🌱 How Belen’s new fire engine could change emergency response times

Greetings Belen! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Belen’s new fire engine could change emergency response times
• Belen High grad earns big-time college golf honor at NMSU

Today's riddle: I Am not animal, vegetable, or mineral. I don’t eat, but need to be fed regularly to stay alive. What am I? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: Mostly sunny and warmer, with a high of 88 and low of 50 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Saturday: Clouding up; warm, temps: high: 91, low: 56.
• Sunday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 88 and low of 51 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Belen Fire & Rescue rolls in new fire engine pumper (news-bulletin.com subscription) — Belen’s fire protection just got a major boost with a new Ferrara engine pumper now in service at the main Belen Fire Station, funded by a USDA loan. City and fire officials say the truck replaces aging engines and can pump 2,000 gallons per minute, improving response capability for residents as the department closes this long-planned project.
   

• NMSU's Emma Bunch named CUSA Women's Golfer of the Year for third straight year (abqjournal.com subscription) — A former Belen High School standout is making waves in college golf, as NMSU freshman Rylee Salome earned All-Conference USA honors this week. She shares the spotlight with teammate Emma Bunch, who was named CUSA Women’s Golfer of the Year for the third straight season after a dominant run of top finishes.
   

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📸 Around Belen

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Belen

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★ Featured events ★

Tuesday May 12

• Breakfast Bags for Belen →
  731 N Main St, Belen
  3:30 pm

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Other local events

Tuesday May 12

• Senior Checkout
  Valencia High School Los Lunas, NM 87031
  8:00 am
• Seniors: Robing Ceremony
  Century High School VHS Performing Arts Center
  5:30 pm
• Band Concert
  Valencia Elementary
  7:30 pm

Wednesday May 13

• Kinder/ Senior Walk @ VHS
  Valencia Elementary Valencia High School
  4:00 pm
• Senior Robing Celebration
  Belen High School 1619 W Delgado Ave, Belen, NM 87002, USA
  6:00 pm

Thursday May 14

• 6th World Cultural Day
  Dennis Chavez Elementary Belen, NM 87002
  8:00 am
• LLHS Senior/Kinder Walk
  Los Lunas High School LLHS Football Field
  4:00 pm

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday May 8

• Q4 PBIS Lowes
  Dennis Chavez Elementary Belen, NM 87002
  8:00 am

Tuesday May 12

• Senior Checkout
  Valencia High School Los Lunas, NM 87031
  8:00 am
• Seniors: Robing Ceremony
  Century High School VHS Performing Arts Center
  5:30 pm
• Band Concert
  Valencia Elementary
  7:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Sound and higher electric bills.
  https://youtu.be/xD5U-SoS8gw?si=mx9pEuWpe_nF1LrA (Nextdoor Rio Comm)

• Domino's Pizza, Inc. posted a job opening for Assistant Manager Store (06513) in Belen. Apply here.
• Tractor Supply Company posted a job opening for Merchandising Sales Associate in Belen. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Belen here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Los Lunas

• BHS Eagles, LLHS Tigers reach softball, baseball playoffs (news-bulletin.com)
• Los Lunas Council approves $14 million for boulevard (news-bulletin.com)
• Pacific Fusion to Host Recruiting Event at NMSU Grants Goal is to Educate People On Fusion Careers (cibolacitizen.com)

Albuquerque

• KRQE holds phone bank to support Shoes for Kids program (krqe.com)
• Traveling Route 66 history exhibit makes pit stop in Albuquerque • Source New Mexico (sourcenm.com)
• Surveillance Video Shows Brazen Fence Theft at Albuquerque Distillery (newsradiokkob.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Fire (Thank you Steve H. for sending it in!)
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