Local Color

Bar owner Darryl Pettis, new mayor Diego Montoya, and some library donations from Darryl -- because I can, and because I support both. (I am on the library board).

Not a secret, but I bet Libby and I are the only Magdalenians who have been there other than her: Diego's mother came from Waltham, Mass. Montoyas? I live in one of the oldest houses in town, dating to the 1870's. I am the first non- Montoya to own it,  albeit I have had it for more than a few years, and my electric bill address is still "Montoya Rock House". Though this may be the first time Dieguito ever heard it!

(Albuquerque Journal photo)