The B.I.G. Day – what a day it was: Chamber more than doubles goal of volunteers
It was a day of giving and gratitude, sweat equity and camaraderie, dirty hands and warm smiles as the second annual B.I.G. Day (Be Involved, Give) proved that community spirit is alive and well in south metro Denver. The 2012 goal was to have 1,000 volunteers spread over 30 nonprofit events throughout the community to [...]
Doctors Express Englewood offers long-term allergy relief
Submitted by Doctors Express Englewood Spring has sprung and the season brings sunshine, warm weather and blossoming flowers. Unfortunately, spring can also deliver sniffles, sneezing and congestion to seasonal allergy sufferers. After Colorado’s pollen count hit its highest level in more than a decade last month as the Lower North Folk Fire burned, health professionals [...]
Tonier ‘Neen’ Cain to give keynote at ADMHN event
11th Annual Mental Health Benefit Luncheon set for May 11 “Eighty percent of our population has been traumatized. The trauma is the underlying reason and the basis that leads to the self-medication, the drug use, and then eventually landing in jail,” according to the documentary Healing Neen, 2010 RE: the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women). [...]
Hansen to appear on GOP ballot: DA candidate lost to Brauchler at assembly
By Peter Jones Deputy District Attorney Leslie Hansen has earned a place on the upcoming Republican primary ballot, despite her recent loss in a vote by party activists. The candidate for district attorney was required to present at least 1,000 valid petition signatures to the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office after failing to receive the [...]
Fetch your sneakers and furry friend for Dumb Friends League Furry Scurry
Fundraiser, 2-mile walk set for May 5 Submitted by Dumb Friends League Denver’s Washington Park will be going to the dogs, as thousands of canines and their owners take part in the 19th annual Furry Scurry on Saturday, May 5. The popular walk brings dogs of all sizes and ages together for one cause—to raise [...]
Greenwood Village gets funding for mountain bike course
Submitted by Greenwood Village Greenwood Village was a recipient of a funding award from the Arapahoe Board of County Commissioners, as a result of the recommendation by the Cherry Creek Basin Working Group and the Arapahoe County Open Space and Trails Advisory Board, to fund the construction of a single track mountain bike course at [...]
Politics – Coffman beating Miklosi 2-to-1 in fundraising
By Peter Jones Colorado’s 6th Congressional District may be among the most competitive voting districts on the state’s recently redrawn political map, but not so when it comes to campaign fundraising. Despite a virtually three-way split among Republicans, Democrats and unaffiliated voters within the district’s new boundaries, the Republican incumbent is beating his Democratic challenger [...]
Video project to focus on Washington’s Elwha River: CCHS grad receives grant to document largest dam removal
By Peter Jones Jason Jaacks has been a filmmaker since he was knee-high to a tripod. “I started making movies when I was in third grade with a big VHS camera. I just pursued it since then and have been really lucky,” he said. “All the success that I’ve had has come because I’ve been [...]
‘The mayor of IKEA’: Noon touts burgeoning identity in Centennial’s State of Our City
By Peter Jones As Centennial makes headway into its second decade, the city’s identity may no longer be rooted in its lack of one, as Mayor Cathy Noon inferred during her third State of Our City address on April 12 at Embassy Suites Hotel. “Whenever I go to different events … it was easier to [...]
Politics – Feldman officially named Democratic nominee: Retired judge will face Brauchler or Hansen in DAs race
By Peter Jones It was far from an unlucky Friday the 13th for Ethan Feldman. The only Democrat in the 2012 race for district attorney was officially named the party’s nominee. The former Arapahoe County judge received the nomination by acclamation at the Democrats’ 18th Judicial District Assembly on April 13. “I’m honored and humbled [...]
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