Cobeans Store in Roswell Closes After 107 Years
Roswell's Cobean's, a family run bookstore and office-furnishings shop since 1916, is closing after four family members exit. Owner McPherson plans more time in the Sacramento Mountains and Missouri travels as staff reduce inventory and offer drastic discounts.
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Denish courts Hispanics as Martinez rally draws turnout
Denish basks in Clinton touch as she campaigns in Espanola to energize Hispanics and Democrats two weeks before the election. Martinez counters with a Texas link and calls for anti corruption while Clinton touts Denish as better for jobs and education. About 3,000 to 4,000 attended the rally from 5,000 tickets issued.
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Denver Zoo hatches Komodo dragons for Halloween
The Denver Zoo reports four Komodo dragons hatched with four more in incubation. Curator Rick Haeffner notes the zoo is one of two in North America to hatch dragons this year and the only in the world to hatch them on three occasions. The youngsters will soon display in the nursery. Komodo dragons reach up to 10 feet and 250 pounds and have about 60 teeth. They are endangered with 3,000 to 5,000 left in the wild.
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Rick Haeffner
North America
Taps Echoes at Hagerman Barracks Graduation Remembered
Hundreds gather as 110 names are read and candles lit in memory of the fallen. Three buglers strike taps from towers forming Silver Taps with Echo Taps, a moving tradition praised by Brig. Gen. Richard V. Geraci. A social at Quarters One follows as the corps observes silent remembrance.
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Roswell Council Approves City Worker Pay Hikes and Chamber Sign
City councilors unanimously approved a 2 percent hourly wage increase for nearly 200 city workers and a 25 percent per round golf discount for Utility Workers Union members. The Roswell Chamber of Commerce received 13500 in ledgers tax dollars for a new electronic sign on West Second Street.
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Larry Fry
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Apology Letter Appears in Las Cruces Sun-News
Almost a decade after the Las Cruces party shooting, Carlos Valente Franco 19 at the time wrote and the court ordered an apology to the Lowell family. Franco shot brothers Brian and Damian Lowell. Brian died, Damian survived. Franco was convicted in 2000 of second-degree murder and aggravated battery and sentenced to 15 years. He served 10 years and was on supervised release when the apology letter was published.
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Carlos Valente Franco
Roswell
Brian
Damian Lowell
Brian Lowell
Franco
Lourdes A. Martinez
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