“ Just racing in the rain and riding the storm out” BY STEFAN KRUSZE After the cancellation of the 2020 edition of the Littleton Twilight Criterium, due to the Covid-19 Global Pandemic, the bicycle race made it’s return regardless of the unpredictable Colorado weather. Make no mistake, regardless of the race course conditions the races
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BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER In an interview with The Villager on July 29, Greenwood Village district four City Councilmember Tom Dougherty told us that he has decided not to run for re-election after serving two two-year terms because, “It has always been a challenge to have a busy law practice and devote the amount of
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BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER At the Greenwood Village City Council meeting on July 12, an emergency ordinance saying the city will not accept or review any applications for permits for ground or pole-mounted solar energy systems anywhere in the city was made final. It expires on September 13. The issue grew out of a complaint
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BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER In a presentation to the Greenwood Village City Council on July 19, Nancy Sharpe, current Arapahoe County commissioner and former GV mayor, talked about the significant value that the residents of Arapahoe County, including Greenwood Village, receive from the county $0.025 percent open spaces sales and use tax. The tax was
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BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER Although many people have items they wish to buy or sell to private parties, we have all heard horror stories of sales transactions between strangers going terribly wrong, resulting in the item to be sold getting stolen or one of the parties to the transaction getting hurt or worse. In a
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BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER For environmental and now legal reasons, Coloradans may as well just get used to bringing their own bags with them when they go shopping. Since July 1, Denver grocery stores have been required to charge ten cents for every single-use plastic bag it provides its customers to take home their purchases.
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BY FREDA MIKLINGOVERNMENTAL REPORTER The Greenwood VillageCity Council has been trying without success for more than six months to agree on a policy for regulating ground-mounted and pole-mounted solar panel arrays in the city. GV does not limit roof-mounted solar panels in any way. Until recently, it had permitted ground and pole-mounted solar arrays under
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Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Daniel Rosenbaugh, a native of Littleton, Colorado, makes a boatswain pipe call via the ship’s announcement system aboard Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS O’Kane (DDG 77), June 14, 2021. O’Kane is currently underway conducting routine maritime operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jasen
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By Freda MiklinGovernmental Reporter On Saturday morning, June 26, Cherry Hills Village held a grand opening celebration for John Meade Park and Alan Hutto Memorial Commons at 2450 E. Quincy Avenue, adjacent to CHV City Hall. Although the area was completed and opened to the public last September, the official grand opening was delayed because
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