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Dear Jeffco Board: Exaggerating Achievement Results is Delusional and Dangerous
October 19, 2016 Dear Members of the Jeffco Board of Education, The posted agenda for your meeting this Thursday evening says that you will be discussing Jeffco’s student achievement results. Your...
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Local Driving School Shares Tips for Halloween Safety
The scariest part of Halloween isn’t the costumes, haunted houses or movies. It’s a day when, on average, twice as many child pedestrians are killed on Halloween compared to other days of the year. In...
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Don’t be tricked by your sewer line this Halloween season
Technician does annual clearing of sewer line as part of fall maintenance. Photo: Bridget Marie Images. Outside of your kids flushing candy wrappers down the toilet, there are multiple ways that your...
View ArticleJefferson Symphony Holiday Concert Festive Music with a Classical Touch
What would the holiday season be like without the sounds of our favorite festive music? It’s often what puts a smile on our faces amidst the hustle and bustle of preparing for celebrations. That’s why...
View ArticleLionel’s Train of Thought: The Last Weekend
Across from me on the red love seat sat my eldest and youngest daughters, with my 14-year-old granddaughter squeezed between them. Rain drizzled outside as night shrouded the house. The fireplace,...
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CU Wizards: Surfing with a Mathematician! Nonlinear Waves & Fluids
CU Wizards Presents “Surfing with a Mathematician! Nonlinear Waves & Fluids” CU Applied Mathematics Professor Mark Hoefer will show us how mathematics describes fluids and how non-linear waves...
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Do we need to increase public education funding in Colorado?
On the Ballot November 8 Thirty-seven school districts in Colorado are asking for increased local funding for their schools on the November, 2016 ballot. Thirty-one districts are asking for a combined...
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Not so fortunate: ‘New low in politics’
ARVADA, Colo. (Oct. 22, 2016) – Boxes of fortune cookies with false messaging arrived in Arvada and Westminster voters’ mailboxes this weekend, and State Senate Dist. 19 Candidate Rachel Zenzinger...
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Support Jeffco Kids on 3A & 3B
This November, Jeffco Schools is asking voters to approve 3A and 3B, to invest in our students and our future by investing in our schools; and we are not alone. So are almost 50 other school districts...
View ArticleJeffco Public Schools DOES NOT Have 15,000 Empty Seats
In response to ljlucero’s (Jeffco Mom) Your Hub article posted October 24, Tim Reed, Executive Director Facilities & Construction Management for Jeffco Public Schools would like to address the...
View ArticleCherry Creek State Park’s Lake House Hosts MHRC Ergathon
Mile High Rowing Club, Denver’s only youth rowing program, is hosting its second annual Ergathon on Sunday, October 30, at the Lake House at the Cherry Creek State Park Marina starting at 9 a.m. Rowers...
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From Tennis Court to Community Garden – A Solution for Peiffer Elementary
Peiffer Elementary students work to help build the new community garden where the old tennis courts once stood. A Healthy Schools grant and a garden forum at Jeffco’s Ed Center spurred an idea for how...
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St. Mary’s Academy Announces Next Academy President
On October 19, 2016, the St. Mary’s Academy Board of Trustees unanimously voted to appoint Bill Barrett the next President of St. Mary’s Academy, effective July 1, 2017. Bill has held numerous...
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RE/MAX realtor Matt Thomas helping feed the hungry at Thanksgiving
Matt Thomas, a RE/MAX Northwest Realtor and founder of The Altitude Group, recently announced his office will be hosting a Thanksgiving food drive to help fight hunger in Colorado. Non-perishable food...
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Veteran Denver PR pros launch digital publication
The Colorado 100 to provide bite sized news and entertainment Sydney Ayers, Lisa Cutter and Jane Dvorak, longtime Denver-based public relations professionals, launched this week The Colorado 100, a...
View ArticleJimmy Dean Comes to Red Rocks!
LAKEWOOD, CO – Red Rocks Community College (RRCC) Theatre Arts and Dance Department presents the comedy-drama Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean by Ed Graczyk, presented by special...
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Looking for a volunteer organization for your kids? Sign up for Santa’s Elves!
It’s GO-TIME for kids to give to kids! Continue the tradition of kids giving to kids during Denver’s largest giving event on Dec. 10th DENVER – ‘Tis the season to give. Sign up now for the Seventh...
View ArticleSenior Home Share Program: Fair Rent for Friendship, Chores
by Peggy Hermann It is news to no one that Denver is in the midst of a housing crisis, a crisis that is even more pronounced for individuals needing affordable housing. At the same time, metro Denver...
View ArticleCovenant Village of Colorado Hosts 17th Annual Village Faire and Garage Sale
Covenant Village of Colorado invites members of the community to its 17th Annual Village Faire and Granny’s Attic on Friday, Nov. 4, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 5, 9 a.m.-noon. In addition to the...
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Smile for a Lifetime-The Gift of Smiles
Can a smile open doors, inspire self-confidence, and create a ripple effect of good will in a community? The 501(c)(3) Smile for a Lifetime of Greater Denver seeks to achieve all that and more. When...
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