(lifted from a Facebook Post by Mr. Lorentzen) In the depths of his being, the Sage Witch yearns,For the enchantment of Timberon, his heart ever burns.Though he wanders the desert, his spirit feels incomplete,Longing to return, to that land so sweet. His lute melodies echo, carrying his desire,Through the vast desert sands, reaching higher.With each […]
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The Smith Memorial Library (located in the Timberon Community Lodge) produced these charming little maps some time ago. I found a few while cleaning out some old files. The map illustrates the different ways to travel to and from Timberon. The Back Gate. Up Scott Able. Out the Back Way, from Piñon, and of course,
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Around noon on Friday May 3rd, our fire chief Tony McWilliams was just sitting down in the High Country Lounge & Grill to enjoy his smothered green chili burrito when he happened to look out the back porch of the Lounge and noticed a thin trail of white smoke rising from the trees. “Uh-oh, that’s
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At the request of our interim General Manager Mark “Spanky” Harding, a reporter from Searchlight New Mexico, Michael Benanav, came to Timberon a few weeks ago and interviewed several people in town. He spent a lot of time, talked to several residents, and took a lot of pictures. Unfortunately, I was not at work that
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Our long-time postmistress retired and consequently, the Timberon Post Office closed after 40 years of service to the Timberon community. It was a contracted site, and the contract agreement did not cover the actual costs of maintaining the post office inside a building for the community, so nobody picked up the contract to continue it.
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On my bi-weekly shopping trip, I was turned around in Cloudcroft. Big fire engine blocking U.S. Route 82 (the main road to Alamogordo from Cloudcroft). The fire department personnel working the traffic let me know that there was a rockslide on the Alamogordo side of the tunnel, and it would be closed all day and
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