4th Annual Neighborhood Law and Policy CLE Conference Opens Thursday

December 6, 2011

- Santa Fe, NM – December 6, 2011 – The 4th annual Neighborhood Law and Policy Conference takes place at the Santa Fe Community Convention Center, December 8 and 9 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.  Attorneys earn CLEs for attending the entire conference. The public can attend the conference for free, however, pre-registration...

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Fundraiser Saturday for Las Vegas P&J

December 6, 2011

There will be a fundraiser for the Las Vegas Peace and Justice Center this Saturday, December 10th, 2011: “Baskets for Peace”, a Silent Auction FUNdraiser at the El Fidel Restaurant in Las Vegas 1pm Admission is free Cash Bar Snacks provided Great Holiday Shopping Opportunity! Do your holiday shopping by bidding on a wide...

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OSF members want to put camp conflict behind them

December 6, 2011

By Steve Klinger At a meeting Sunday, several members of Occupy Santa Fe told The Light of New Mexico that attempts to portray a rift between rival factions of the group are no more than the distorted perceptions of one or two individuals. The five people who appeared at a meeting requested by LNM...

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We The People competition Saturday at the Roundhouse

December 5, 2011

  A celebrated civic education program that continues to run on fumes after its federal funding evaporated will bring high school students together for a simulated congressional hearing at the New Mexico Capitol Building next Saturday.   We the People, which uses a civics textbook with in-depth views of American government and constitutional issues,...

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The Age of Thirst in the American West

December 5, 2011
The Age of Thirst in the American West

  Reposted from tomdispatch.com The Age of Thirst in the American West Coming to a Theater Near You: The Greatest Water Crisis in the History of Civilization By William deBuys Consider it a taste of the future: the fire, smoke, drought, dust, and heat that have made life unpleasant, if not dangerous, from Louisiana...

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Book-signing event this evening at Travel Bug

December 5, 2011

JOURNEYSantaFe presents: Monday, December 5, 5:30pm @ Travel Bug Books, 839 Paseo de Peralta PBS Documentary Filmmaker John de Graaf in Conversation with journalist Zelie Pollon – Book Signing and Conversation on the new book ‘What’s the Economy For, Anyway?’ by John de Graaf and David K. Batker and on Why It’s Time To...

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OSF: Dissidents Answer

December 2, 2011

UPDATE: The outcast Occupier banned by a General Assembly consensus on Wednesday, is telling area media he is not the dangerous person the group portrayed him to be and that his expulsion for allegedly having the big tent removed from the Railyard encampment  is a power play to seize control of the local Occupy...

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Holiday Book Sale at Main Library on Saturday December 3

December 1, 2011

Hundreds of special gift books will be featured in the Annual Friends of the Library Holiday Book Sale on Saturday, December 3 at the Main Library, 145 Washington Avenue. The sale runs from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm. The sale is open to the public; no memberships are required for this sale. Hundreds of...

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Two water meetings tomorrow

November 30, 2011

Buckman Direct Diversion  Board  Meeting The board in charge of the Buckman Direct Diversion project  will meet Thursday, Dec. 1 at 4 pm in City Hall. The project, which draws water from the Rio Grande, directly beneath several canyons that dump storm water containing radionuclides and other weaponry contaminants, is intended to supplement Santa...

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Court rules for Los Alamos Study Group in CMRR fight

November 29, 2011

  U.S. Court of Appeals in Denver Denies Administration’s Attempt to Quash Appeal of Lower Court Decision which Allowed Los Alamos Plutonium Facility to Proceed Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Judicial District ruled <http://www.lasg.org/CMRR/Litigation/10th%20circuit/Order_briefing_29Nov2011.pdf>  (pdf) in favor of the Los Alamos Study Group on a motion by the Department of...

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NMSBA Calls for Federal Regulatory Relief for NM Schools

November 27, 2011

New Mexico School Boards Association to Conduct 53rd Annual Convention School board members and education leaders from across the state will convene in Albuquerque at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, December 2-3 to conduct the 2011 Annual Convention of the New Mexico School Boards Association (NMSBA). Terry Martin, NMSBA President and President of the Clovis...

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