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Sedona 2015 Summer Community Campout
Sedona Red Rock View exclusive SedonaEye.com photo by Eric Williams c2015
Sedona AZ (May 12, 2015) – It’s back! Enjoy camping at Sunset Park with all of the benefits and none of the drawbacks to camping in the wild. On June 5 and 6, 2015, the City of Sedona Parks and Recreation is pleased to offer the community and its visitors a camping opportunity with food provided, activities planned and...
Starry Skies Over Sedona
Sedona AZ (August 4, 2014) – The City of Sedona and the environmental organization Keep Sedona Beautiful (KSB) are proud to announce that the City of Sedona has been named the world’s eighth International Dark Sky Community by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA).
The Dark Skies movement started with professional and amateur astronomers alarmed that nocturnal skyglow from urban areas...
Vote Yes on 410 to Preserve Sedona Dark Skies
Sedona AZ (October 28, 2011) – The following is a letter to the SedonaEye.com editor:
Dear Sedona Eye editor,
Sedona boasts many natural wonders under expansive dark skies, just one of its many gifts, all bringing visitors and sometimes new residents. Some tourists specifically visit to enjoy our starlit skies because they cannot do so at home where the level of light pollution...
Will The Real Sedona Win
Dear Editor of the Sedona Eye,
Sedona has been a tourist town since the world discovered the majesty of our red rocks and the energies of this land. For the rest of the world Sedona has become a place to visit, to enjoy in many different ways — and then to leave.
We Sedonans have not left. In addition to those privileged to be born here, many more of us have made our homes and a new part of our...
New York Visitor Says Preserve Sedona Dark Skies
Letter to the Sedona Eye editor:
I have been vacationing in Sedona since 1994. I never tire of its natural beauty. I have seen many changes in Sedona over the past 17 years. But my love for it still continues.
I am pleased to see that the City of Sedona continues to preserve its beauty. But during my most recent visit, a few weeks ago, I was puzzled when I heard about the proposed lighting...
Former Sedona Chief of Police Says 89A Lights Necessary
Sedona AZ (June 17, 2011)-At the June 17, 2011 meeting in Chinle, Arizona, the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Board voted 7-0 to proceed with installation of safety measures for State Route 89A in west Sedona. In order to proceed with the installation of the Sedona lights, the ADOT Board utilized $10.6M from the original budget and appropriated an additional $300,000 for completion...
Dear Editor: California Cities Turning Off Street Lights
Please find the attached article about California towns:
LAGUNA BEACH – Darker skies could come to the city as officials work to put a lid on excessive glare and light pollution.
By Claudia Koerner, Orange County Register – CA, USA, 02 May 2011
Darker skies could come to the city as officials work to put a lid on excessive glare and light pollution.
The City Council is expected to...
Comet Hartley Evening Sky Tours Begin
Sedona, AZ: Evening Sky Tours is preparing to welcome Comet Hartley to the observation list for nearly one month beginning on September 27. The short period comet, 6.5 years, will pass within 11 million miles of the Earth on October 20, which is only eight days before coming to perihelion (closest approach to the sun) on October 28.
“We will be observing Comet Hartley every night beginning on...
Jerome First Saturday Art (Fun) Walk!
Sedona’s ST.com contributing writer, Hollywood Jim, and fan
Out and About in Jerome Arizona
Once again the folks of Jerome know how to turn it out! I had a blast on Jerome’s First Saturday of every month Art Walk.
I got there early to secure my driver’s parking space. Like it or not, my limo gets no notice and that’s because Jerome knows how to keep it on the...
Sedona City Election Mail-in Ballots Big Success
SEDONA AZ-March 23, 2010–More than half of the mail-in ballots were returned in the Sedona city election ending March 9th said Yavapai County elections department director, Lynn Constabile. Of the 6,778 registered Sedona voters, Constabile reported 53.6% returned valid ballots. The County deemed the vote by mail program a success when compared with other town and city elections since...