Tim Case is about to embark on the unthinkable: A cross-country bike ride that will take him a mere 10 days. The pain he’ll be feeling during the near non-stop trek is nothing compared to what the children he’s riding for face every day. They are the kids who head to Camp Odayin each summer—it’s a refuge for youngsters facing severe heart problems, surgeries and transplants, and even death.

May Issue 2008

A Boulderite’s Plan to Get DNC Politicos Cycling

by J.C. O'Connell, photo by Jim Post

From his second-story office just off the Pearl Street Mall, Tim Blumenthal has a stunning view of the Flatirons, but rather than peer up into the mountains, the executive director of Bikes Belong sees real beauty below on 13th Street.

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May Issue 2008

There’s a whole lot of bustling development nearby, but we have a soft spot in our heart for Old Town. In honor of the May 17 Erie Town Fair, we explored the teeny yet ever-so-charming historic Briggs Street. (more…)

May Issue 2008

If you’ve picked up a copy of the May issue, you may have noticed a little disclaimer below Jim Spencer’s column. This was, in fact, his final piece for us. (more…)

May 2008

by Nickey Hernadez

In terms of online shopping, Craigslist can’t be beat. The popular website offers everything from jobs to camping buddies. You can sell your house, rent a vacation pad in the mountains or pick up a last-second ticket to a Nuggets game. (more…)

May Issue 2008

by Nickey Hernadez

A Longmont man gave local potheads a bad name recently after cops busted him for growing weed—and for killing his wife’s cat. Authorities found Bootsie’s bullet-ridden body near a pond. Evidence suggested the calico mix was murdered inside the wife’s home. Cops contend Paul John Vickers sought vengeance against his wife by offing the cat. (more…)

May Issue 2008

by Nickey Hernadez

Score another win for Big Dental, the mysterious lobby that has force fed America fluoride since the 1940s. High-grade, pro-fluoride propaganda has gotten most Americans to swallow cavity-fighting tap water.

Erie officials stood up to the pressure and flushed away a chance to bring fluoride to local taps years ago. But all that changed on April Fool’s Day. That’s when local voters backed citywide fluoridation by 51.5 percent. Dental experts have long lauded the use of fluoride to reduce cavities. Still, 1,481 Erie voters love the freedom of letting their teeth rot.

May Issue 2008

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 Issue 2008

Absinthe Makes a Comeback After a Century of Misunderstanding

by Scott Mastro

Perhaps it’s far from joining wine in elite status among liquor connoisseurs, but absinthe, that prodigal son-of-a-gun made mythical during a near-hundred year absence for making artists lose their ordinary senses, has returned to the United States. (more…)

April Issue 2008