Roswell vets cemetery upgrades head to city council
The Roswell Parks and Recreation advisory panel advanced the General Douglas L. McBride Roswell Veterans Cemetery master plan to the City Council for a March 12 vote. Funds include a gazebo, landscaping and expanded columbarium capacity with a $250,000 state grant already received. officials aim to hold services under a six sided gazebo on the cemetery grounds.
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Roswell
Douglas L. McBride
Roswell Veterans Cemetery
Main Street
South Park Cemetery
Veterans Cemetery
Parks and Recreation Department
Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee
Veterans Cemetery Board
Douglas McBride
New Mexico Military Institute
McBride
Jim Bloodhart
Main
Veterans Board
Bloodhart
Roswell High Students Protest PARCC Test
About two dozen Roswell High School students protested the PARCC exam in the school parking lot while RHS security and a Roswell Police Department unit stood by. Protesters, including sophomore Savannah Paul, argued the test is nonmandatory for non juniors and that schools profit per test taker.
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Roswell
RHS
Savannah Paul
Paul
RISD
Tom Burris
Ruben Bolafos
Roswell High School
Roswell Police Department
Gunfire outside Billy Ray's bar injures none
Police investigate two weekend gun incidents 24 hours apart. A 40 year old Roswell man and his brother were in a vehicle when a male approached and fired one shot at a window, causing minor glass cuts. The shooter fled in a blue Chevy Tahoe.
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Billy Ray
East Third Street
Roswell
Senate panel backs IRB expansion to housing and energy
A Senate Finance Committee unanimously approved a substitute for Senate Bill 319 to expand industrial revenue bonds to housing and energy development sectors. The measure, sponsored by State Sen. Carroll Leavell, clarifies IRBs may not cover mines or energy projects already operating before issuance and moves to the Senate floor for debate.
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Florida Company
Chaves County
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Carroll Leavell
R-Jal
New Mexico increases grazing fees on state trust lands
Commissioner Aubrey Dunn announced 2015 grazing fees will be 4.80 per animal unit month, up from 3.99, effective Oct 1. The rise, tied to a formula with NMSU and market conditions, boosts state land trust income to 8.08 million dollars to support public schools and higher education.
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Commissioner of Public Lands
Aubrey Dunn
New Mexico State University
NMSU
State Land Trust
Dunn
New Mexico
Dexter Middle Students Compile Dexter History Book For DI
Sixth and seventh graders at Dexter Middle School under Tami Garcia work on a history book for Destination Imagination. They tour the Daily Record, coordinate with community members to gather stories, and plan a museum advertising service project for a national competition in Albuquerque on April 11.
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Dexter
Tami Garcia
Garcia
Dexter Middle School
Daily Record
Charles Fischer
Albuquerque
Mit
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