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By Lynn Janes
The town of Hurley held a special meeting July 28, 2026. Mayor Reynaldo Maynes and Councilors Ester Gil, Robert Candelaria and Jason Cox attended. Aron Phillips did not attend.
The council approved resolution no. 2-2026/2027 to participate in the local government road fund administered by the DOT (Department of Transportation). Darlene McBride, town clerk, let the council know this was for the application for the grant. It will be used to rehabilitate and maintain Diaz Avenue doing chip seal. The grant has a 75 percent funding with a 25 percent match. The total grant will be $98,340.
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By Lynn Janes
(Writers note: this article was written using the minutes provided by the Village of Santa Clara)
The Village of Santa Clara held a regular meeting July 23, 2026. Mayor Arnold Lopez called the meeting to order. Mayor Pro Tem Albert Esparza and Trustees, Peter Erickson, Olga Amador and Ralph Trujillo attended.
The council approved the agenda with changes to proclamations and approved the minutes from June 25, 2026. They also approved the department head reports for June.
Mayor's report
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By Lynn Janes
The Silver City Town Council held a special meeting July 23, 2026. Attendance to the meeting included Mayor Simon Wheaton-Smith, and Councilors Nicholas Prince, Stan Snider, Victor Nanez and Angela Salaiz.
The council approved the agenda.
New business
This meeting had been called only to discuss and ask questions about the July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2027, budget.
Jacqui Olea, interim town manager, introduced Randy Hernandez, business operations manager, and Lori Ortiz, finance director.
Hernandez had provided a packet for the council to review on the final budget to be presented to the council at the next meeting for approval.
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By Lynn Janes
The Silver City Consolidated Schools held a work session and regular meeting July 22, 2026. Ashley Montenegro, Michelle Diaz, Mike McMillan and Kimberly Klement attended. Superintendent William Hawkins also attended. Patrick Cohn did not attend.
Work session
The board had their work session out of the board room and had done a walkthrough of all the work that had been done at Harrison Schmitt Elementary School over the summer.
Regular meeting started.
The board approved the minutes from the finance meeting June 11, 2026, work session and regular meeting June 15, 2026. They also approved the agenda.
Information and presentations.
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Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
[Editor's Note: This is part 3 of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America. It features th Silver City Museum Ice Cream Social.]
Every year, the Silver City Museum hosts an Ice Cream Social following the Fourth of July Parade. Always part of the festivities are activities for the kids, vendors selling their food and art work, as well as entertaining music and dance.
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Photos by Mary Alice Murphy
[Editor's Note: This is part two of a series of photo essays for the USA 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declamation of Independence.]
These photos were taken of the flag raising by the Gaffney-Oglesby Martine Corps League,, the singing of the National Anthem by Jaelyn Cruz, and the many vendors, food vendors and informational organization booths.
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