Edgewood News

Party chief says officials must make better spending choices, not hike taxes, to cover equipment, stations Julie Ann Grimm - 11/10/09 1 Critics of a proposal that would increase sales tax in the unincorporated parts of Santa Fe County plan a phone drive this weekend to encourage voters to reject it.

The Santa Fe Police Department is investigating the following reports: - A stereo/CD unit was stolen Friday from a vehicle parked in the 1400 block of Zepol Road.

It seems that the New Mexico Department of Transportation is taking the high road regarding a problem with a crater at the intersection of Church Street and N.M. 344 in Edgewood.

The considerable number of volunteers working for the town of Edgewood became a subject of debate last week.

An Edgewood couple is being accused of defrauding the state of New Mexico to obtain more than $50,000 in public assistance.

With New Mexico legislators grappling with a $650 million budget gap and talking about cuts to state's the educational budget, there is some nail-biting going on in the Moriarty-Edgewood School District.

There is now a legal way to harness the wind in Edgewood. At the Oct. 7 Town Council meeting, all four councilors approved an ordinance amendment that allows residents to erect wind turbines on their property.

An ambitious project that would allow energy to flow freely across the nation's three massive power grids could break down significant barriers to ramping up alternative energy in the United States.

It seems appropriate that the state where Billy the Kid and his ragtag bunch of outlaws scoffed the law would hold a match to settle who is best with a shooting iron: cops or cowboys.

Every year, the five Santa Fe County commissioners allot themselves $30,000 each from the county's general fund to spend in their districts as they see fit over the course of the year.

Edgewood residents and other locals participated in a smattering of what politicians call "kitchen table" discussions last week.

The Torrance County Commission appointed Deputy Assessor Betty Cabber to the position of assessor due to the retirement of Assessor Jim Shields.

It could be the largest simultaneous dove release the world has ever seen, and part of it is happening in Edgewood.

An Edgewood man said he cana t forget seeing four of his sheep dead, and nearly half a dozen others injured on Saturday morning.

KUNM volunteers to hold forum on concerns More than two dozen volunteers with KUNM Public Radio have signed a letter to University of New Mexico administrators expressing concerns about changes in the disciplinary procedure and cancellation of the spring board election.

The preliminary plat for Campbell Ranch will remain in limbo for a while. An appeal of an Edgewood Planning and Zoning Commission decision to allow a preliminary plat on a section of the property to expire was tabled by the Edgewood Town Council on Aug.

Council OKs water rules changes City Council late Wednesday approved changes to city ordinances about water budgets, transfers and conservation programs after hearing more than an hour of testimony and debate.

Principals and administrators seem to look at Adequate Yearly Progress results with a mixture of enthusiasm for the information they can glean and crestfallen resignation.

Wildlife West Nature Park in Edgewood is doing its part at saving a bit of water by taking it from the sky.

Even though the presentation was about plague, it was information, not a scare, that was delivered.