By Eric Heinz John Parvensky started at Colorado Coalition for the Homeless (CCH) way back in 1984. In that time, he’s seen the changes afflicting the unhoused community and how that population has exploded. Parvensky, […]
By Rebecca Hunt Hello there, I am Rebecca Hunt, a resident of Highlands since 1993. A native of Casper, Wyoming, my family and I arrived in Denver in 1985 after a number of years working […]
By Eric Heinz Denver North High School principal Scott Wolf is passing the torch—or perhaps the Viking bugel—to Germán Echevarria. Echevarria was assistant principal at North for four years before spending the last three as […]
By Ernest Gurulé It will soon be two months since Denver City Council voted to ban the carrying of concealed weapons in the city’s parks. While there may be residual anger from gun rights advocates, […]
By Kathryn White “Well,” Helen Yeager said, “I think it was Thomas Merton who wrote, ‘You were not created for pleasure, you were created for joy.’” From there, the centenarian reaches back to the earliest […]
By Allen Cowgill Local nonprofit the Denver Streets Partnership (DSP) is gathering signatures for a ballot measure that proposes to complete Denver’s sidewalk network and secure funding to keep sidewalks in good repair. According to […]
By Basha Cohen and Eric Heinz
By The Denver North Star staff The Denver Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency’s (CASR) e-bike rebate program is back. Applications opened again on July 11 with up to 2,000 rebates available, but there […]
By Nora Ridgeway The unassuming white building on the corner of West 23rd Avenue and Federal Boulevard has a new purpose: bringing sweet treats and baked goods to the Sloan’s Lake and Jefferson Park neighborhoods. […]
By Erika Taylor Choose a noun, read through the steps below replacing the blanks with what you come up with. Bonus, read it as many times as you want choosing as many nouns as you’d […]
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