Bosque Farms News

Shirley L. Spreen, 94, passed away Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008, at her home in Bosque, N.M. She was born June 21, 1914, in Sealy, Texas, to K.L. and Stella (Waits) Oliver.

She is survived by her daughter, Barbara Spreen-Atwood and husband, William, of Bosque; sisters: F.V. (Tex) Cornwell of San Diego, Calif.; Yvonne Braught of Bosque Farms, N.M.; and Vondel Oliver of Belen, N.M.; grandson, Morgan D. Atwood of Socorro, N.M.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Cremation has taken place and there are no services set.

The Bosque Farms Village Council denied a zone change request at a special meeting Monday night for a planned assisted living facility in Bosque Farms.

The Valencia County Commission on Wednesday authorized publication of an ordinance authorizing a countywide one-quarter of 1 percent emergency communications, emergency medical and behavioral services tax.

Sarah Knight was not like most little girls growing up in northern New Mexico. Instead of playing with dolls and having tea parties, Knight was building wooden sidewalks in front of her parents' home and ...

For a second year in a row, five of 15 schools in the Los Lunas Schools reached Adequate Yearly Progress according to the New Mexico Public Education Department.

For nearly 70 years, the Bosque Farms Community Fair has been an event that not only brings family and friends together but keeps the tradition of rural New Mexico alive.

The Bosque Farms Village Council had a change of heart last week regarding the funding of the Valencia County Regional Dispatch Center.

The Los Lunas School Board has unanimously approved the sale of $6.5 million in general obligation bonds.

The Army Corps of Engineers has unveiled plans for 50 miles of levees along the Rio Grande to replace existing levees.

Thunderstorms rolled into Albuquerque Saturday with enough rain to prompt flood warnings in parts of the metro area.

A proposal that calls for a one-eighth-cent sales tax to pay for Rail Runner operations and regional bus services in Bernalillo, Sandoval and Valencia counties was approved Wednesday by the Rio Metro Transit ...

When Mike Rouckus arrived for work one morning last week at Motor Car Mall, his Peralta business, he was surprised to find a Post-It note from the Bosque Farms Police Department stuck on the front door.

Catherine Blythe said she didn't realize the importance of what she had accomplished until it was all over.

The Socorro High senior was crowned New Mexico's High School Rodeo Queen at the state High School Finals Rodeo in Carlsbad on June 5. Now she has the responsibility of being an ambassador for the Land of Enchantment and a role model for the New Mexico High School Rodeo Association.

She has to carry the American flag at every high school rodeo event in the state. And if she doesn't show up at the national finals, the state's team cannot compete. On July 20, Blythe will head to Farmington for the National High School Finals Rodeo and compete to become the National High School Rodeo Association Queen.

The Village of Bosque Farms is making sure that the weed problem doesn't grow larger as the council amended its ordinance Thursday night.

Beginning July 1, Bosque Farms Police will be making their presence known in the Town of Peralta.

Some in Valencia County find prairie dogs to be a nuisance. For others, they're a joy to watch in many empty fields.

Bosque Farms Since he was a young boy growing up in Virginia, Jim Seals has always had a fascination with everything mechanical especially automobiles.

Julia M. Dendinger News-Bulletin Staff Writer; jdendinger@news-bulletin.com Bosque Farms There was what could be called an historic meeting of the minds Wednesday morning as the mayors and councilors from both ...

An Albuquerque woman is dead and two other people are in the hospital after a head on crash in Bosque Farms Wednesday.

Even before he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and received a lifetime achievement award at the 1999 Grammy awards, Bo Diddley called Valencia County home at least for a few years.