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  • Blogs

    May 8, 2012

    The Hornet pulls the first harvest from its new Platte Crossing Farm

    A few years ago, the partners behind The Hornet looked around at small, upscale restaurants that were getting into farming and began to wonder, "Why not us?" "Other restaurants were having success as far as farm-to-table," Sean Workman, the Hornet's general manager, explains, "but it doesn't just h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2012

    Lon Jones cleared in killing of camera-shy homeless man

    Not all self-defense killings are as dubious or controversial as the one that caused the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. That's the message Seventeenth Judicial District DA Don Quick sends in his decision letter clearing Brighton's Lon Jones, who earlier this month gunned down a homeless man w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Fraud complaints: Colorado is number one again, Greeley tops metro areas

    The Federal Trade Commission released its 2011 list of consumer complaints, and Colorado topped the charts for a second consecutive year, with the most reported per-capita consumer fraud complaints in the nation. Greeley -- ranked No. 1 for large U.S. metro areas -- joined Colorado Springs, Boulder ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2011

    Four Colorado men charged with smuggling 132 pounds of marijuana into Minnesota

    Last week, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota released information alleging that Boyd Ethan Wilkinson of Brighton, Robert Lee Bowker of Lyons, Mathew Martin Hecker of Evergreen and Anthony W. Raymond of Longmont had worked out a deal with two Minnesota men to ship pounds of marijuana from Color ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    Ricardo Flores Magon Academy: Read school's charter renewal application

    ​ Applications were due yesterday for schools wishing to continue under the banner of the Charter School Institute, a quasi-state agency created in 2004 to approve charter schools rejected by districts with an ax to grind. The Ricardo Flores Magon Academy -- the subject of our cover story, "A ... More >>

  • News

    December 1, 2011

    Reader: "The easiest way to get rid of an irritating ex? Move to Arapahoe County."

    ​ Applications were due yesterday for schools wishing to continue under the banner of the Charter School Institute, a quasi-state agency created in 2004 to approve charter schools rejected by districts with an ax to grind. The Ricardo Flores Magon Academy -- the subject of our cover story, "A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 14, 2011

    George Lynch due at benefit for Dave Lucero tomorrow night at the Copper Rail in Brighton

    Catch George Lynch (right) tomorrow night with Chris Romero and Romeo Delight at the Copper Rail in Brighton​If you've got a wicked sensation right now in your rock nerve, there's good reason for that: George Lynch is back in town for a benefit show. After a full day's activiities, including a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 30, 2011

    Michelle Manzanares, cool mom, gives booze & pot to middle schoolers, then cools it in jail

    Most moms want to be cool. But being the "cool mom" is almost never a good idea -- especially when your teenage daughter gets video of you offering her vodka and pot. In fact, there is a special place for cool moms like this: jail.

  • Blogs

    September 14, 2011

    Students and gorillas enjoy local food on Colorado Proud School Meal Day

    Man and beast keep it local.​At the Denver Zoo today, five gorillas chomped on lettuce and squash. Slightly more delicately, students from Steele Elementary ate pears, apples and wraps. And none of the ingredients in today's meals came from outside of Colorado. As part of Colorado Proud Schoo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Ernesto Castanuela & Kimberly Nunez learn it's shmucky to break into cars during funerals

    Castanuela.​Breaking into cars during festivals or concerts is nothing new: petty thieves know they have a nice window of time to smash-and-grab and a lot of vehicles to choose from. But during church services? And funerals? That's pretty low. On Saturday, Greeley police arrested two people, ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2011

    Summer 2011: All's fair in Colorado this summer

    Castanuela.​Breaking into cars during festivals or concerts is nothing new: petty thieves know they have a nice window of time to smash-and-grab and a lot of vehicles to choose from. But during church services? And funerals? That's pretty low. On Saturday, Greeley police arrested two people, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    Juan Garcia-Castrejon, 17, charged as adult in house party murder of Brianna Rae Ramon (75)

    Big pic below.​Juan Carlos Garcia-Castrejon doesn't turn eighteen until September, but the Denver District Attorney's Office has already branded him an adult. That's how he's been charged in the Mother's Day murder of Brighton's Brianna Rae Ramon, seventeen, after a house party spun out of co ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2011

    They're back: Three shmucky characters return to the headlines

    Carrie McCandless​Yesterday was a big day for some of Colorado's most embarrassing characters. Two of Westword's former Shmuck of the Week award winners, Carrie McCandless and Brett Reese, were back in the news, along with Ann Crall, a member of our 2010 Hall of Shame. Stay tuned to the Late ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 19, 2011

    A New Breed of Car Show

    Carrie McCandless​Yesterday was a big day for some of Colorado's most embarrassing characters. Two of Westword's former Shmuck of the Week award winners, Carrie McCandless and Brett Reese, were back in the news, along with Ann Crall, a member of our 2010 Hall of Shame. Stay tuned to the Late ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 21, 2011

    Rhinoceropolis gets a new lease on life

    Tom MurphyPictureplane at Rhino.​ Rhinoceropolis founder Warren Bedell recently revealed that he's ready to move on from his position behind the decks at the famed venue after six long years of faithful service. The news might make for an odd front page headline, but the implications had DIY- ... More >>

  • Culture

    December 23, 2010

    Vintage Theatre gets edgy for the holidays

    Tom MurphyPictureplane at Rhino.​ Rhinoceropolis founder Warren Bedell recently revealed that he's ready to move on from his position behind the decks at the famed venue after six long years of faithful service. The news might make for an odd front page headline, but the implications had DIY- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2010

    Commerce City approves an incentive package to grow a King Soopers

    ​Food deserts -- that's what areas without grocery stores are called. And Commerce City is ready to provide some irrigation for the desert area around Reunion, a planned community whose plan has so far lacked a supermarket. The result? About 16,000 people in the northern range of Commerce Ci ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Rock N' Roll Denver Marathon aims to live up to its name

    ​So the organizers of the Rock 'N' Roll Denver Marathon evidently take the name of the event very seriously. So much so that they've convinced the members of Semisonic -- you know, the dudes who did that song "Closing Time" -- to get the old band back together, man, just for the occasion. Wise ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2010

    Will Applebee's peel and reveal its new look today?

    ​Applebee's is scheduled to unveil its new took today at the store at 410 South Colorado Boulevard. That's one of the sixteen Front Range restaurants owned by AmRest, LLC, the second-largest Applebee's franchisee in the United States, which is remodeling restaurants from Loveland to Colorado ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 14, 2010

    This Just In: Ratt at the Ogden, the Scorpions at 1st Bank and Bret Michaels at the Grizzly Rose -- wait, what year is this again?

    ​ Okay, so I'm not sure why you, me or anyone else, frankly, would remotely give a crap -- or ahem, a Ratt's ass, if you will -- but Ratt evidently has a new album out. It's called Infestation (of course it is), and for whatever reason (ennui? morbid curiousity?), I'm sitting shotgun in the w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Woody's Chicago Style wants to give away a franchise

    ​ The company behind Woody's Chicago Style hot dog stands wants to give away the store -- or at least one of the stores. CEO Kristen Meyer has created a contest that will give away a franchise as a prize. "Our intent is to just grow our business on behalf of the system and get our name out t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    Pot house for sale

    13620 Plaster Circle in Broomfield, a former pot house now for sale. The three-bedroom, two-bath house at 13620 Plaster Circle in Broomfield currently for sale for $317,000 sounds like a pretty good place. "Updated ranch style home in very good condition," reads the online description for the 1,752 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 8, 2009

    Internet leaps to support student banned from prom for whiff of weed

    Sarah Heideman, in an image from Channel 9. A press conference featuring Sarah Heideman, a Brighton High School student who was banned from prom because her boyfriend, Jason Schweinsberg, allegedly smelled like marijuana, received a surprising amount of mainstream coverage in the Denver area, in pa ... More >>

  • News

    February 14, 2008

    Letters to the Editor

    Letters from the week of 2/14/2008

  • News

    November 29, 2007

    Santiago's

    The forecast calls for chile.

  • News

    June 29, 2006

    Through a Glass, Darkly

    What your teachers did on their summer vacation.

  • News

    November 24, 2005

    My Way for the Highway

    North Denver neighbors get a crash course in I-70's future.

  • Music

    March 17, 2005

    Heavyweight

    Getting the skinny on Fatboy Slim.

  • News

    October 28, 2004

    Off Limits

    Oh, thank heaven

  • Calendar

    October 7, 2004

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Oh, thank heaven

  • News

    June 17, 2004

    Taking Stocks

    Driver Jerry Robertson aims to be king of the oval.

  • Music

    February 26, 2004

    Swallowing Sea Men

    The lads in British Sea Power whet U.S. indie-rock palates.

  • News

    October 9, 2003

    Letters to the Editor

    From the week of October 9, 2003

  • Music

    April 24, 2003

    Club Scout

    Amon Tobin

  • News

    October 31, 2002

    Off Limits

    A smashing campaign

  • Dining

    January 25, 2001

    The Bite

    How to play the wild game in Denver.

  • News

    January 11, 2001

    Colorado's Insanity Cases

    A look at those affected by Colorado’s insanity law.

  • Dining

    October 19, 2000

    The Bite

    Feeling Sheepish

  • News

    December 31, 1998

    Strange but True

    Feeling Sheepish

  • News

    October 15, 1998

    A Berry, Berry Good Time of Year

    Feeling Sheepish

  • Calendar

    October 1, 1998

    Night & Day

    October 1 - 7, 1998

  • Calendar

    September 3, 1998

    Night & Day

    September 3 - 9, 1998

  • News

    October 23, 1997

    Note to Rox: Go Fish

    September 3 - 9, 1998

  • Calendar

    August 21, 1997

    Thrills for the week

    September 3 - 9, 1998

  • News

    May 8, 1997

    Femmes Fatale

    Lesbian lovers Meshel Sirio and Bridget Zorn did everything together. But only one of them is going to prison.

  • News

    February 20, 1997

    Off Limits

    Lesbian lovers Meshel Sirio and Bridget Zorn did everything together. But only one of them is going to prison.

  • Dining

    November 14, 1996

    Mouthing Off

    Lesbian lovers Meshel Sirio and Bridget Zorn did everything together. But only one of them is going to prison.

  • Calendar

    July 25, 1996

    Thrills for the week

    Lesbian lovers Meshel Sirio and Bridget Zorn did everything together. But only one of them is going to prison.

  • News

    November 30, 1994

    LETTERS

    Lesbian lovers Meshel Sirio and Bridget Zorn did everything together. But only one of them is going to prison.

  • News

    November 23, 1994

    INNOCENCE LOST

    ELEVEN TREATMENT PROGRAMS LATER, TEENAGER SPENCER DAY WAS STILL MOLESTING CHILDREN. NOW HE'S IN PRISON UNTIL 2058.THIS BOY'S LIFE LAST YEAR 17-YEAR-OLD SPENCER DAY MOLESTED THREE MORE BOYS. OLD HABITS ARE HARD TO BREAK.

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