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SIZE DOESN’T MATTER after all
Size, when it comes to neighborhoods, doesn’t matter in Colorado Springs. At least not in conversations about protecting character and unique qualities of the places people live. The City Council...
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SOARING EAGLES feeling boxed in
Residents of the Soaring Eagles neighborhood in southeast Colorado Springs thought they had won the war in 2006 when they dissuaded Wal-Mart from building a Supercenter on 28 acres of vacant land....
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HAPPY TRAILS, PEANUT, SPROUT AND JUDITH
Judith Kay is taking her miniature horses, Peanut and Sprout, and leaving Ron Court. And, probably, Colorado Springs, as well. Below are photos of the three: The City Council ruled last...
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IS THAT REALLY BERNIE HERPIN DANCING IN HIS UNDERWEAR?
Yes. Kind of. Actually, it’s a computer-generated version of Bernie Herpin, the Colorado Springs City Councilman, dancing in his Fruit of the Looms after eating pot-laced brownies given him by council...
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REDEVELOPING VACANT HOUSES, BUILDINGS COULD GET BOOST FROM UTILITIES
Chip Landman testifies before the Colorado Springs City Council, sitting in its dual role as the Utilities Board, on Sept. 21, 2011. In 2006, Chip Landman bought a dilapidated building out of...
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NEIGHBORS LOCKED IN UGLY WAR ON SILVERADO TRAIL
It was like watching a train wreck. Residents of Silverado Trail in Stetson Hills east of Powers Boulevard came before the Colorado Springs City Council last week and lobbed ugly at each other....
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‘PPRTA’ SPELLS NEW ROADS, BRIDGES, SIDEWALKS
About 30 percent of the $104 million interchange at Woodmen Road and Academy Boulevard was paid for using PPRTA tax revenue. Ever wonder when Centennial Boulevard will be finished south from...
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BACK PAGES BRING HISTORY TO LIFE
. Last week, I read an interesting item in The Gazette about Martin Drake. He’d been arrested and stood trial. Seems he failed to shovel the snow outside his real estate office in Colorado City. Yes....
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