Rio Rancho’s Joe Di Stefano: an enduring city storyteller
The Rio Rancho memoir profiles Joseph Di Stefano, a Brooklyn born actor and writer who moved from stage to local scripts. He recalls wartime theater, a run in with Dutch Schultz, and his long Bronx roots shaping his Rio Rancho life. Di Stefano wrote Murder in Old Town and Murder in the Future, set for Rio Rancho City Auditorium this year.
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Rio Rancho
New Mexico
Joseph di Stefano
New York
Joe
Hans Conrad
Uncle Tonoose
Daddy
Danny Thomas
Sal’s Deli
Brooklyn
Hell’s Kitchen
Coney Island
Dutch Schultz
di Stefano
Schultz
Big Dutch
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Old Town
City Auditorium
Editorial on Rio Rancho mayoral succession and civic leadership
An opinion piece discusses the upcoming resignation of Rio Rancho Mayor Terry Griffin as an expected outcome of a difficult tenure. It weighs successor options, praising Henry Pacelli and Grover Nash, and highlights Pat D Arco as a strong potential new council member with a clear vision and commitment to planning.
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Rio Rancho
Terry Griffin
Griffin
City Hall
Noar
Henry Pacelli
Grover Nash
Pacelli
Alamogordo
Rio Ranchos
Nash
District 5
Pat
D’arco
D’ Arco
Pat D’ Arco
Roaming: Sundays into New Mexico adventures
Shannon Eubanks recalls Sunday travels shaped by New Mexico roots. From childhood car rides with family to recent wanderings in the Jemez Mountains, she details routes, hikes, and memories, including the Jemez State Monument ruins and cautions along trails.
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Steve
Bill
Dad
New Mexico
Jemez Mountains
City Rio
San Ysidro
Espanola
Santa Fe
Santa Fe National Forest
Jemez Springs
Jemez
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Alta
Joe di Stefano
Homemaker
Gary Stewart
Kim Pisel
Edward Gonzales
Martin Cogan
Wick New Mexco, Inc
Randall C. Johnson
Sharon Ely
Frank Gilmer
Barbara Sawtelle
Margo Cowen
Rio Rancho DR
Tate Senators
Dennis C. Chavez
St. Andrews Drive
Joseph J. Carraro
Carraro
Albuquerque
Pauline Eisenstadt
Corrares
Robert W. Johnson
Cuba
James Roger Madalena
Jemez Pueblo
Gary Hocevar
Camino Vista NM
U.S. Representative
Bill Richardson
Harvey House
First Street
Belen
Cannon Building
Washington
Sandoval County
Pete D. Salazar
P.O. Box
Bernalillo
Thomas E. Swisstack
Stagecoach
Ubaldo Lovato
Main Street
Shannon Eubanks
Shannon
Anna Pietrzak
Joy Garcia
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