Author: Rene Thompson

The People’s Housing Project protested the lack of action the city council has taken toward the housing crisis outside Monday’s  meeting in Civic Plaza. Around 50 protest participants pleaded with the council to support and pass a resolution for the state legislature to end the prohibition on rent control. The organization has been at public comment by the dozens explaining the challenges for homeless and vulnerable residents. The PHP said a council-approved resolution would carry a lot of weight with state legislators. The organization also has 11 other demands, such as banning short-term rentals or exorbitant application fees and pet…

Here is a recap of last week’s games for Eldorado High School teams, according to the Albuquerque Public Schools athletics schedule and Maxpreps. Football The Golden Eagles varsity football team finally had its first win on Friday during an away game against the Clovis Wildcats with a final score of 28-27. The team’s record stands at 1-4.  The JV team won its game Monday against the Albuquerque Bulldogs with a final score was 53-20.  The freshman team lost to the Albuquerque Bulldogs on Tuesday with a final score of 15-12.  Volleyball The varsity volleyball team (6-2) had three wins last…

Map A, Map 5 and Map 4 were the final maps up for the council to vote on at the council meeting Monday, Sept. 19.  Councilor Tammy Fiebelkorn (District 7) said she wanted to propose and discuss Map 5 as it would give an entirely new district for a majority-minority area to be represented by one councilor, but Map A was the most agreed upon with the public. The majority of public comment, as well as neighborhood association representatives who spoke, supported Map A, and one person agreed with Fiebelkorn to enact Map 5.  Map A has the least amount…

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The Albuquerque Police Department’s Motors Unit investigated three separate serious injury crashes on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. In the early morning of Sunday, Sept. 11, 2022, there was a fatal crash involving a motorcycle at Paradise Blvd. NW and Paseo del Norte that the Motors Unit also responded to. Below are updates on two investigations in the NE Heights. 1837 Chandelle Loop NE At about 3 p.m. Sept.10, the on-call Motors Unit was called out to a serious injury crash located on Chandelle Loop NE. The investigation found a male was driving a white Ford F-150 on Rover when he…

Every four years, the city of Albuquerque hosts a goals forum to take input from the community about strategic goals and desired community conditions. This year, the city invites the public to the following opportunities to make their voices heard. Community input collected at these forums will be presented to the mayor and city council — and will be made available to the public — to help shape Albuquerque’s future. Participants in the goals forum play a vital role by describing the future Albuquerque they’d like to see. This approach provides elected officials and community leaders with a path to…

Pop-Pop’s opened its doors at 6300 San Mateo Blvd. NE on the last day of August and had a welcoming reception to the neighborhood. The shop closed from Sept. 13-14 to perk up the location’s newly painted white walls with a mural from @nb.artistry, who has done murals at locations throughout the city such as Green Jeans or his Martin Luther King Jr. memorial piece downtown.  Go check out the new mural and get a tasty Italian ice treat at the newly opened Pop-Pop’s. 

The third call for a suspected homicide in the overnight hours from Wednesday to Thursday brought officers to the Mission Hill apartments on Menaul near Eubank NE, where they found 65-year-old Willian Lee Vencill shot to death in a blue vehicle. Albuquerque Police Department communications director Gilbert Gallegos said police responded to a call of shots fired around 2 a.m. Thursday and that the man did live in the apartments. Homicide detectives have already started an investigation.  Police were also called to two other homicides, one at the Four Hills mobile home park on Juan Tabo near Central SE, and…

1. Fall fest Fall Market. Hosted by Maria Boutique, this free event will have more than 50 local vendors, food trucks, dance performances and free face painting for all ages. The market will be 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at 9577 Osuna Road NE.  2. Embudito Hike-in-yoga. Hosted by ABQ Yoga With Kat, experience outdoor yoga like never before. Hike and practice yoga with other like-minded individuals and immerse yourself in nature and connect with your true self. The first and 3rd Sundays of every month, join the group for hiking, nature yoga, journaling, intention-work, guided sound meditation…

Every Friday, the Juan Tabo Library will be putting on a scavenger hunt in the library for kids to have an interactive project looking for three clues each week. These clues will be bring kids to figures of different characters in literature. When the clues are turned in, children will get a sticker each week to put in their own sticker book.  After four stickers, participants then get a mystery prize. This will be an ongoing activity every Friday for children ages 6-10 during library business hours of 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Juan Tabo Library is located at 3407…