1) Ignite Your Child’s Imagination: VISION, Oct. 12. 2) SUN Meeting Sept. 17. 3) Electric Vehicle Forum Sept. 28
September SUN News
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Christie Gosch
NE Denver Student Test Results
Statewide, 3rd through 8th graders take the Colorado Measure of Academic Success (CMAS) Test. High school students take the PSAT (9th and 10th graders) and the SAT (11th graders) to track their readiness for college.
Letter: Where are the farms at Stapleton Farmers Market?
It can be difficult to find the produce amongst the other vendors at Stapleton Farmers Market.
Denver Will Grow, What’s the Plan?
Mayor Michael Hancock says balancing the desires of existing residents with an increasing population and having a city that is equitable and socio-economically diverse is one reason he ordered the comprehensive plan for the city.
Immigration Reform: A National Problem in Our Backyard
Frustration with Congress’ longstanding failure to pass comprehensive immigration reform is mounting across the country and in our own community.
Casa de Paz: A Helping Hand for Detainees
Every weeknight, volunteers gather to ferry people released from Aurora’s GEO detention facility to the Casa de Paz (“House of Peace”), an all-volunteer nonprofit that since 2012 has served 2306 people from 30 countries.
Public art roams the prairie in newest Stapleton neighborhood “Wind Gate”
The Wind Gate Art Suite by Rodrigo Nava, from Putney, VT, consists of three distinct sculpture arrays installed in Stapleton’s new neighborhood north of 56th Avenue.
What happens…before you take a swallow?
We all take for granted that we can easily pick up wine, beer and spirits at a liquor store or order these drinks in a restaurant. What we don’t think about is all that happens before a drink reaches our hand.
181 Affordable Apartments Open
One hundred eighty units of affordable housing, The Moline Apartments, officially opened on July 10. “The work to get this apartment built will have a long-term effect on a lot of lives,” said Gete Mekonnen, executive director of NE Denver Housing, at the opening event.
Korey Wise Innocence Project
“When They See Us” devotes a full episode to Korey Wise, referred to as “a walking miracle” by the other men whom the media dubbed the “Central Park Five.” Though the five boys-turned-men-in-prison continue to live with that moniker, all were exonerated in 2002.
Another Pedestrian Fatality at CPB Station
Passengers returning from the July 3 Rockies game on RTD’s A-line train witnessed the second accidental train-pedestrian fatality at Central Park Station.
The Indie Prof: When They See Us & The Mountain
The Indie Prof reviews the Netfilx series When They See Us, about race relations in New York City in the 1980s and The Mountain, a film about a 50s-era traveling doctor who performed lobotomies in the waning days of the practice.
