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Our little speck of the solar system is home to the planetary scientist who has the grand distinction of leading the exploration to places the furthest distance ever from Earth. Niwot resident Dr. Alan Stern is the principal investigator of NASA’s New Horizons mission, a 3.8 billion mile, $880M undertaking that began over 25 years ago and is still underway. This month Stern was awarded the 2018 National Award of Nuclear Science and History for his leadership on this project and other a...
While waiting on the back side of Ski Cooper to take her final run in the girls slalom race at the 2018 CHSAA Alpine Skiing Championships on Feb. 23, Niwot freshman Emily Creek wasn’t sure what to think. Though she was racing on one of her favorite courses and held the lead by nearly a full second, the ninth-grader was afraid she would lose her competitive edge if she allowed herself to relax even a little bit. As she waited for 14 other competitors to take their runs before her, Creek decided t...
Making music on stage at Carnegie Hall is a gold standard for performance excellence. Earlier this month, 20 Niwot High School (NHS) students did just that. This is the fifth year that NHS has hit the big-time in NYC by taking part in a trip arranged through Manhattan Concert Productions. NHS Choir Director Laura Marshall said the school is invited back each year because NHS students have proven they are strong, excellent singers. This year’s trip was chaperoned by Marshall, along with P...
Longmont-based Brewhop Trolley has announced plans to expand service to nine breweries in the Niwot and Gunbarrel area beginning next month. The new Brewhop Tour, which is scheduled to launch on March 24, will depart from the Tasty Weasel Tap Room on Sunset Street and stop at Beyond the Mountain Brewing, Asher Brewing, Avery Brewing, Finkel & Garf Brewing, Vindication Brewing, Gunbarrel Brewing, Bootstrap Brewing, and Powder Keg Brewing. “There’s six breweries in Gunbarrel and two in Niw...
In the fall of 2018, Twin Peaks Charter Academy in Longmont will launch a new program to attract the youngest students. In mid-February, the school’s board of directors approved the addition of a preschool program to the K-12 school. The program was the brainchild of K-5 Principal Amber Coniff and Executive Director Joe Mehsling, who both started at the school in 2016. They noticed many St. Vrain schools have preschool programs and wanted to give Twin Peaks families the opportunity to start their three to five-year-olds at the school instead o...
