Residents helped Nicaraguans - #lakewoodnews

Part of the reason Alexis Munoz-Kubitsch and her daughter Neveah spent two weeks in Nicaragua this past month had to do with water - but not the beach. Instead they were members of the Casa Unida Foundation team working on projects seeking to ...

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Coming back from the dead to talk about the light - #lakewoodnews

The emotion that Nancy Rynes remembers most when she woke up on that January day in 2014 was anger. It wasn't anger at the texting driver that had hit her while she bicycled around the Lafayette roundabout. It wasn't anger about the injuries ...

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Finding faith in sports - #lakewoodnews

Travis Carey, sports director at Red Rocks Church, will tell you that athletics have greatly improved his life. He met his wife while on a Red Rocks Church sporting teamteam and has grown lasting friendships through various other athletic

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Proposed Jefferson County toll road moves forward - #lakewoodnews

Plans for building a 10-mile toll road in northern Jefferson County to complete a loop of highway around the Denver-metro area are rolling forward. "The parkway continues to make steady progress," said Bill Ray, interim executive director of

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Pool halls have felt changes - #lakewoodnews

Decades ago, pool halls were identified as a place for men to escape for smoking, drinking, betting and fighting. Perception was reality. Denver-area people involved in the pool -- or pocket billiards -- industry say times have changed.

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Growth initiative submitted to city clerk - #lakewoodnews

The Lakewood Neighborhood Partnerships submitted more than 7,500 signatures from community members on July 28 to place a 1 percent annual limit on residential growth and return decisions on large multifamily projects to city council. Cathy

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Homeless group aims to stop 59-acre Fed. Center land sale - #lakewoodnews

The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless filed an injunction to the U.S. District Court of Colorado on July 25 to temporarily blocks the sale of 59 acres of federally owned land at the Denver Federal ...

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