
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2021 JUNE 5 ISSUE: HARVEST FESTIVAL BACK ON
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] The Corrales Harvest Festival is back on! After the festival was curtailed and effectively cancelled during the pandemic, the fall event will return the weekend of September 25-26. As it has been in recent years, the widely enjoyed festival is being organized by the Kiwanis Club of Corrales which promises a “full-blown” event […]
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2021 MAY 8 ISSUE: LET’S HEAR IT FOR ALL MOMS DO
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] By Meredith Hughes So when a journalist asks four Corrales-centered youngish moms how they have coped during the pandemic lockdown —with a handful of questions as a guide— the answers are rich. In honor of Mothers’ Day, we are sharing some of them with you. But first, the cast of characters: Valerie Burkett, realtor, […]
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2021 MAY 8 ISSUE: ‘OPEN PRIMARIES’ ADVOCATES GEARING UP TO TRY AGAIN
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] A bill in the N.M. Legislature that would have allowed any registered voter to vote in the primary election for either major party died in committee earlier this year, but a new bill is being drafted that sets up a top-four choice ballot in non-partisan primaries and then ranked choice voting in the […]
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2021 MAY 8 ISSUE: VILLAGE’S FINANCIAL AUDIT GETS MOSTLY HIGH MARKS
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] A formal audit of the Village’s finances for the fiscal year ending June 30 last year produced a generally positive evaluation and raised no red flags. But the auditor’s report discussed at the Village Council’s April 27 meeting did call attention to “material weaknesses” in internal financial controls as well as “significant deficiencies” […]
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2021 MAY 8 ISSUE: MRGCD ELECTIONS JUNE 8; MIKE SANDOVAL UNOPPOSED
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Incumbent Mike Sandoval of San Felipe Pueblo is running unopposed to represent Sandoval County on the board of directors for the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District. The election for board members will be held Tuesday, June 8. In Corrales, voting will take place at the Community Center, behind the Corrales Senior Center, east of […]
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2021 MAY 8 ISSUE: YOU CAN JOIN IN CELEBRATING CORRALES’ 50th ANNIVERSARY
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Corrales Heritage Day, normally celebrated in May, has been cancelled, but planning is underway for a 50th anniversary commemoration of the Village’s 1971 incorporation as a municipality. Casa San Ysidro will have a virtual Heritage Day event May 15, 1-3 p.m. The Corrales Historical Society has mounted a display at the Village Office […]
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2021 MAY 8 ISSUE: PLANNING FOR FUTURE USES OF INTERIOR DRAIN DITCH
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] The ad hoc committee established to recommend future public uses of the Interior Drain ditch east of Corrales Road has requested funding from the Village to hire a professional planner. A request for $25,000 was made to the Village Council on May 5 during an a time slot assigned by Village Clerk Aaron […]
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2021 MAY 8 ISSUE: CORONAVIRUS BEGONE! CORRALES RE-OPENS
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] By Meredith Hughes Whether Yellow, Green or Turquoise —no Red, please— counties across New Mexico are opening up, Green Sandoval County among them. “Sandoval is Green!” Mayor Jo Anne Roake exclaimed. “Corrales businesses can operate at 50 percent capacity indoors. Even better, if 60 percent of our population is vaccinated by June 30, […]
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2021 MAY 8 ISSUE: TANYA LATTIN NAMED ‘EMERGENCY MANAGER 2021’
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Corrales Fire Department Battalion Commander Tanya Lattin has been named New Mexico’s “Emergency Manager of the Year” by a committee of her peers.The annual award was made by the N.M. Association of Emergency Management Professionals. She has taken responsibility for numerous initiatives over the years; most recently, Lattin has directed COVID-19 vaccinations in […]
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2021 MAY 8 ISSUE: INTEL’S $3.5 BILLION WILL SHIFT TO NEW MEMORY CHIPS
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] With a $3.5 billion investment, Intel’s research and development at its campus on the escarpment above Corrales is transitioning to full-scale production of laser-based, three dimensional computer chips. During an announcement May 3, Intel officials said Fab 11X and other parts of the complex will be re-built and reconfigured to mass produce the innovative […]
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2021 APRIL 24 EARTH DAY ISSUE: TOM BOLDT INTRODUCES HIS TREES
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] By Meredith Hughes “Earth Day? It’s every day,” said Tom Boldt, semi-fabled tree man. “Plant a tree and cool the earth.” Which is what Boldt did, starting about 12 years ago at the end of July, on the one ag acre property he and his wife bought after leaving Santa Cruz. High up in […]
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2021 APRIL 24 EARTH DAY ISSUE: BEES NEED YOUR HELP
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] By Carol Merrill Bees and other essential pollinators contribute $18-$27 billion to the U.S. food economy per year. They are responsible for an estimated one out of every three bites of food. That makes them essential for our human resilience. Recently, New Mexico beekeepers reported a 50 percent loss of European bees from […]
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2021 APRIL 24 EARTH DAY ISSUE: BIG IMPACT FROM SWITCHING TO SOLAR ENERGY
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Corrales residents are so primed to get solar electric panels installed for their homes that Corrales Solar has a hard time keeping up with demand. Founder Tom Woodard said he’s installing up to 16 photovoltaic systems a year now, not just in Corrales but in the East Mountains and Santa Fe as well. […]
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2021 APRIL 24 EARTH DAY ISSUE: SURVEY ON ATTITUDES ABOUT CASITAS
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] A public opinion survey on villagers’ attitudes regarding secondary dwellings, also known as “casitas,” is now under way. The survey form is available at the Village of Corrales website, or in paper form inside the front door of the Village Office. The Village Council and Planning and Zoning Commission are expected to hold […]
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2021 APRIL 24 EARTH DAY ISSUE: SPECTACULAR GARDENS TO VISIT… VIRTUALLY
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] By Meredith Hughes Now that spring has sprung, many pandemically pent-up flower lovers are searching for places and events to explore, either in person and/or remotely. One such offering, the Philadelphia Flower Show, the nation’s largest and longest-running horticultural event, started in 1829 by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society —itself established in 1827— introduces the gardening […]
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2021 APRIL 24 EARTH DAY ISSUE: POSSIBLE TAKE-OVER OF CORRALES ROAD UNRESOLVED
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Nothing was resolved and little was clarified from the State highway department’s presentation to the Village Council April 13 on prospects for taking over Corrales Road. During an internet presentation to Mayor Jo Anne Roake and councillors, the N.M. Department of Transportation’s Jill Mosher said it would take about $1.8 million to upgrade […]
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2021 APRIL 24 EARTH DAY ISSUE: RON CURRY LOOKS AT CORRALES’ ENVIRONMENT
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] In 1970, when Ron Curry was president of the University of New Mexico Student Body, he received an unexpected phone call from U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson who wanted him to head up a campus celebration of Earth Day. Since that very first Earth Day, Curry has served as N.M. Secretary of the Environment and […]
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2021 APRIL 24 EARTH DAY ISSUE: EARTH DAY, CORRALES 2021; THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO…
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Slider_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] What could you, your neighbors, your village, your nation, do to protect the earth’s ability to sustain a healthy biosphere? Readers’ suggestions, recommendations or pledges are welcome. Send them to Corrales Comment, or better yet, mobilize to implement them. Here are a few ideas to start. • Convince Corrales’ state legislators, […]
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2021 APRIL 10 ISSUE: CELL TOWER ERECTED NEXT TO MAIN CANAL
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] The long-delayed AT&T cell tower at the west end of Academy Drive has been erected. The tall, thick, white tower went up in late March, but lacked antenna installations as of April 2. But it was still a shock to villagers whose homes face east toward the Sandia Mountains. The tower is next to […]
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2021 APRIL 10 ISSUE: STATE REP. DAYMON ELY EVALUATES LEGISLATURE, N.M. POLITICS
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] The long fought-for legislation to make New Mexico the next U.S. state to legalize adult-use cannabis and comprehensively address past low-level convictions, has passed, after a special session called by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham March 30. The 55th New Mexico 60 day legislative session ended official business on March 20. As of April […]
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2021 APRIL 10 ISSUE: TAKE-OVER OF CORRALES ROAD PRESENTED AT APRIL 20 COUNCIL
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] A crucial discussion on whether Village government should take ownership and management of Corrales Road is expected April 20. The old farm-to-market road became what is now State Highway 448 largely by prescriptive easement and was paved in 1946. (See Corrales Comment Vol.XXXVI No.3 April 8, 2017 “After 71 Years, Time to Re-Build […]
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2021 APRIL 10 ISSUE: WHAT TREE SPECIES SHOULD REPLACE COTTONWOODS?
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Revised guidelines for managing the Corrales Bosque Preserve were approved by the Village Council at its March 23 session. As explained by Corrales Bosque Advisory Commission Chair Joan Hashimoto, the guidance marks the first official recognition that since the preserve’s cottonwood trees are dying out, replacement species should be encouraged. “The question facing us […]
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2021 APRIL 10 ISSUE: COUNCIL AWAITS P&Z WALLS RECOMMENDATIONS
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] No moratorium on constructing view-blocking walls and fences along Corrales Road will be imposed, but a beefed-up ordinance is likely to be enacted in the weeks ahead. Discussion March 23 about possible restrictions to protect views along Corrales’ designated “scenic and historic byway” quickly veered away from the idea that a moratorium is […]
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2021 APRIL 10 ISSUE: INDIGENOUS FARMING EDUCATION AT TROSELLO SITE
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Apart from any possible future conservation easement, a project is under way to continue farming the scenic Trosello tract. About 12 acres beloved for views offered to the Corrales bosque and Sandia Mountains beyond, and four acres on the west side of Corrales Road, where the Wagners’ corn maze has been located, would […]
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2021 MARCH 20 ISSUE: IN CORRALES, YOU’VE GOT TO KNOW YOUR WEEDS
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Are you a weed? Do you resist other species’ persistent attempts to drive you away? Does your never-say-die resilience at least earn their respect? Sometimes it seems that nature doesn’t really want us humans here in Corrales. Perhaps the lives of plants would be more tranquil, maybe even more productive, if people would […]
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2021 MARCH 20 ISSUE: YOU LIKE RAIN, BUT HOW ABOUT PLANTS?
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] As a New Mexican, of course you like rain, but don’t be so sure your plants do. New research indicates that splashing rain induces a panic response in some plants that could even result in a reaction akin to post-traumatic stress syndrome, stunted growth and genetic damage. A 2018-2019 study published in the […]
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2021 MARCH 20 ISSUE: GROSS RECEIPTS TAXES STAY FIRM
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Gross receipts taxes to fund Village government should be adequate for the remainder of the fiscal year. “We’re going to be in a good place,” Village Administrator Ron Curry assured the Village Council March 9. Corrales’ finance officer, Reyna Aragon, put it this way. “Unless our gross receipts taxes really tank, we should […]
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2021 MARCH 20 ISSUE: INFESTATION OF MISTLETOE CAN WEAKEN, KILL TREES
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] By Sandra Farley There’s a tree killer lurking in Corrales and right now, without leaves to camouflage it, it is easy to see. Mistletoe, the romantic plant that we buy at Christmas to steal kisses, is an insidious parasite that attaches itself to trees, plants and shrubs, stealing their nutrients and water. This […]
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2021 MARCH 20 ISSUE: MASTER GARDENERS RESUME PROGRAMS VIA ONLINE CLASS
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Corrales’ Sam Thompson reports that the Master Gardener program has had “some major adaptations to make during the year,” to put it mildly. In the middle of the Intern Training Class of 2020 the group went into a lockdown. “Our mentors learned to conduct sessions with their interns via Zoom. And it worked […]
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2021 MARCH 20 ISSUE: CREATE WILDLIFE HABITAT
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] One-third of all U.S. fish and wildlife species are at risk of extinction in the coming decades, according to America’s largest conservation organization, the National Wildlife Federation. Since 1936, the federation’s mission to preserve landscape and wildlife and to educate and promote lifelong connections have informed hikers, campers, gardeners, hunters, anglers, birders and […]
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2021 MARCH 20 ISSUE: GARDEN TOUR OFF FOR 2021
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Unless the planets radically realign, or everyone in New Mexico is fully vaccinated by early June, there will be no 2021 Corrales Garden Tour. There was no tour in 2020, for obvious reasons. The event was cancelled even though six gardens already had been selected, and even though the event is outdoors, and the […]
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2021 MARCH 20 ISSUE: BUTTERFLY GARDEN SUGGESTED FOR INTERIOR DRAIN
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] A public butterfly garden has been proposed for a portion of the Corrales Interior Drain. The idea was floated by a member of the committee appointed by Mayor Jo Anne Roake to recommend future uses of the drainage ditch east of Corrales Road between Valverde Road and Riverside Drain (“Clear Ditch”). When the […]
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2021 MARCH 20 ISSUE: CORRALES ELEMENTARY WELCOMES KIDS BACK!
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Regular, in-person school is expected to resume at Corrales Elementary April 5. Students and their parents have had to adjust to mostly online learning for the past year due to the COVID-19 pandemic which caused Albuquerque Public Schools to mostly shut down. Even though students will return to classrooms, it still won’t be […]
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2021 MARCH 20 ISSUE: VACCINES OFFERED FOR HOME-BOUND IN CORRALES
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Vaccinations against COVID-19 are now being given at home to villagers advised not to venture out. Corrales artist Juanita Wolff and her husband, videographer Eric Mathes, were among the first 10 villagers to receive their shots at home March 10. The Corrales Fire Department’s Tanya Lattin inoculated them with the Johnson & Johnson […]
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2021 MARCH 20 ISSUE: U-PICK FLOWER PLOTS SOUGHT AT GONZALES HERITAGE FARM
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] This summer will see a “U-Pick” organic flower planting on the front field of the Juan Gonzales Bas Heritage Farm west of Wells Fargo Bank. Planted by the Silverblatt-Buser brothers, Aaron and Elan, of Silver Leaf Farms, it will operate under the honor system. The field awash in marigolds, zinnias, black-eyed susans, celosia, […]
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2021 MARCH 20 ISSUE: GARDENING A PROVEN AID FOR MENTAL HEALTH
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] By Arnold. C Farley Corrales Psychologist To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour. —William Blake I have always had a deep and abiding desire to be in nature. I often thought it […]
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2021 MARCH 20 ISSUE: TENDING MY GARDEN
[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] By Anita Walsh January 23, 2021 was a Saturday, and the Corrales Post Office would be closing at 1 o’clock. It crossed my mind, after a Zoom yoga class, and having made our daily juice, that the two garden hoses I ordered could possibly be arriving. In my sleep clothes, I grabbed the […]