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Articles from the June 28, 2018 edition


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  • Hail summer

    Mary Wolbach Lopert, [email protected]|Jun 28, 2018

    If you’ve lived in Colorado long enough, you know that on any given day it can rain, hail, snow and/or either freeze or boil you to death. Monday and Tuesday, June 18 and 19 were just such days. From stripped tomato plants and trees to landscaping and flowers laid bare, Niwot and Gunbarrel were clobbered with marble, quarter and golf ball-sized hail. Here are a few photos of love’s labor lost as well as those of you who believe when life hands you a hail storm, go sledding. Unfortunately, whe...

  • Left Hand Laurel – Jim Jones

    Vicky Dorvee, [email protected]|Jun 28, 2018

    Sponsored by Fabulous Finds The work of a few who quietly and reliably give from their hearts becomes the powerful way in which people’s lives are touched and forever changed for the better. Jim Jones is one of those people - a humble, caring man who has joyfully provided Niwot with his energy and positivity in a whole host of ways for more than 25 years. Jim and his wife Pat, both originally from Michigan, moved to Minnesota after college where Jim began his professional career as a software e...

  • Left Hand Laurel – Jim Jones

    Jun 28, 2018

  • Battling the Emerald Ash Borer in Boulder County

    Vicky Dorvee, [email protected]|Jun 28, 2018

    Thus far only 10 percent of the thousands of right-of-way ash trees in unincorporated Boulder County have been adopted through the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) program, according to Michelle Ferguson, Boulder County’s EAB coordinator. Within Gunbarrel and Niwot there are nearly 200 of the trees that will be removed by the county beginning this fall if they have not been adopted....

  • Rock & Rails Volunteer of the Week: Jason Champion

    Jocelyn Rowley, [email protected]|Jun 28, 2018

    Local teenager Jason Champion loves two things: the environment and Rock & Rails. So, if you go looking for him on a Thursday night during the summer, a good place to start is on top of an eco-cycle bin at Whistle Stop Park. “When I came here the first time, I absolutely loved it,” the Boulder Country Day seventh-grader said. He credits a school project for bringing him to the weekly concert series initially. “So, I kept on volunteering. It’s an amazing place.” Champion is a regular on the Ro...

  • Rock & Rails Photo Gallery (June 21)

    Jun 28, 2018

    Concertgoers were treated to a Motown revue at the June 21 show of Rock & Rails 2018 summer concert series....

  • Animal hospital proposal moves forward

    Jocelyn Rowley, [email protected]|Jun 28, 2018

    Plans to turn the former site of the Neighborhood Learning Center of Niwot into a 6,405 square-foot veterinary clinic cleared an important hurdle when the Boulder County Planning Commission gave its conditional approval to Left Hand Animal Hospital’s site development proposal at a public hearing on June 20. After hearing testimony from county planning staff and more than a two dozen supporters, the seven commissioners in attendance agreed that the proposed renovation at 304 Franklin Street is b...

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