City approves VCA land sale after lengthy council debate
The City Council approved selling 36 acres on West College Boulevard to Valley Christian Academy for a new school and sports facility after a three hour debate. The price settled at 89,900 with eight yes votes and two no votes, and sale terms limit building to the school and sports facility and prohibit city payment for concrete removal.
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Valley Christian Academy
Valley Christian
West College Boulevard
Lee Rogers
Rick Kraft
Kraft
Judy Stubbs
Stubbs
Ralph Fresquet
Fresquet
James Monteith
VCA
First Snow Closes Roswell Schools and Delays Activities
Roswell woke to a two inch snowfall with 1-3 more inches possible prompting closures of Roswell Independent School District and Eastern New Mexico University Roswell. RISD built snow day into the calendar so no make up. City salt trucks began at 4 a.m. with intersections salted to curb slick roads and prevent accidents while YUCCA Recreation Center closed after 5 p.m. and all youth basketball events and softball registrations canceled.
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Roswell Independent School District
Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell
RISD
Yucca Recreation Center
National Weather Service
Albuquerque
Larry C. Parker
Ment
Streets and Sanitation
Parker
Roswell
Main Street
Brasher Road
Eastern New Mexico Medical Center
Fireworks bill tabled amid drought ban clash in Roswell
Sen Rod Adair of Roswell defended Longhorn Manufacturing Company as the last North American consumer fireworks maker, employing about 100 mainly women. He argued eastern lawmakers target Roswell jobs while opposing a drought emergency ban, saying the bill lacks science and risks local employment.
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Roswell
Rod Adair
House Public Affairs Committee
North America
Longhorn Manufacturing Company
Adair
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Faydean Bults
Fireworks Company
Longhorn
Rodriguez Defends Over Attribution Plagiarism Claim
Superintendent Manny Rodriguez defends himself after the Roswell Community Coalition for Excellence in Education labels his graduation remarks plagiarized. He admits the mistake of omitting verbal attribution to Rod Paige's December 2003 speech, while the RCCEE and officials debate public domain status and integrity.
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Manny Rodriguez
Roswell Community Coalition For Excellence In Education
International Law Enforcement Academy
Rodriguez
U.S
Paige
Roswell Inde
Pendent
RISD
ILEA
United States Secretary of Education
Coalition
Frank Schlatter
Rod Paige
Sam Houston University
Susan Aspey
U.S. Department of Education
Aspey
RCCEE
Schlatter
Roswell woman accused of identity theft using mother’s name
Frances Meeks, 54, allegedly obtained a New Mexico driver’s license under her mother Rachel Friend’s name and then drained about 86900 from her bank accounts. Police seek Meeks, who also uses the name Rachel Friend, and ask tipsters to call Roswell Police or Chaves County Crime Stoppers.
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Roswell
I.D
Frances Meeks
Rachel Friend
Meeks
Friend
Robert Giles
Police Department
Chaves County
Giles
Kim Crockett
Mhilgeman
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