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  • Open Door Brewery set to open this weekend

    Special to the Courier|Mar 24, 2017

    Open Door Brewing Company is opening their first taproom on March 24 in the hip Longmont neighborhood of Prospect New Town. The taproom is in a newly built, modern building in the downtown section of Prospect, with a rooftop deck overlooking the neighborhood and mountains beyond. Open Door began as a hobby for Andy Riedel in college. It was when Andy’s cousin Billy McDivitt, also a homebrewer, joined him that Open Door Brewing Company was born. Since its inception, Open Door has focused on c...

  • Fire district gets first responder training for animals

    Jesse Murphy, [email protected]|Mar 24, 2017

    Veterinarian Crystal Connor and Technician Ki Goodman of the Left Hand Animal Hospital have been reaching out to first responders of the Mountain View Fire Protection District. They’re conducting classes on how to deal with pets in various situations. “It’s kind of what I would term a triage CPR training for the Mountain View Fire District,” Dr. Connor said. “We’re hitting multiple fire houses, the whole purpose of this one was to get training for the Niwot fire department.” The course includ...

  • Gunbarrel dancer heading to nationals

    Jesse Murphy, [email protected]|Mar 24, 2017

    Gabe Hultquist, a 15-year-old sophomore at Niwot High School, is becoming yet another successful Irish dancer out of the Moriarty-Moffitt School of Irish Dance in Longmont. In competitions, Gabe said he typically goes hard shoe in the first round, soft shoe in the second, and hard shoe in the final round. The different styles are judged mostly on the height of jumps, with form keeping the knees as straight as possible and the arms down to the sides. “I like my third round the best because I g...