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Pedestrians entering the country through the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry were greeted by a new piece of street art in August as they walked onto the first block of Terrace Avenue: Big, bold white letters reading âNogalesâ painted over a vividly colord background of thin horizontal lines on a brick wall. âBasically, we wanted the word âNogalesâ because itâs the port, so we wanted a type of welcome, like a postcard,â said Priscilla Nefftys, one of the artists behind the mural, part of a bigger project called âNogalerÃaâ or âNogallery,â which encompasses the cultural identity and history of Ambos Nogales. Nefftys, Gerardo Frias and Tony Plak launched the effort with a grant from the University of Arizona Confluence Center for Creative Inquiry.
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The Nogales City Council appointed Robert Thompson, a lieutenant with the Nogales Police Department who has served as an assistant to Deputy City Manager John Kissinger, to be the acting city manager.
The move comes as the councilâs search for a city manager continues to drag on. After ditching a plan proposed in August to hire a local candidate and rejecting a deal to bring on a temporary manager through a staffing agency in October, the council hasnât announced any new steps towards finding a permanent hire.