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Third-grader Nuala Dougherty has been working hard, and it’s paying off. The eight-year-old recently took fourth place in the regional competition for Traditional Irish Dancing wearing her dress that was custom-made in Belfast, Northern Ireland. “I pretty much love it because it’s fun,” Nuala said. “And there are a lot of cool steps. I love it. I got fourth place, it was amazing.” Nuala’s mother Melanie said that she started almost two years ago, and has made a lot of friends in the process....
The Boulder County transportation department is starting a series of public meetings regarding Quiet Zones along the Highway 119 corridor between Independence Road in Boulder and 83rd Street just north of Niwot. Niwot Elementary School at 8778 Morton Road will be the site of the Dec. 7 meeting from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Note that the regular Niwot Community Association board meeting is cancelled for that evening. Andrew Barth, communications director for the county transportation department, said this...
Left Hand Animal Hospital’s Dr. Katie Thomas has been named a finalist for the Pet’s Best “My Vet’s the Best” contest. She was nominated by Diana Leiker, and now has a one in eight chance of winning $1,000 for the clinic. Thomas grew up on a small farm just outside of Erie, Pennsylvania, and always loved animals. “Some of my family had careers in human medicine,” Thomas said. “While I loved math and science growing up, I knew I didn’t want to enter human health care. “After high school, I went...
The Boulder County transportation department is starting a series of public meetings regarding “quiet zones” along the Highway 119 corridor between Independence Road in Boulder and 83rd Street just north of Niwot. Niwot Elementary School at 8778 Morton Road will be the site of the December 7 meeting from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Note that the regular Niwot Community Association board meeting is cancelled for that evening. Andrew Barth, Communications Director for the county transportation department, sai...
State Representative Jonathan Singer held on to his seat in District 11 by a margin of just under 8,000 votes in the election Nov. 8 election. Singer is now in his third elected term after finishing out that of current Boulder County Commissioner Deb Gardner. Following the results from both national and local races, Singer said that the state has “held up to its true form” by not being predominately red or blue. “I think Colorado has shown itself to be an independent-minded state,” Singer said. “What we are seeing now is a trend towards p...
The November 8 election has sent Boulder County commissioners back to the drawing board after ballot issue 1A failed with 94,960 against and 80,589 in favor of the Road and Bridge mill levy increase. The tax was proposed by commissioners to solve the ongoing issue concerning the county’s responsibility to pave and maintain roads in the un-incorporated subdivisions of the county. Vince Hirsch, co-chair of the steering committee for BoCoFIRM, said that they are pleased with the results. “My take on 1A is that it was the wrong thing to do,” Hirsc...
The Mountain View Fire Rescue is launching a new program this year to thank veterans and deployed soldiers from the district who will not be able to make it home this holiday season. They are currently collecting names to be placed on a banner that will be on their engines for all holiday parades. Amy Tallent, one of the organizers of the new program, said that the idea came about recently after a discussion about troops who won’t be able to be with their families. “Mountain View has had a few programs in the past where we really like to rec...
Steve and Leslie Kaczeus have added to their list of awards for their brewery in Niwot. Steve, owner and chief brewer of Bootstrap Brewing, along with Leslie, “Chief of Stuff,” won a gold medal at the Great American Beer Festival for their Stick’s Pale Ale, and yet another gold for Wreak Havoc, an Imperial Ale. Stick’s Pale Ale was in the American Pale category, and rose to the top of 157 entries across the country. “It’s a highly drinkable pale ale,” Leslie Kaczeus said. “It’s got a n...
Nourish and Company will soon be opening its doors at 240 Second Avenue in Niwot. The business will be a consortium of three health services, massage therapy, skin care and personal fitness training and nutrition. Holly Saia has been a personal trainer for over 25 years. She will offer single session and other packages for anyone looking to get in shape. Beyond that, she can go along for trips to the grocery store and make home visits to take a look at what’s in the fridge and pantry. “But I’m...
Integral CrossFit and the Mountain View Fire Protection District will be hosting a free CPR and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) class from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. on October 14 at their 7960 Niwot Road location. There are only 15 slots available for the class, and about half are still open. Jim Pascucci, owner of Integral CrossFit, is hosting the class after the death of a close friend who recently died from a heart attack. He said his friend also owned a CrossFit facility near Lake Tahoe, and suffered the heart attack while eating breakfast...
The Niwot Historical Society is continuing its lecture series, and the newest could knock it out of the park. A panel of speakers will discuss the history of the sport of baseball in the area, each with their own bank of knowledge and insight to provide. “We’re putting together a panel of people or their families who have been involved in baseball in the Niwot area from the very early 1900’s to the present,” organizer Biff Warren said. The speakers include: John Conilogue: His ancestors go way back in the Niwot area, he has a lot of artifac...
The construction fencing was replaced with a new wooden fence, and those that have helped push the cause couldn’t be happier. Biff Warren, president of the Niwot Cultural Arts Association and one of the organizers for the new park, said that the project has really taken a village to complete. “We need to thank and recognize literally hundreds of people who have donated to the park in some fashion,” Warren said. “There were kids who sold lemonade and donated proceeds, businesses that hosted...
Rock & Rails ended its summer concert series last week, and organizers say it was the best so far. More than $81,000 in beverage sales was raised over the 13 weeks of concerts at Whistle Stop Park in Niwot. Vicki Maurer, one of the event’s organizers, can usually be found pouring drinks for concert-goers on Thursday evenings in the summer. She said she is very happy with how this year turned out. “It was our most successful concert series so far,” Maurer said. “And it all goes back to the com...
The 11th-annual Niwot Trot will have a different route on September 18, but will keep the same mission - raising funds for the Niwot Elementary School PTAC. Previously the race used the Niwot Loop Trail, but as numbers grew, organizers like Gretchen Johnson started to consider a new route. "We're extremely excited for the new location," Johnson said. "We moved because of an increasing number of participants. We had over 375 last year, and we wanted to have a more structured race and more room for our runners." The race will start and end at...
Sugar Beet Station will soon leave the brick and mortar business world to focus more on the online business. Owner Erin Brooke said that the reason for the shift is an increase in costs of having a storefront. “It’s morphing into something else,” Brooke said. “The physical store itself won’t be here, but I’ll still be taking special orders on the creative parts that we do.” The store has been open for four years, with Brooke focusing on creative paper artwork. “Everything you can think of wi...
There is a new place to eat in Gunbarrel, and it’s been busy Element Bistro, located on 63rd Street right next to the Hampton Inn & Suites, is a restaurant/convention hall, suited to meet the needs of the area. Eric Lee, managing partner and one of four owners, said that he had done a feasibility study for Hampton about three years ago. “It started off as a consulting job for me,” Lee said. “The hotel wanted to build a restaurant, so I did a feasibility study for them. That was about two and a half years ago. “They decided they did not want...
After Boulder County commissioners approved a marijuana retail location in Niwot on June 30, a group of 16 people have filed suit asking a judge to overturn the approval. Colorado law allows citizens to ask for judicial review on actions of local governments. Niwot resident Steve Romano, one of the plaintiffs against the county, said that the county did not follow standard procedure when they granted approval. “Our stance is that Boulder County commissioners did not follow the comprehensive p...
Boulder County officials gave the go-ahead to apply for a matching grant through the Colorado Department of Transportation last week. The $530,000 grant of federal monies would include a match from the county of $130,000. Those matching monies could potentially come out of the road and bridge fund. The project would build a sidewalk on the south side of Niwot Road between Longview and Walker Roads. Scott McCarey, multi-modal division manager for the county, said that the purpose is to improve...
Haystack Mountain Golf Course recently marked 50 years in business on Niwot road, but this week also marked the passing of owner Lois Ebel. Mike Hammerstone, who has worked at the course for eight years, sent out this statement on Monday. “It is with the heaviest and saddest of hearts that I regret to inform you that Lois Ebel, owner of Haystack Mountain Golf Course, has passed away. She passed peacefully surrounded by family and loved ones. We thank you for your thoughts and prayers during this very difficult time.” The party earlier this mon...
It’s been almost three years since an eight-day “100-year storm” wrecked havoc in the valley that is home to Lyons, a town with a population of just over 2,000 people. The term “100-year storm” is an arbitrary figure, but most can imagine that it rained. And it rained a lot, for a long time. Left Hand Water District General Manager Christopher Smith said that the way the storm hovered over the area is mind-boggling. “The whole meteorological impact is pretty fascinating,” Smith said. “It sat...
The Niwot Community Semi-Marching Free Grange Band has been given the honor of playing the National Anthem at the Colorado Rockies game on June 27, but their story neither starts nor ends there. The band formed in 2005 to dedicate the new community bandstand at Whistle Stop Park on the Fourth of July. “We had this project going then realized we didn’t have a band,” organizer Bruce Warren said. “The bandstand was a rough recreation of one that had existed in the early 1900’s when Niwot had a ban...
The Colorado Department of Transportation began work earlier this month on SH 119, or Diagonal Highway, in between Longmont and Niwot. Last week they began milling the asphalt on the roughly 10-mile stretch of road that will be resurfaced. According to CDOT Communication Manager Jared Fiel, the work should be completed by October at a cost of $12 million. In addition to resurfacing work, guardrails and bridge rails will be replaced, and minor bridge repairs will be performed and signs replaced...
Niwot Dental is closed this week in order to move its office a few blocks away to 6800 N. 79th St. in Cottonwood Square. Doctor Adam Saeks said that the move was for a number of reasons, including timing and space. “It was good timing because I’ve been in this building for 10 years and Niwot Dental has been here for a little over 30 years,” Saeks said. “I felt that it was a good time. “The new office has more space, we did a complete demo and basically started from scratch and built to our specs. It should be very comfortable for our patients....
The Lefthand Watershed Oversight Group recently received word that a Community Development Block Grant was approved for 14 projects in the Lefthand Valley area. According to Watershed Coordinator Jessica Olson, they originally received a matching grant for around $9.5 million to do flood recovery work through the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s emergency watershed protection program. The match was 12.5 percent, which is where the CDBG funds came into play. Olson said that Boulder County...
For youngsters in the area, Niwot Youth Sports (NYS) has brought a lifetime of memories and experiences since its beginnings with recreational baseball in the late 1960’s. A decade later, the organization was dubbed the Gunbarrel Lefthand Valley Recreation Association, and basketball and girls softball were added. Today, NYS serves 450 children in baseball and softball, close to 300 in basketball and around 100 in flag football each year. NYS offers competitive and recreational versions of e...
Burden, Inc., is in the middle of construction of a 30,317 square-foot building on Longbow Drive in Gunbarrel, and the development will be a blank slate. Developer Keith Burden said the original design was meant to keep options open for businesses looking to move into the area. “We’ve designed it so that we can break it up into 10 separate spaces,” Burden said. “But the thought is that ultimately it will have fewer than 10, or even possibly one or two tenants that take up a larger space....
Milestone Medical, a division of Longmont United Hospital with offices at 6800 N. 79th Street in Cottonwood Square in Niwot, is continuing services for patients although Dr. Eric Hernandez and Dr. Jennifer Johnson are no longer with Longmont United Hospital. Though there is no family practitioner in place at this time, Longmont United Vice President of Operations Peter Powers said that people can still get most of the same services at the Niwot location. “Currently we have a nurse practitioner there that still sees patients as normal,” Pow...
Gunbarrel Optometry is moving into more eye care while still providing the same services it has for the last 23 years. Under the new ownership of Philip Wren, the office has seen some new faces and other changes since April of last year. “It’s been going really well,” Wren said. “We’ve had good reception from the existing base and we’ve been working on gaining new patients. It’s been a good transition.” Office Manager Nikki Pattermann is one of the many new faces customers will see clearly once they get their new glasses or contact lenses....
The 2016 edition of Niwot’s “Let’s Wine About Winter” is set from 1 to 5 p.m. on February 20, and a limited number of tickets are still available. It began last year when the idea was brought back to Colorado from a similar event in Chicago. “It seemed like such a great idea,” one of the many organizers Anne Postle said. “It’s an event on a usually quiet day in February that brings people to town and allows them to visit different businesses in town.” There are 26 businesses lined up this yea...
Men across the country will be spending the next few days scrambling to get last-minute gifts for their sweethearts. But what about them? Most guys typically don’t care about Valentine’s Day other than making sure they don’t forget to get their significant other jewelry, heart-shaped chocolates and roses. So, for the ladies, here are some good gift ideas to get your man on Valentine’s Day. Through his stomach We’ve all heard the adage and that the best way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, and we all love pizza. Lefty’s Gourmet Pizza...
Recent concerns about wildlife and vandalism have the Boulder County Parks and Open Space Department keeping a close eye on Twin Lakes in Gunbarrel. The suburban retention ponds were split by a fence in August of 2015 due to rules regarding dogs being on leashes. On the east side, dogs must be on a leash, but on the west side, it is not required, and dogs can run free. The county’s solution was to build a fence to separate the two areas, and locals have been on both sides of it for the last few months. Shortly after the fence was completed, t...
