Can Erie’s New Center and Old Town Coexist?

Jacob Harkins

The thing that makes a suburb stick out from the bland is its identity. In this region, that identity is tied very closely with the historic old towns at the center of many of the North Metro communities. (more…)

April 2008

C’mon Boulder. We know you are the most P.C. city in the nation but you are going a little too far in one of your most recent cases of protecting animals. Joy Douglas, a local salon owner, dyed her poodle pink—making Cici a breast-awareness dog. (more…)

March 2008

With Election Day Looming, Officials Scurry to Figure How to Count the Votes

by Jacob Harkins

There are three vintage McNulty ballot boxes sitting in plan view at the Adams County election center. Two are knee-high, wooden containers that one could imagine being crammed with hundreds of ballots picking the politicians of the 1950s, or perhaps even prior to that. (more…)

February 2008