Community events calendar Around Town listings
St Mark s Lutheran Church hosts Skits and Soup each Lent Wednesday with 530 p m services and a soup bread meal open to the public. SNMCAC holds a board meeting Thursday at 6 p m at 1915 San Jose Blvd Carlsbad. ENMU Roswell board meets March 21 at 4 p m in Administration Center 135 52 University Blvd. Four Paws Pet Pantry distributes free pet food March 21 at St Andrew s Episcopal Church 505 N Pennsylvania Ave contact Enid Smith at 575 517 0174. Lincoln tours March 31 6 9 p m cost 5 per person under 10 free with guides and storytellers. Call 575 653 4025. Around Town invites public submissions by noon Wednesdays for the Sunday edition.
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St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
N. Main St
Southeast New Mexico Community Action Corp
Snmcac
San Jose Blvd
Carlsbad
Branch Community College Board of Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell
University Blvd
Enmu-Roswell
Four Paws Pet Pantry
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Pennsylvania Ave
Enid Smith
Lincoln
America
Rutherford B. Hayes
New Mexico
Roswell Daily Record
Vistas
Rdrnews
Brittany's Hope Brittany Martin's fight stirs research and aid
Brittany Nicole Martin daughter of Maj. Gen. Jerry Grizzle and Lane Martin died at 36 after a rare Ewings sarcoma diagnosis in Carlsbad. Her family started Brittany's Hope to fund chemo copays and support research, with her life rising hope for others.
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Brittany Nicole Martin
Jerry Grizzle
New Mexico Military Institute
Brittany
Carlsbad
First United Methodist of
Lane Martin
Martins
Pearce Thomas
Audrey Claire
Ellis Quinn
Grizzle
Shawn
Covenant Health System
Lubbock
Texas
Artesia
California
Houston
MD Anderson
Cancer Center
Lane
Blackdom New Mexico the first African American town
Historic notes recount Blackdom in New Mexico as the state's first Black community established near Roswell. Founder Frank Boyer journeyed from Georgia in 1896 to homestead with Ella and family arriving 1901. The settlement grew with farms, wells, and relatives nearby, later referenced in Dexter area.
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Blackdomn
New Mexico
Roswell
Francis “Frank
Marion Boyer
Pullam
Georgia
Frank Boyer
Henry Boyer
Col
Alexander Doniphan
Army of
Missouri Volunteers
New Mexico Territory
Ella
Boyer
Dan Keyes
Dexter
the Historical Society For
Southeast New Mexico
Blackdom
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