Ah, 1995: a time when entire Best Of categories were devoted to the O.J. Simpson trial, Bernie Bickerstaff and Dikembe Mutombo were still dominating the sports pages, and Mel's Bar and Grill was still new.
Check out the winners from our 1995 Best Of issue after the jump.
Word broke yesterday that longtime Channel 9 weatherman Nick Carter is the station's latest cost-cutting casualty. The final broadcast by the veteran air personality (to the left of the affixed image, with his soon-to-be-former 9News colleagues) is scheduled for Friday.
Unlike anchor Bob Kendrick, whose hefty contract was likely a major factor in his 9News departure, Carter, who won Best of Denver awards as the city's preeminent forecaster in 1988 and 1995, probably wasn't among the top salar
Look busy! The Boss is coming!
Today in Backbeat Online:
• Bruce Springsteen due at the Pepsi Center.
• Spools of Dark Thread not dead yet.
• Mighty 4 Colorado hip-hop event set for May 16.
• ManeLine featured on Rebel Radio mixtape.
• Trace Bundy gets nod from Acoustic Magazine.
Today in Cafe Society:
• Manischewitz! Local contestant in local cook-off.
• Tiki Torch extinguished.
• How to survive Case Bonita, the world's weirdest Mexican restaurant.
• A hot-pot start to the
Marcia Neville.The revolving door continues to spin at the two-headed monster known as Channel 31 and Channel 2/The (snicker) Deuce. In July, the outlet laid off five editorial employees, including main Channel 31 weatherman Chris Dunn and reporter Charlie Brennan, who got away from the Rocky Mountain News before its closure only to go down with a different ship. Now comes word that prep-sports expert Marcia Neville, who became a cost-cutting victim at Channel 4 after more than twenty yea
