Nick Wilkinson

City Residents, Councilors Surprised about Recycling

9/15/05     Española resident Amy Glick went before the Española city council Aug. 24 to complain that the recyclable materials she painstakingly sorted were going...

Fountain Fiasco

9/15/05     The man who installed a nonfunctioning fountain on the Plaza de Española has never had a contractor's license, according to a state official.    ...

Valley Businesses Show Civic Spirit

9/8/05     The grunts coming from Valdez Park on Aug. 27 were sincere.     It was the 14th annual Spirit Day and the event participants — Española...

Comprehensive Plan Approved

9/1/05     At the Aug. 10 city council meeting, an incomplete "Comprehensive Plan 2003" passed unanimously.     Comprehensive plans are official land-use policy documents city planners...

Vandals Shoot Up Water Tank; Cost City 600,000 Gallons of Drinking Water

9/8/05     A handful of city employees spent Labor Day laboring to save a drinking water storage tank behind Española Valley High School after it...

Insurance Changes Delayed

9/1/05     Many Española property owners will wait until Feb. 16, 2006, before they can stop paying flood insurance, City Planning Director Marvin Vigil said....

City Worker Quits after Paying Back Gas Charges

9/22/05     A city of Española water department employee resigned last week after he paid $275.81 to reimburse the city for personal charges on his...

Candidate Wants State to Monitor Election

9/15/05     Councilor Joseph Maestas, who is running for mayor, said he will ask the secretary of state and the state attorney general to send...

Federal Cleanup in Española to Last At Least 30 Years

9/1/05     The cleanup of two chemicals from Española's groundwater is expected to take at least 30 years and have several stages.     The cleanup of...

Superfund Project Begins

9/1/05     With all the drilling rigs springing up in Española — on the plaza and around Norge Town Laundry on Railroad Avenue — it...

Tax Audit Slips Through Cracks

9/1/05     A letter from the state Department of Finance Administration (DFA) to the state auditor disappeared, and with it went an audit of the...

Positive Steps for Apt. Complex

9/1/05     In 2003, the city of Española officially labled Santa Clara Apartments a public nuisance, and threatened to shut the complex down.     Just last...

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