Fleurish – 19 Debs will bow Dec. 22 at Denver Debutante Ball
By Glory Weisberg The 2012 class of Denver Debutante Ball debutantes met formally for the first time last week when they enjoyed tea at the home of Dawn Wood. Chairing the tea were Eileen Morton and Pat McConaty. Judy Grant will chair the 57th ball and she greeted the high school seniors and their mothers [...]
Spotlight on Business – Paw-Purree Pet Concierge Services provides loving care for your pet
By Rosemary Fetter When I called Elaine Boyle, she was in the process of cleaning up after a frisky puppy. Apparently, the dog still wanted to play. “You have to love animals to do this job,” she laughed. “Nobody’s in it for the money.” For most pet owners, their animals are part of the family. [...]
LHS students receive art, writing awards
Submitted by Littleton Public Schools Six Littleton High School students have recently received Scholastic Art and Writing Awards from the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers. Only 300 art pieces out of the 3,000 entries from the Colorado region were accepted into the National Scholastic Art Show, which is held at the Rocky Mountain College [...]
Getting her Irish up: Local turns ambassador for study in Ireland
By Peter Jones Carly Presley may have the luck of the Irish – despite a surname of English derivation popularized in American rock ‘n’ roll. “In all honesty, dumb luck had a lot to do with it,” she said. The Greenwood Village-born nursing major and sometime traveler was selected last year to be one of 15 [...]
Doug Tisdale announces run for Cherry Hills mayor
Submitted by Tisdale Doug Tisdale has announced his intention to run for mayor of Cherry Hills Village in the municipal election set for April 3. Tisdale was the District 1 councilman on Cherry Hills City Council from 2000 through 2008, serving as mayor pro tem of Cherry Hills from 2006 through 2008. “I was privileged [...]
Englewood mulls crosswalk for concertgoers: Gothic Theater known for its jaywalkers
By Peter Jones If you can’t bring the jaywalkers to the crosswalk, maybe you can bring the crosswalk to the jaywalkers. That’s the thinking of Englewood city officials as they try to make the area around the Gothic Theater safer for pedestrian concertgoers. The popular music venue at 3263 S. Broadway sits between Eastman and [...]
Cherry Hills Village to hold municipal election April 3: Candidate petition form deadline Feb. 24
Submitted by city of Cherry Hills The city of Cherry Hills Village will be holding its regular municipal election as a mail ballot election on Tuesday, April 3. There are four Cherry Hills Village City Council seats up for election: Mayor (currently held by Mike Wozniak), District 1 Councilmember (currently held by Mark Griffin), District [...]
Centennial weighs residency for city manager: Some say it’s time to loosen the rules
By Peter Jones As Centennial continues the search for its next city manager, the City Council appears poised to loosen its residency requirements. Centennial currently requires the city manager – like the mayor and council – to live in the city that the CEO position oversees. By ordinance, the manager must establish some city residency [...]
Romney wins Arapahoe’s GOP caucuses: Santorum is statewide winner
By Peter Jones Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum may have been the surprise victor in Colorado’s Republican caucuses last week, but not so in Arapahoe County, where the perceived frontrunner, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, took an easy win. Even though Santorum grabbed 40 percent of the nonbinding Republican vote statewide, Romney had support from [...]
Spotlight on Business – Russo’s is Kudla’s ‘hood’
By Peter Jones When Peter Kudla decided to open a “neighborhood joint” in his burgeoning Vallagio at Inverness development, the self-styled businessman didn’t look far when deciding what to call the new restaurant. “I grew up in a small neighborhood back east and that’s where the name came from,” he said. “Everyone I knew at [...]
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