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Breaking Cyclical Chains

Jan 29, 2025 | sfreporter.com | Mo Charnot

Legislators vowing to get tough on crime this legislative session will face opposition from a coalition of advocates bent on breaking the cycle of mass incarceration in New Mexico. The day after the 60-day 2025 Legislative Session kicked off last week, advocates and statewide organizations gathered at a press conference to announce their intentions to examine all public safety bills introduced this session.
Under New Management (Maybe)

Jan 27, 2025 | sfreporter.com | Mo Charnot

More than three months after former City Manager John Blair surprised the city with a sudden resignation from the position he’s held since 2022 to take a job in Washington, D.C., Mayor Alan Webber has selected a candidate to fill the position. That candidate is Mark Scott, who has held city manager positions in several cities across California (and one in Spartanburg, South Carolina) since 1990. The City Council is to vote to confirm his appointment at the Jan.
Out in the Cold

Jan 22, 2025 | sfreporter.com | Mo Charnot

“Are you sleeping outside tonight?” As resident Eric Radack traverses several blocks surrounding downtown Santa Fe, this is one of the first questions he asks when encountering homeless bystanders. Bundled for the cold in an orange puffer jacket and a blue knit hat, Radack seeks out as many homeless people as he can when winter arrives, carrying a backpack full of goods to distribute: emergency space blankets, protein bars, dog food and Ziploc bags containing naloxone nasal spray.
Parting of the Plywood

Jan 16, 2025 | sfreporter.com | Mo Charnot

More than four years after local activists toppled the Soldiers’ Monument on the Santa Fe Plaza during an Indigenous People’s Day protest, city employees are removing the wooden box that has surrounded the controversial monument ever since.
Vermiglio Review

Jan 15, 2025 | sfreporter.com | Mo Charnot

facebook twitter youtube instagram RSS The past was bad by Mo Charnot January 15, 2025 11:08 AM REVIEW: The Count of Monte Cristo Vermiglio Release Date December 25, 2024 Duration 119 minutes In this pensive wintertime drama, Italian filmmaker Maura Delpero (Maternal) directs (and writes) the viewer into a remote village high in the Italian Alps during the tail-end of World War II, isolated to the expansive Graziadei family after the arrival of Sicilian military deserter Pietro (Giuseppe De...
Pop! Goes the Obelisk

Jan 14, 2025 | sfreporter.com | Mo Charnot |Adam Ferguson

Construction workers from the City of Santa Fe’s Facility Management Division and the Parks Department take apart the box surrounding the Soldiers’ Monument at the center of the Santa Fe Plaza and clean the graffiti off the monument, per a recent court ruling by First Judicial District Judge Matthew Wilson in a lawsuit that local Spanish fraternal organization Union Protectiva de Santa Fe filed against the city and Mayor Alan Webber.
City council tables obelisk discussion; denies appeal for Southside project

Jan 13, 2025 | sfreporter.com | Mo Charnot

Cerrillos on Bungalows project at odds with city requirements by Mo Charnot January 13, 2025 1:00 PM The City Council voted to deny a land use appeal from the developers of the Bungalows on Cerrillos housing project to be built at the intersection of Beckner and Cerrillos roads on the Southside of Santa Fe at a Jan. 9 Governing Body meeting.
Full House

Jan 10, 2025 | sfreporter.com | Mo Charnot

Santa Feans left with questions about residence after 14 arrested in Saturday SWAT raid January 8, 2025 12:00 AM When police arrived at Camino del Bosque near the intersection of Rodeo and Zia roads in the early hours of Jan. 4 to respond to a suspected shooting , residents of the neighborhood were awake and waiting.
Winter is Here (And It's Not Playing Around)

Jan 7, 2025 | sfreporter.com | Mo Charnot

For the next few days, the arctic blast sweeping through New Mexico will push temperatures in Santa Fe below 20 degrees Fahrenheit after the sun sets. In response to the cold, from Jan. 7 through the early morning of Jan. 10, the city is activating its Code Blue protocols to reach out to the homeless community with necessary supplies and shelter.
Prep School for Parents

Dec 4, 2024 | sfreporter.com | Mo Charnot

College Ready Series helps make students out of parents headed back to school by Mo Charnot December 4, 2024 12:00 AM When Jenelle Lovelette first began learning at the Santa Fe Community College, she had no idea where to start. Motherhood delayed Lovelette’s entry into college until after her child enrolled in a Head Start program. “I think the biggest barrier preventing people from starting the process of going to college is just childcare,” Lovelette tells SFR.