In the days before air conditioning, easy indoor home entertainment, and automatic garage door openers, neighborhoods connected to each other on America’s front porches and back yards. They relaxed and talked, sometimes for hours, with a drink, a cigarette, or…
Alec started in the industry at 14-years-old as a dishwasher in a local restaurant in Long Island, NY. Within two years he had been promoted to a server where he mastered the art of gab, customer experience, and anticipating client…
Emma Maiocco, of Dawson School in Lafayette, organized a protest for #BlackLivesMatter in Erie, CO on Wednesday, June 10th. The protest was attended by upwards of 50 people, who took over all four corners of Erie Parkway and County Line…
It’s the time of year, folks. Time for an event where you can ride a mechanical bull, rope calves, toss chickens, puppet beer (yes, it’s exactly what it sounds like), listen to dance-inducing live Bluegrass music, eat good food and…
In Lafayette’s coal mining days, diseases rushed through towns like a flash flood. Extended families lived in small cottages, using chamber pots and outhouses instead of indoor sewer systems. Vaccinations were uncommon, and while the existence of germs was…