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On April 5, in a joint session, the Boulder City Council and the Boulder of County Commissioners (BOCC) held a public hearing on whether to create a library district which would include all city of Boulder residents as well as residents of unincorporated Gunbarrel and Niwot, and extend as far west as Jamestown. After more than seven hours of an online hearing in which speakers were limited to two minutes, the city council approved the plan by a vote of 6-3. The plan would include Gunbarrel and...
Only a few prairie dogs remain at the Monarch Park Open Space on the corner of 79th Street and Highway 52, clearing the way for a reseeding operation by Boulder County that began in early April. The animals had eaten much of the vegetation down to dirt, causing erosion near the trails and draws, and encouraging weeds to move in, according to Boulder County invasive plants supervisor Joe Swanson. The county used lethal control, placing carbon monoxide cartridges in the dens before the reseeding...
The Boulder County Commissioners are hosting a town hall meeting, remotely on Zoom, inviting residents to hear about what the county describes as “the dynamic plans to reinvigorate this key corridor.” The meeting about Highway 119, also known as the Diagonal Highway, is set for Thursday, April 14, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Zoom. According to a press release, “After a presentation by staff from the Transportation Planning Unit of Community Planning & Permitting, attendees will be encouraged to ask questions in the Q&A feature of Zoom about the proje...
It is with great sadness that we report that Courier Advertising Director Ann Whitehill passed away suddenly last weekend. Ann resided in the Niwot-Gunbarrel area for many years and worked for the Courier for over three years, helping the Courier and its advertisers navigate through the pandemic. Selene Luna, who worked closely with Ann on the Courier, expressed our thoughts well: “I will truly miss that special lady. We had some challenging times at the paper, but we worked through them together. When we met a special challenge with success w...
A Niwot pup patiently waiting for its owner at The Old Oak....
Editor's Note: Historian Anne Dyni wrote a series of articles for the Left Hand Valley Courier. The series will be reprinted from time to time. Left Hand Men's Club First published February 2005 In 1960, Niwot was functioning much as it had for decades, except that the town newspaper had ceased publication and the train no longer stopped for passengers and freight. Real estate activity was slow, however, and the few businesses remaining in town were barely getting by. Niwot was still very much...
Introducing Arnie, who has taken over bee-cat duties at Meadow Lake Honey. Not yet a year old, Arnie is still realizing that bees are best observed from a distance...no matter how fun it is to chase them. He's acclimating well to our home and property after being adopted from the Buddy Center down in Castle Rock. Hopefully soon he'll realize that voles and mice are more fun to chase than bees... and less sting-y. P.S. He also enjoys getting his photo in the paper....
Take out your quills and moleskine notebooks, because April is National Poetry Month. I used to scorn poetry, as I thought of it as a pretentious medium of literature. That was until I attended Andrea Gibson’s poetry reading in college. Gibson recited beautiful stories about queer love, their genderfluid identity, criticisms towards white supremacy and our capitalist culture, and how we all must learn to become more altruistic people. Gibson shared the trauma they suffered and the struggle to find love and acceptance in the world, while also ap...
The Niwot Local Improvement District Advisory Committee (LID) met April 6 at the Niwot Inn to consider two funding requests, both of which were approved. LID Chair Scott Firle welcomed Jeff Knight to his first meeting as a member of the committee. Knight was appointed by the Board of County Commissioners as the Niwot Community Association representative on the nine-member advisory board. He replaced longtime LID member and former chair Laura Skaggs. Mark Ruzzin, liaison to the LID from the...
The community’s “Small Town Big Heart” fundraising campaign is well underway, and administered by the Community Foundation Boulder County and the statewide organization, Colorado Gives. With this arrangement, an experienced third-party is taking on the work and the responsibility of ensuring that any funds raised benefit individuals and families who are directly impacted by the fire. There is a lot of effort behind this service. Donations are made and tracked through the jointly administered website: coloradogives.org/NiwotSmallTownBigHeartMars...
Gale-force winds helped propel the Niwot Cougars to their first victory of the season April 7 with a 21-3 win over Berthoud. Coach Ken Rosales, in his first season at the helm, picked up his first victory after seven losses, several of the heart-wrenching variety (10-9, 1-0, and 6-5). But after a slow start in the first inning against Berthoud, which ended with the Cougars down 1-0, the bats came to life and Niwot, with the help of eight Berthoud errors, scored seven, six and eight runs in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th innings, respectively. Overall...
It was sunny and windy Saturday afternoon as a dozen community members met outside Inkberry Books. The event that day was a book reading and question and answer session with local author and activist Danielle SeeWalker. Originally from North Dakota, SeeWalker is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe but has since moved to Denver. She currently is a Co-Chair for the Denver American Indian Commission and explores Native activism in a variety of ways. For example, she's a mixed media...
Veteran swimming coach Debbie Stewart is pleased with the early-season performance of her squad, which includes boys from Silver Creek and Niwot High schools, as well as a few other schools which don't have a team. And to top it off, Silver Creek has a brand new pool. "It's been beautiful," Stewart said. "Club teams are trying to get in," but St. Vrain Valley School District Athletic and Activities Director Chase McBride has kept it exclusively for use by district high school teams in the...
