Why I Love Roswell Even With Its Problems
A longtime resident reflects on Roswell New Mexico as home since birth, recounting family history, local places, and memories from the Spring River Zoo to ENMU Roswell. The piece notes youth outmigration 7 percent higher than peers and laments water and road repairs while praising culture, parks, chiles, sunsets, and community resilience.
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Hobson's Gardens
North Vic
Roswell
Spring River Zoo
Peppermint Park
Cahoon Park
Lea Lake
YMCA
Margo Purdy
Mary Jane Madison
Mayes Lumber
Jim Gill
Roswell Seed
Clara Mae Smith
Louis Brady
Enmu-Roswell
U.S
Ruidoso
Albuquerque
Lubbock
Homelessness and local responses across New Mexico
The article surveys how homelessness has been treated from past draconian measures to modern efforts in Albuquerque Las Cruces and Roswell. It highlights panhandling legal changes and a city program paying day workers nine dollars an hour while offering shelter, food, and pathways back to stability. Volunteers in Roswell aim to restart lives by feeding and aiding the homeless.
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New York City
Albuquerque
American Civil Liberties Union of
New Mexico
Tularosa
Las Cruces
Roswell
Correcting Roswell Museum leadership timeline
A reader argues that a Roswell Daily Record Aug 15 article misstated events surrounding Michael Hall’s departure from the Roswell Museum and Art Center. She says Hall resigned in August 2015 under pressure, with several AMAC board members and Claudia Gonzalez forced out, before he took a new post at the National Atomic Testing Museum in December 2015.
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Roswell Daily Record
Roswell Museum and Art Center
Michael Hall
Atomic Museum
Las Vegas
Nevada
AMAC
Roswell
Joyce Tucker
Claudia Gonzalez
Smithsonian
National Atomic Testing Museum
RMA
Climate change debate framed as scientific consensus
The piece argues consensus in climate science rests on method and evidence, contrasting it with popularity leagues. It likens medical consensus to diagnostic collaboration, stressing climate truth is based on facts rather than charm or popularity.
Letter writer justifies beliefs despite Scripture and history
A Roswell Daily Record reader argues that Russell Scott bends scripture to defend Christians in the military. He cites biblical phrases and early Christian neutrality, then contends authorities mislead about heaven and Jesus’ mission, concluding skepticism about more theology.
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Russell Scott
Satan
Jesus
Hell
Heaven
Roswell Daily Record
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