May 13, 2010
The City of Belen and Belen Consolidated Schools have begun collaborating with one another in a renewed relationship that could better both city and educational services. The new partnership was formed after each government reached out to the other to begin finding areas where the city and district can work together. So far, the city [...]
May 05, 2010
Volunteers have come to the aid of the City of Belen to help the city remove glass from the Eagle Park baseball fields. Over the weekend, volunteers coordinated by Magistrate Judge Danny Hawkes, cleaned the fields. The group has committed to cleaning the fields regularly. The volunteers swung into action knowing that the city’s Parks [...]
April 29, 2010
The hours at the Belen Public Library and the Belen Community Center have changed because of employee layoffs. The City of Belen Recycling Center has been closed until further notice, also due to employee layoffs. The new hours for the Belen Public Library are: Monday -Closed Tuesday – 10:00am to 5:00pm Wednesday – 10:00am to [...]
April 29, 2010
Belen Mayor Rudy Jaramillo, the Belen City Council and the city’s employees sent a letter to the citizens of Belen in the monthly utility bills: TO THE VALUED CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF BELEN There has been much publicity in recent days about the City’s budget problems and employees being laid off from their jobs. [...]
April 20, 2010
The Belen City Council unanimously denied a zone change request on Monday night that would have allowed a manufactured home at the corner of Aragon and Fifth streets to remain in place. For nearly five years, the residents in the neighborhood sought to have the unoccupied home removed from the property. The owner of the [...]
February 22, 2010
Valencia County Commissioners are weighing whether or not to develop a public or private countywide solid waste pick-up program. For months, the commission has debated how to start a mandatory curbside pick-up program, listening to presentations from both the private and public sectors. Commissioners will need to decide if the county should create a government-run [...]
January 22, 2010
Valencia County Animal Control is killing fewer dogs and cats because of active adoption and rescue transfers, according to Ruben Chavez, who oversees the shelter. The county transferred 1,166 animals into rescue programs that would have otherwise stayed at the animal shelter and might have needed to be euthanized. Some animals have been transferred to [...]
December 07, 2009
The administrator of Valencia County’s indigent fund, which pays medical bills for people who can’t afford them, told county commissioners last week that the county should hire an expert to determine how best to spend surplus money in that fund. Commissioner Ron Gentry has questioned the intent of maintaining a nearly $2-million surplus in the [...]
November 19, 2009
Valencia County Commissioner Georgia Otero-Kirkham said last night she wants the county to use its surplus medical funds to pay for mammograms for women who can’t afford them. She said two weeks ago a company conducted a two-day mobile mammogram clinic during a stop in Los Lunas. The company plans to come to the area [...]
November 13, 2009
Valencia County Commissioner Ron Gentry asked last week that the county find more ways to spend surplus money within a county medical fund before the state takes it away to help reduce the state’s budget deficit. “It’s my concern, if you keep really close tabs on the legislature, you see where they’re going to go [...]