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A small plane crashed last Wednesday, June 15 in Creede, Colorado, killing the three people on board, including 17-year-old Niwot High School student David Louwers, of Longmont. The Cessna 320 plane, which was owned by Rocky Mountain Aerial Surveys of Longmont, went down Wednesday afternoon near the single-runway airport by the small mining town. According to the Associated Press, Mineral County coroner Charles Downing said a witness report stated the plane seemed to be having engine troubles and appeared to try to land at the airport. The...
Though school is out for the summer, Longmont Library sees this as no cause for reading or learning to cease. Longmont Public Library continues to engage children and families throughout the summer vacation with its Summer Reading Program and many other educational activities. This summer, the library is providing a variety of events for children ranging from infants to high school seniors through reading programs, STEM activities, concerts and more. “The programs are designed around keeping k...
Niwot junior Skye Messinger was a unanimous choice for Northern League All-Conference after hitting .493 and playing superb defense at shortstop. Messinger was also voted by players and coaches as the Offensive Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year. Senior Ford Ladd, who will continue his baseball career at NYU, was Honorable Mention All-Conference, and was voted Pitcher of the Year by his teammates and coaches. Senior outfielder Jake Sims also received Honorable Mention...
Spring and summer are months that most people look forward to, but they can also have some negative aspects. Skunks, raccoons, foxes, coyotes, rabbits and rodents have babies; bats begin their spring migration; and mosquitoes establish their breeding sites in standing water. This burst of life not only brings about more critters, but critters that can carry diseases such as rabies, plague, tularemia, hantavirus and West Nile virus (WNV) that can be dangerous to humans and pets. “We’ve had another spring with plenty of rainfall and an inc...
Located in historic downtown Niwot, local and family-owned Treppeda’s Italian Ristorante, is celebrating 20 years in business. Owner, Howard Treppeda, who grew up in Hudson Valley, New York, didn’t come from a restaurant family, but knew he wanted to open his own business when he moved to Colorado. “Growing up the youngest out of all my cousins, everybody always talked about opening up an Italian restaurant,” Treppeda said. “Once I got to Colorado, I was hungry and figured I would open up [...
At Niwot’s Local Improvement District (LID) meeting on Tuesday, June 7, LID members heard from several different community members requesting funding from the organization. The first funding request came from the Colorado Jazz Group, headed by Howard Treppeda, who also owns Treppeda’s Italian Ristorante in Niwot. Treppeda requested $10,000 for the annual Jazz on 2nd Ave festival that takes place in Niwot later in the summer. While the event has traditionally been held in mid-August, Treppeda said the event will be later this year and will sta...
