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Whistle Stop Park may live up to historic name
Do you like Rock & Rails? Have you ever ridden the Winter Park Ski Train? A summer version of that train may be coming to Niwot on Thursday evenings for our town's summer concert series. The word...
Groundhog Day, not just 'déjà vu all over again.'
On February 2, you've come to see, What a groundhog can come to be. But if you live in the mighty West, You know that prairie dogs are the best. No movies for our famous dog, Who certainly isn't Phil...
Photo of the Week (Jan. 19)
Life got you down? Tired of politics, pandemic and polarization? Take a gander at these happy creatures. I defy anyone who sees this display to come away in a bad mood. Remember it is only 59 days...
'Little Sir Echo" in Niwot
When I was small there was a catchy little ditty about an echo. Little sir echo, How do you do? Hello (hello) Hello (hello) ...which has now given me an earworm. But never mind. Several weeks ago, I...
What's up with wasps?
Unless you are an entomologist, these pictures taken in Niwot's Cottonwood Square on a warm June day, can only elicit one response – EEEEUUUUWWWW. Or at least that was my reaction. Wasps are a...
2021 Rock & Rails - Getting the old band(s) back together
Starved concertgoers were refreshed and refilled by the return of Niwot's famed Rock & Rails concert series on Thursday, June 3. Attendees not only were entertained by opening band Pacheco & B...
High-end housing development to use compost for green heat
April 1 Boulder Country – There may be a green light at the end of the tunnel for the proposed and then possibly canceled Rainbow Composting Facility. Although the application was removed, the...
Family friendly and 'green' statues coming soon
There's a new statue coming to town. The female statuette is getting her male companion at Niwot's Sculpture Park. But in a nod to Victorian sensibilities, there will be a slight alteration to both...
Where in the World?
What's this? Do great minds run in the same mudpuddles? Is it deja vu all over again? Where in the world are these mirror images of dragon mailbox posts? Do they look familiar? And while they are...
More potholes for posterity
Another subdivision heard from. Thank you Gary Northup of Gunbarrel Estates for the following submission. “I see the same pothole on Mt Sherman filled year after year. There’s a low spot in the...
Moratorium inspires new county regulations
April 1 – In what the county commissioners feel was a bolt of inspiration from the now seven-month-old building moratorium imposed on Old Town Niwot, that august body is now considering something...
Where in the world…? (Scarecrow edition)
Congratulations to all those intrepid travelers who went exploring during the Thanksgiving break. Though, by the looks of the fantastic picture the Brown family sent in, the bird, the scarecrow and...
Where in the World...? (Cubs chair edition)
Our chair was discovered, That’s not a bummer. The rhyme that follows, Isn’t hard to swallow. Here’s what people wrote in And all scored a big win. The Cubs chair on 79th Street in Niwot was...
Where in the world…? (Left Hand Chair edition)
Where in the World has hit the jackpot this week and it’s keeping the World staff very busy. Three very savvy families have found our mystery chair. First to thanks to Megan Nowak. Nowak writes,...
Where in the world…?
Where in the world is this treasure? Wander around at your leisure. Someone has taken trash, Turning it into more than cash. Your journey may be hot and dry I promise you it’s not a lie. Take your...
Where in the world…?
Congratulations to our very observant explorers, Zoey, Zeke and Cleo Baker. According to proud dad Tom Baker, the intrepid trio “took note of last month’s winner being in the paper. When they...
Excalibur found
Gadzooks – Our fair kingdom can boast about quest seekers worthy of Don Quixote himself. No windmills this time, but instead they have found Excalibur. Congratulations to knights extraordinaire...
R.I.P. Gunbarrel? (April 1 edition)
Has Gunbarrel seen its day? These words are reverberating throughout the area, as the forces of change swirled around the historic region. “Violence, we see violence everywhere,” said one community member, who wished to be anonymous. “The name...
A forklift might be necessary
After spying the excellent work being done by Elaine Fein on the left hand chair situated in front of KL Realty, I’ve learned that Anne Postle and Michelle Henzel of Osmosis Gallery and Architecture...
