A standing-room crowd greeted Commander Marion Penn at the Denver Police District 5 station in Montbello, where he has been a leader since 2022. Inspirational, humble, a great mentor, and friend were words used to describe the man everyone in the room came to see.
The swimmer paused at the side of the pool, caught her breath and eyeballed her time. As her teammates gathered to celebrate their shared victory, Lila Heskin, an eighth grader at McAuliffe International School, pulled herself out of the pool. Before she stood for a round of hugs, Lila attached her prosthetic leg.
Three northeast Denver residents have published books for every shelf: a memoir of healing and...
On his 9th birthday, a NE Denver boy celebrated at his school, but not with the typical sharing of cupcakes in class. Instead, Conrad Robinson was at the center of a full school assembly at Swigert International School to celebrate the money he raised for the Make-A-Wish Colorado foundation to honor his little sister, Pippa.
Artist Christiane Papé’s work has been seen around the world: Rome, Paris, Geneva, and New York City, including in the windows of Saks Fifth Avenue. Her latest piece now has a home in Central Park at The Village Farms at Stanley.
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Park Hill Yoga celebrates its 25th anniversary this summer. Over the decades, founder Deborah Baker has nurtured a tight-knit community of yogis who have supported one another through life’s biggest triumphs and challenges.
Governor Jared Polis announced the 2024 Colorado Governor’s Citizenship Medals on Jan. 23, and Park Hill resident Ed Dwight was one of the honorees.
To look at seven-year-old Madde Zimmermann, as she giggles and piles a thick layer of frosting on a Christmas cookie, there’s little evidence of the long, complicated medical odyssey that she’s endured.
McAuliffe International School’s new principal, Brian Duwe, PhD, kicked off the 2023-24 school year with playtime. “I am absolutely up for basketball or throwing a football at recess,” he says.
Beckwith’s passion in the classroom has been nationally recognized. She was named a 2014 All-Star Teacher by Major League Baseball, and in 2010, her class was selected to help open the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando. “I would have taught forever, but at some point, you have to step aside,” she says.
On May 19, Ed Dwight became the oldest person ever to go into outer space when he rode aboard a Blue Origin rocket for a 10-minute space flight.