–The Friends of the Paso Robles City Library has notified its over 200 members that in recognition of the store's closure during the COVID-19 pandemic and the cancellation of the popular biannual book sales, it will suspend membership dues and extend all memberships out through June 30, 2022 with no further requests for payment. Plans are now afoot for a gala reopening of The Friends shop as soon as circumstances permit.
Created: March 15, 2021 01:01 PM
RUIDOSO, N.M. Texas Spring Break is underway in the Village of Ruidoso. It’s one of the biggest boosts in business for the tourist town, but the extra cash flow comes with some concern following the lifted mask mandate in the Lone Star State. We re already starting to see a big influx of tourists coming into town,” Matt Ingram, the executive director of the Ruidoso Midtown Association, said.
Ingram said there are about 8,000 residents, but around this time of year, the numbers can go up to 50,000 at any given weekend. Most of those tourists are from Texas, which is why the village is nicknamed the “Texas Alps.
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The City Council could approve an amendment to its contract with Plenary Properties Long Beach, LLC Tuesday to speed up the tear-down of the old building as Plenary works to complete construction of the new Lincoln Park, and find a new partner to develop the “Mid-block” site where the old City Hall is located.
While the park is expected to be completed by the end of 2021 “barring any unforeseen delays,” the demolition of the old City Hall building could stretch into 2022, according to a Jennifer Carey, a spokesperson for the city’s public works department.
Demolition work on the building could begin in the next few months and would likely be a drawn out process like the one the city undertook to clear the old courthouse so the new port and City Hall structures could be built.
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The street modifications were envisioned to support both outdoor dining and to reduce traffic speed between East Claiborne Drive and East Armando Road in Bixby Knolls.
“It is a fairly substantial modification, so it will take multiple days and various teams to complete the install,” Public Works spokeswoman Jennifer Carey wrote in an email.
City traffic engineers first detailed the open streets plan in October. In early November, they announced that the street reduction was going to begin, but it never did as COVID-19 infection rates began to rise. The city, and later the state, banned outdoor dining on Nov. 25.
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Book club plots to vaccinate community
Many of us have been part of a book club at some point it involves reading a book, meeting with friends and perhaps drinking some wine. But a group that calls itself the Fabulous Ladies Book Club took it one step further.
Dr. Keri Rath is one of two OB/GYNs in her New Mexico county. So when she was asked to help vaccinate her community, she didn t think twice. I ve watched our ICUs overflow, an emotional Rath said. I m going to try not to cry when I talk about it. We needed a way to extricate ourselves. I felt like this was how we could do it.