Magazine

November 3, 2007 Like 0 editor

Louisville, you get your water way too cheap. Look at your bill, it shows you’re paying $2.68 for every 1,000 gallons. Basically, if you filled up a 20-ounce container, it would cost you way less than a penny.

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Big Box Retailer Getting Smaller

November 3, 2007 Like 0 editor

The SuperTarget on Highway 287 in Lafayette may not be all that super when all is said and done. The developers of the project have scaled the size of the super retail store back, yet Lafayette’s projections for the sales…

Features

Text Message Carefully, Please

November 3, 2007 Like 0 editor

A lesson we learned a long time ago was you shouldn’t text message something you don’t want others to read—trust us. But what is on your cell phone is private, which is why the American Civil Liberties Union blasted Louisville’s…

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Round 2 Goes To Grassroots Effort

November 3, 2007 Like 0 editor

After watching city leaders almost unanimously approve the annexation and development plan for Lifebridge church to build a mini-city near Union Reservoir, Longmont residents took to the streets to gather signatures of protest. Six-thousand signatures later, the city council opted…

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Broomfield Center Finally On The Rise

November 3, 2007 Like 0 editor

After struggling with entertainment bookings for its first year—sans the obligatory games that come with housing two minor league sports teams—the Broomfield Event Center has landed a huge act: Cirque du Soleil. Perhaps hiring Gene Felling as its manager this…

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Whose Blight Is It Anyway?

November 3, 2007 Like 0 editor

Longmont officials will spend $6,000 to study Twin Peaks Mall to determine if it meets criteria to be deemed blighted. If so, it could qualify for a tax-financed redevelopment. This seems a bit curious considering Panattoni Development Co. recently bought…

Scene

A Good Amount of Geek

November 1, 2007 Like 0 editor

But don’t even think about firing that query his way on the KBCO Morning Show’s weekly trivia contest where listeners try to stump the all-knowing music god. You can’t ask Buffet questions—it’s one of the growing number of quirky rules…

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A Breath of Fresh Air

October 1, 2007 Like 0 editor

It looks like the statewide smoking ban and a three-year-old cigarette tax are rousing successes. Gov. Bill Ritter announced last month that the number of Coloradans who smoke dropped from 22 percent in 2001 to 18 percent in 2006. Look…

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How Not To Curb Student Drinking

October 1, 2007 Like 0 editor

The University of Colorado has always tried to fight student-drinking problems. It’s a valiant effort when it focuses around educating responsible drinking. It’s out of place when it bans booze, which CU recently did at the Coors Event Center, home…

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Lafayette Getting Its Hands Dirty

October 1, 2007 Like 0 editor

The city of Lafayette is taking over trash services, which in itself wouldn’t be the most newsworthy event. But when it became the city’s sole trash collector on Oct. 1, it simultaneously started a citywide recycling program to all single…