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Colorado School of Mines graduates celebrate accomplishments, resilience after pandemic
The students who graduated high school in 2020 were resilient. They had to be. Amid COVID-19 shutdowns and restrictions, many of them spent their final weeks of high school in…
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Golden baseball wraps up 4th straight 4A Jeffco League title
It has become an annual tradition lately for Golden to be awarded the Class 4A Jeffco League baseball title. The Demons officially clinched their fourth straight league title on Tuesday with a 15-0 victory over Pomona in the last regular season home game for Golden. “This one means a lot,” Golden junior Luca Casali said…
Friends of Dinosaur Ridge celebrates 35 years as a part of Good for Jeffco Explorers Weekend
Members of the nonprofit Friends of Dinosaur Ridge joined the Colorado Gives Foundation April 28 to celebrate the group’s 35th anniversary. Colorado Gives sponsored several free events throughout Jefferson County over the weekend. This partnership is one way that the Colorado Gives Foundation supports nonprofits in Jefferson County. Dinosaur Ridge was one of eight Jeffco…
Mines baseball celebrates 12 seniors, beats UCCS 3-1 in weekend series
While their younger teammates are like TV shows that have been renewed for another season, 12 Orediggers faced the reality of their series’ penultimate episodes May 3-4. The Colorado School of Mines baseball team hosted UCCS for its final games of the regular season, winning the weekend series 3-1 and recognizing its 12 departing seniors…
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PRESS RELEASE: Red Rocks Community College’s 54th Annual Commencement
LAKEWOOD, CO – Red Rocks Community College (RRCC) will hold its 54th annual commencement exercises on Saturday, May 11, 2024, at the picturesque Outdoor Pavilion…
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Record throws by Lafore, Strickland at Jeffco League track & field championships
There was definitely some extra interest during the boys shot-put and discus events at the Class 5A/4A Jeffco League track and field championships last week at Jeffco Stadium. Chatfield senior Charlie Lafore broke the 5A boys shot-put league record of Jim Banich (Arvada High School) that had stood since 1982. Lafore’s final throw on Wednesday,…
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Bell Middle School musicians showcase talents at Golden Library
From “Choose Your Fighter” from the “Barbie” soundtrack to Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” the Golden Library was alive with the sound of music May 3 as it hosted a public recital for Bell Middle School’s orchestra club. A dozen performers — Bell sixth- and seventh graders and a few fifth graders from local elementary schools…
Coming Attractions: SeriesFest celebrates a decade of television greatness
There are many things about SeriesFest, the annual event that celebrates emerging and underserved voices in episodic storytelling, that make it truly unique. But what really stands out as the event reaches its 10th season is how it charts a decade’s worth of change in television – both in programming and how people access shows.…
Coming Attractions: Benchmark takes ‘The Road to Lethe’
What does it mean to be a true ally? Like many people, Denver playwright Jeffrey Neuman found himself pondering this question following the 2020 murder of George Floyd and the ensuing Black Lives Matter movement. “I always thought of myself as a really strong ally, but I began to wonder what does true allyship mean…
Avenue Flashes: Going the full monte
Golden is about to go The Full Monte. Yes, you read that right and if you know what that expression means, then it goes to show how one movie can change the vocabulary of people all over the world in a single swoop. Before 1997, most people wouldn’t have had a clue what “full monte”…
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Duncan: What is hospice?
Having a spouse who was in hospice care at the time of his death does not make me an expert…
Avenue Flashes: An entire weekend of partying in Wheat Ridge for St. Patrick’s Day
Ah, March is here. We can finally feel things warming up and spring is in the air and…What am I…
Coming Attractions: Miners Alley takes audiences to a modern Algonquin
If you set a play in a senior facility, most people probably would expect something either really sad or overly…
Ruszczyk: Coloradans for Metro District Reform
A legislative task force began studying homeowner’s rights in metro districts on Dec. 5, 2023. The task force will issue…
Letters
Letter: Local baseball association sells team naming rights to gun club
The Golden Junior Baseball Association sold naming rights for one of its teams to a local gun club, the Gallery…
Letter: Incorporate sustainability into the school district
I’m the mom of a second grader in a Jeffco school. As our school board begins its new term, I…
Letter: Charlie Sturdavant for Mayor
I’ve known Charlie for 30 years, when he first came to Golden and opened his craft brew pub. He has…
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Indian Market & Powwow set for June 1 & 2 in Morrison
The 23rd annual Indian Market & Powwow is June 1 and 2 on the grounds of The Fort restaurant, 19192 Hwy. 8 in Morrison. The two-day event is a tribute to Indigenous people who helped shape the cultural community of Bent’s Old Fort, an international trading post operating along the famous Santa Fe Trail that…
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