Ummm, what part of “We basically live in a desert environment” are people not understanding? It doesn’t rain much in Colorado, regardless if we’re talking about dry or moist years. And snow packs melt real fast, too. (more…)

June 2008

It’s an understatement to say the Twin Peaks Mall on the southwestern edge of Longmont is in need of a little love. Vacant storefronts and empty parking lots are not a good thing and do little to help the city’s lagging retail base. (more…)

June 2008

by Laurel Janeen Smith

Mixing loose chickens, tire swings, ponies and giant tree houses makes for a heckueva fun day for a kid. You just may enjoy playing on the farm, too. (more…)

May 2008

More Fresh, Local and Organic Menus Please

by Rob Peaslee, photo by Julie Levy

Okay, kids, time for a vocab quiz: Who knows what “terroir” means? No, it is not, as a friend claimed credulously, the French word for “terror.” (more…)

May 2008

This is just getting nasty. Longmont and Firestone are once again in a land battle, and it appears now that LifeBridge Christian Church is at the center of it all. (more…)

May 2008