The two service districts charged with financing and constructing Stapleton’s infrastructure clashed at a special meeting on Dec. 19.
Special District Dispute Nearly Derails Stapleton Bond Issue
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Christie Gosch
The Indie Prof: Fire at Sea & 13th
Next month’s column will cover the Oscar films nominated for Best Picture, but this month I chose to review two of the top documentaries from 2016.
Planning Continues for APS 25th Ave. Campus
Voter approval of Aurora Public Schools’ (APS) $300 million bond issue in November has given the APS administration a green light to resume planning for a 6th–12th-grade campus on a nine-acre parcel located on the north side of 25th Ave. between Galena and Geneva streets.
Xcel Selecting Solar Storage Program Participants
The Public Utilities Commission has given approval to Xcel Energy to undertake a solar power storage program at two locations: Stapleton and at the Panasonic campus proposed near the 61st and Peña station on the A Line.
Police Catch Package Thief
On Dec. 14, the staff at Staybridge Suites at 8101 E. Northfield Blvd. were cleaning rooms when they discovered several boxes/packages with different names and addresses in one of the rooms.
CAB Studies Its Future
Twenty-three years after its creation, the Stapleton Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) is questioning its own future.
Noise Wall Issue Continues to Delay MLK Extension
Denver is awaiting CDOT review of a revised noise evaluation report that will help answer the question of whether a noise mitigation wall will be required as part of the extension of Martin Luther King Blvd. in east Stapleton.
Wings Gets New CEO: Retired General John Barry
Effective Jan. 1, John Barry will take over as chief executive officer at the Wings Over the Rockies Air & Space Museum in Lowry.
SUN’s Concerns about NHS Enrollment Projections
SUN Board President Amanda Allshouse raised concerns about overcrowding at the Sandoval Campus in six–eight years during public comment at the Dec. 15 Denver Public Schools (DPS) Board of Education meeting.
Beeler Park: Where Urban Meets the Prairie
The Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge (RMANWR) really is where the buffalo (bison) roam.
Supt. Boasberg Confirms No Cap on NHS Size, Even if a Shared Middle School Would Need to Be Relocated
Board approves construction of a high school for DSST: Conservatory Green on the Sandoval Campus but also approves a very specific resolution on supporting NHS as an IB program and as a comprehensive high school.
DPS Meeting Monday, Dec. 5th at 6pm
DPS will present its plans for building a new elementary school, the temporary placement of the elementary school at Sandoval, the use of newly approved bond funds to add a DSST high school at Sandoval, and the completion of Northfield High School.
