“If you start doing drugs you’ll probably like them. That’s the problem,” says Ben Stincer.
Tween Drug Use & Support: “I thought I was doing Percocet. It was fentanyl.”
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Christie Gosch
Taking Action to Save Wildlife
The Denver Zoo has always had a mission of educating people about wildlife and the threats that various species face, but now officials want to take that mission a step further and transform the institution into a global leader for zoo-based conservation.
Recycle More Items—and Do It More Easily
Despite these new services, Denver has a fairly low recycling and composting rate.
Sept. & Early Oct. Events
View and add local events FREE on our Events page. Submissions by the 17th will be considered for printing in the upcoming month’s paper.
The Indie Prof
Featuring the release of The Indie Prof’s new book “The Science of Sci-Fi Cinema” and a review of “Judas and the Black Messiah.”
…NE News Updates
This month: 1) The Future of J&W Campuses: Denver Takes a Dramatically Different Path than Miami; 2) Coming to NW Aurora: Judi’s House—Providing Support for Grieving Children; 3) Flyway Project in NE to Have a Costco; and 4) TOCA Football Acquires Bladium.
Bird Sightings: Turkey Vulture and Lazuli Bunting
This month: the Turkey Vulture and the Lazuli Bunting, photographed at Bluff Lake.
August 26 Meeting – Resolution to Increase Park Creek Metropolitan District Board Members
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 32-1-902.5(1), C.R.S., to all interested persons that the Board of Directors of the Park Creek Metropolitan District shall consider the adoption of a Resolution increasing the current five (5) member Board of Directors to seven (7) members at a public meeting to be conducted virtually on Thursday, August 26, 2021, at 9:00 a.m., at MCA – The Cube, 8371 Northfield Boulevard, Denver, Colorado, and virtually via Zoom.
Local Nonprofit Helps Refugees Who “Just want to stop running”
Project Worthmore works with Lutheran Family Services and other agencies to provide short-term emergency help and cultural education.
Bird Sightings: Swainson’s Hawk and Black-chinned Hummingbird
The Swainson’s Hawk migrates here from Argentina to nest and raise young in April and returns to Argentina in September. Also, Ho documents the story of two hummingbird hatchlings born in a nest in his own yard.
Safe Outdoor Space
One month after the first residents began occupying the tents at the Safe Outdoor Space (SOS) encampment at the Park Hill United Methodist Church, Pastor Nathan Adams says he’s been pleased at how neighbors have responded, volunteering to bring two meals a day and other necessities for the residents.
Still Learning From the Ancient World
For centuries, people have marveled at a circle of upright stones standing on the Salisbury Plain outside of Wiltshire, England. How did the massive sandstones get there? What purpose did they serve? Who planted them? Spoiler alert: it wasn’t aliens.
