Mesilla Park News

Programs for developmentally disabled residents were under way in several rooms.

United Way of Southwest New Mexico, in partnership with Mayfield High School, invites you to a presentation about a program, Family Engagement for High School Success, that will be put into action for the 2012-2013 school year.

Armed with a blue parasol, Anastasia Sidorowich is ready for whenever she has to wait at a Las Cruces bus stop without a shelter.

Once a regional hub of activity during the19th and early 20th centuries, Mesilla Park is where students at the then New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts arrived by train and where college professors lived and continue to live.

Thousands have gathered here to enjoy festivals and special events, including a fiesta that grew to become the largest arts and cultural gathering of its kind, the Doa Ana Arts Council's Renaissance ArtsFaire.