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A Cut Above

Intricate stenciled forms make up a new exhibit in Longmont.

Mile High Makeout: Rolling on the River

Intricate stenciled forms make up a new exhibit in Longmont.

Best stone

Colorado Stone Company

Best Place to Find Roy Rogers Chenille Bedspreads Online

Cowboy Classics

Best Teen Dance Club Founded by Teens

The Grind

Best Tea

Tea Train

Best Introduction to Small-Town Culture

Artwalk Longmont

Outside the Office

Films at the Brewery screens a cult classic.

Garden of Eatin'

Fresh, local food lines the Longmont Museum’s walls.

Best Place to Discover Musical Gifts

The Music Stand

Holiday Hotness

Estrojam's fundraiser is smokin'.

Tusk Safari Lounge

Take a run through the jungle.

A Feast for Fools

Take a run through the jungle.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of November 3, 2005

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

From the week of November 3, 2005

Honk for Geese

Geese Galore showcases Longmont’s fowl fare.

Alley Cat

A new gallery show features local backyards.

Going With the Flow

As spring melts into summer, water users along the St. Vrain could find themselves up the creek.

Ring Around the Sprawler

An ultimatum from the feds may lead to a line in the sand for Denver developers.

Today: To market, to market

Marcyzk's Fine Foods, at 770 East 17th Avenue, today is offering 10 percent off on all store sales, as well as sales in the adjacent wine shop. For more info, call 303-894-9499 or go to www.marczykfinefoods.com. And the Cherry Creek Fresh Market kicks off its eleventh season at 8 a.m. today; it's ... More >>

Denver-based DigitalGlobe can see your house -- and it's making a mint doing it

DigitalGlobe When you want to stalk someone but Facebook and parking outside their house for hours with binoculars just aren't doing it for you, how about buying high-resolution images of their neighborhood as taken by satellites? Sure, you could just get an image off of Google Maps, but if you wan ... More >>

Denver Blogs: Salazar with a commanding early fundraising lead

​ We're giving away three links every day. All you have to do is send them to us. The challenger for John Salazar's House seat isn't exactly rolling in dough at this point. (Colorado Independent) Corruption for a good cause in Longmont? (Face the State) Brekenridge might not even need to vo ... More >>

Colorado Crimes: Brian Christopher Naranjo shouldn't have drawn that gun

Brian Christopher Naranjo.​The press releases issued in the wake of yesterday's officers-involved shooting suggest that Longmont resident Brian Christopher Naranjo, 35, had numerous opportunities to avoid getting shot and killed. Naranjo, who's been arrested in the past for everything from for ... More >>

High Fiber Diet

Brian Christopher Naranjo.​The press releases issued in the wake of yesterday's officers-involved shooting suggest that Longmont resident Brian Christopher Naranjo, 35, had numerous opportunities to avoid getting shot and killed. Naranjo, who's been arrested in the past for everything from for ... More >>

Tiger Woods "Unfaithful" art project goes global

It wasn't quite pop art, but close -- and readers and viewers everywhere are chugging it down. This weekend, Channel 9 reported about bottles of Gatorade on local store shelves featuring a photo of Tiger Woods and his wife and the word "Unfaithful" -- an art project pulled off by Longmont's Jason ... More >>

Ninjas rob restaurant, leave tacos behind

​On Sunday, a pair of ninjas robbed Deli Cioso, a Mexican restaurant in Longmont. Owner Rudy Masia says he turned over a day's receipts to the mysterious miscreants, who were tiny and dressed in black. Longmont Police Sergeant Garrett Boden told the Longmont Times-Call that the culprits didn' ... More >>

Latest beheading victim: a horse (made of fiberglass)

"Why couldn't I have bought a fiberglass horse instead of a real one!"​What is it with beheadings all of a sudden? Last week, we told you about a Boulder break-in during which a woman's betta fish was decapitated. And now, a Longmont couple reveals that the head of their beloved fiberglass hor ... More >>

Honky-Tonk Angels

"Why couldn't I have bought a fiberglass horse instead of a real one!"​What is it with beheadings all of a sudden? Last week, we told you about a Boulder break-in during which a woman's betta fish was decapitated. And now, a Longmont couple reveals that the head of their beloved fiberglass hor ... More >>

Placenta poking encouraged at elementary school

A Flickr photo"I think it takes after your side of the family."​Those of you still struggling with the trauma of having to dissect frogs during high school should thank the heavens above that you didn't attend Alpine Elementary School in Longmont. Why? Because, according to Channel 4, fifth g ... More >>

Feel the burn with the Oskar Blues ghost wing challenge

This might hurt a little.​Do you think you're tough? No, seriously, do you think you're tough? Because if you have even a lingering doubt about the fortitude of your stomach lining or the iron sides of your throat, you won't want to try the ghost wing challenge at Oskar Blues Homemade Liquids ... More >>

Culinary calendar for the week ahead: Craft beer, anniversary parties and benefits

A Flickr photo.​Between the craft beer, anniversary parties and benefit events, there's plenty to fill your plate with foodie events this week. Here's a taste of what's coming up: Monday, May 17: Celebrate American Craft Beer Week, which highlights the industry and culture of craft beer, th ... More >>

Drug ring in Boulder County: 17 indicted for meth, cocaine, to Stan Garnett's delight

Stan Garnett.​Boulder District Attorney Stan Garnett, who's challenging John Suthers for the job of Colorado Attorney General, was able to burnish his law-and-order credentials today via the actions of a grand jury, which just handed down a 127-count, seventeen-person indictment aimed at a Lon ... More >>

Google Fiber: Please, please come to Longmont!

See full-size image below.​Plenty of cities romance corporations looking for a new home. But few go to the extremes of Longmont, which so wants Google Fiber to set up housekeeping there that it's created a photo from space expressing its desire, plus a video contest and more. Check out exampl ... More >>

Yes, We Can

See full-size image below.​Plenty of cities romance corporations looking for a new home. But few go to the extremes of Longmont, which so wants Google Fiber to set up housekeeping there that it's created a photo from space expressing its desire, plus a video contest and more. Check out exampl ... More >>

Red, white and brew: beers that will show your colors on July 4

​It's the Fourth of July weekend (yes, it is here already) and you need some beer to drink to property get into the spirit of things. Well, there's nothing more American than Red, White and Blue, so try these beers for a truly festive fourth. Red: It's hard to go wrong with Odell Brewing's R ... More >>

SmartCo is sprouting up all over the place

​SmartCo is swiftly making its mark on Colorado. Barely two months ago, SmartCo didn't even have a website. Since then, the supersize, discount supermarket has been taking root -- and attracting the interest of dozens of incompetent jobseekers (see comments) -- on the Front Range.

Tonight: Wine tasting at Strings, wine dinner at Terroir

A Flickr photo.​Are you partial to pinot noirs? Strings, 1700 Humboldt Street, has paired up with Marczyk Fine Foods and Republic National for the Passion of Pinot Noirs Wine Tasting, which will feature appetizers and a range of pinot noirs from around the world -- as well as some non-pinot w ... More >>

PETA to pay for paving roads in exchange for stenciled logos?: No more roadkill!

A Flickr photoMove, kitty!​We found these three Denver blog posts -- and we're sharing. Colorado Pols tells about an offer from PETA to Longmont: We'll pave subdivision roads in exchange for our name on the pavement. Watch the fur fly. Denver Infill checks in with its thirtieth update on Uni ... More >>

Tour de Olympus

A Flickr photoMove, kitty!​We found these three Denver blog posts -- and we're sharing. Colorado Pols tells about an offer from PETA to Longmont: We'll pave subdivision roads in exchange for our name on the pavement. Watch the fur fly. Denver Infill checks in with its thirtieth update on Uni ... More >>

Tonight: Hard Apple Cider Dinner at Terroir

​Terroir, 246 Main Street in Longmont, will be full of the flavor of fall tonight when it hosts a Hard Apple Cider Dinner, with five courses (regular or vegetarian) and four hard apple cider pairings created by Dick Dunn of Talisman Farms. Here's the menu:

Medical marijuana: Longmont City Council moves toward dispensary ban

Longmont moves to ban dispensaries.​Last night, the Longmont City Council held a first reading of an ordinance that would ban medical marijuana centers in the city and restrict medical marijuana patients and primary caregivers. Judging from the 7-0 vote in favor of the ban, dispensary days are ... More >>

For the Birds

Longmont moves to ban dispensaries.​Last night, the Longmont City Council held a first reading of an ordinance that would ban medical marijuana centers in the city and restrict medical marijuana patients and primary caregivers. Judging from the 7-0 vote in favor of the ban, dispensary days are ... More >>

Oskar Blues rolls out the Bone Wagon food truck, serving burritos, wings and burgers

Oskar Blues​Taprooms and food trucks are a perfect match: the taprooms need good grub to feed their customers, and the food trucks need to find good spots with a lot of hungry people. Over the past few years, it's a combination that's worked well for more than a dozen breweries in Denver, Bou ... More >>

CANniversary Celebration at the Tasty Weasel

A Flickr photo.​Talk about celebrating a milestone in style: The Tasty Weasel, 1800 Pike in Longmont, will celebrate Oskar Blues's ninth birthday with a CANniversary Celebration complete with beer tappings, the unveiling of the Bone Wagon food truck, hand-canning, live music, tournaments and m ... More >>

Can Can Girls Beer Club Dinner at Oskar Blues

​Oskar Blues Liquids and Solids, 1550 South Hover Road in Longmont, is bringing women on board with the Can Can Girls Beer Club Beer Dinner. Tonight's event pairs five courses with brews to help raise both awareness and funds to fight breast cancer. Admission is $50; for more details, call 303 ... More >>

Writing on the Wall

​Oskar Blues Liquids and Solids, 1550 South Hover Road in Longmont, is bringing women on board with the Can Can Girls Beer Club Beer Dinner. Tonight's event pairs five courses with brews to help raise both awareness and funds to fight breast cancer. Admission is $50; for more details, call 303 ... More >>

Goodwill to open two stores this spring, including the thrift boutique Deja Blue

They're hiring!​Goodwill has plans to open two stores this spring, one in Longmont and a boutique in Cherry Creek, which will be do-good organization's 25th and 26th stores in the metro area.

Reader: Goodwill hunting for Cherry Creek shoppers a stupid idea

​Goodwill Industries of Denver is opening two new stores this spring -- one a major store in Longmont, which will hold a job fair to fill thirty positions starting tomorrow. Good idea. But that boutique store in Cherry Creek? Says Rockdove: Stupid idea.I can't even believe that they don't ... More >>