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  • March FP 2012

    WHEAT RIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT has added more full-time/volunteer firefighters and new vehicles, thanks in part to a mill levy passed in 2011, improving service and safety. Pictured are (left to right): Lieutenant Dave Harm, Chief Steven Gillespie, Enginee...
  • Fire Department Delivers on Safety Message

    By Arthur Rosenblum In May 2011 when voters in the Wheat Ridge Fire Protection District (WRFPD) approved an increase in its mill levy to provide an additional $1.1 million annually to its fire department, they expected to receive improved service an...
  • 2012 Session In Full Swing

    By Sue Schafer, State Representative, House District 24 The 2012 session is in full swing at the Capitol!            This year I have been working on several pieces of health and public safety-orien...
  • Common Sense Approach To Concrete Flat Work

    BY TOM YANG Applewood Quality Builders has been in business in the metro area since 1984 and in our years of experience, we have learned a few tips on the subject. ...
  • Commission Bypassed?

    The following column was submitted by Louise Turner to the Neighborhood Gazette, the day before her passing in February. It is reprinted here at the request of her family. BY LOUISE TURNER The Wheat Ridge Animal Welfare and Control Commission in past...
  • Welcome to I-Ridge?

    BY JOYCE JAY, Wheat Ridge City Council District II Steve Jobs, co-founder and CEO of Apple Computer, was revealed to be a demanding perfectionist in his recent biography. He was named feisty and reportedly easily supplied unrestrained criticism rega...
  • Happy Spring!

    BY BONNIE MCNULTY, Mayor, City of Edgewater I would like to start by saying thank you everyone for your responses to my February Gazette article. It is clear there is no one-size-fits-all answer to the question of how to spend Open Space money. Your...
  • Business Owners – Greedy?

    BY JERRY DITULLIO, Mayor, City of Wheat Ridge I wanted to share with you a message that I have received from a local business in Wheat Ridge.  I share this because there is somewhat of a public and private perception that all business owners “h...
  • Passing The Stone

    By DJ May, MD, Cancer Committee Chairman, Exempla Lutheran Medical Center It is 3:00 a.m. and Jack wakes up with a sudden severe pain in the right flank. The pain is unsettling and strong. After a few minutes, the feeling starts to improve, but then ...
  • Wheat Ridge Garden Tour Wants YOUR Garden

         Wheat Ridge 2020’s Garden Tour Committee is looking for Wheat Ridge gardens for its second annual Wheat Ridge Garden Tour, slated for Saturday, June 23. Gardens of all shapes and sizes are welcome, from small-scale urban ga...
  • Help Fund Sports Scholarships At Kickin’ It 4 Kyle, April 14

        Families and friends can bowl a few frames for fun and while raising funds for the The Kyle Brake Memorial Sports Scholarship Fund at the fifth annual Kickin’ It 4 Kyle Bowl-a-Thon, April 14 & 15, at BrunswickZone, 9751 W. 49th...
  • Habitat Needs Volunteers At Wheat Ridge ReStore

         Help raise funds to eradicate poverty housing in your neighborhood and around the world by volunteering at Metro Denver Habitat for Humanity’s Wheat Ridge ReStore, 10625 W. I-70 Frontage Road North (between Kipling and Ward...
  • ‘2012 Citizen’s Guide’ Available From League of Women Voters

         Free copies of the “2012 Citizen’s Guide for Jefferson County,” listing national, state, regional, county and municipal officials and their contact information, is now available at local libraries and county or city cle...
  • Town Hall Meeting With State Legislators April 4

         State legislators Representative Sue Schafer and Senator Cheri Jahn invite residents to share their thoughts on issues facing the state at a public Town Hall Meeting, Wednesday, April 4, 6:00-7:30 p.m., at the Wheat Ridge Recre...
  • Brothers Redevelopment Offers Free Home Repairs

         Does your home need to be modified to allow you to roll in by wheelchair? Or new fixtures to make it easier to use the bath? Or just some repairs? This summer, Brothers Redevelopment will perform up to $3,500 of home repair and ...
  • ‘Colorado Blueprint’ Touted At Seminar

        Learn more about Colorado Blueprint, as well as the services and resources available through the Small Business Development Center, at “Office of Economic Development and International Trade – Programs Designed to Help Small B...
  • Thomas Lux Covers All Things Poetic May 5

         Award-winning poet Thomas Lux will read his work and converse on stage with fellow poet Michael J. Henry during “Inside the Writer’s Studio with Thomas Lux,” Sat., May 5, 4:00-6:00 p.m., at Lakewood Cultural Events Cent...
  • Local Business Briefs

        Wheat Ridge Mayor Jerry DiTullio and City Council members will cut the proverbial and actual ribbon of the grand opening celebration for Fran’s Café, 7057 W. 38th Ave., on Thursday, March 22, 5:00-6:00 p.m. Restaurant staff and mothe...
  • Foothills Animal Comes to You

    By Jennifer Strickland, Director of Community Relations Foothills Animal Shelter is not just an adoption agency for homeless and orphaned pets. While that is what most people think of when we come to mind, we also provide many important services to pe...
  • March 2012

    By Guy Nahmiach Our schools have one thing in common this month—the “quiet please” sign that greets you at the door. T-CAP testing is in full force. But do not be fooled by this silence. While the gears are turning inside the heads of our futu...