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Articles from the July 27, 2018 edition


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  • Smile, you're on Courier Candids

    Jul 27, 2018

    If you haven’t gone to a Friday Night Dinner at the Niwot Market you’re missing out on a great summer experience – Good food and great music. With the band Late for Supper playing, diners enjoyed fried chicken with all the fixings....

  • Student-Athlete of the Week: Joey DesEnfants

    Jocelyn Rowley, [email protected]|Jul 27, 2018

    In three seasons with Niwot’s varsity baseball team, Joey DesEnfants has played every single position on the diamond, including a memorable nine-game stint at starting catcher as a freshman. Now, on the cusp of his final season, the “true utility player” is ready for yet another important role: team leader. “Having a strong veteran leader is important no matter the ages of athletes on your team,” Head Baseball Coach Adam Strah wrote in an email. “However with a young team it is extremely i...

  • Mountain View Fire Rescue seeks mill levy increase

    Map Courtesy of MVFPD|Jul 27, 2018

  • Mountain View Fire Rescue seeks mill levy increase

    Jocelyn Rowley, [email protected]|Jul 27, 2018

    Officials from the Mountain View Fire Protection District are asking for public input on a proposed mill levy increase that they say will help offset the costs of serving a rapidly growing population in east Boulder and south Weld counties over the next ten years. At a July 17 public information meeting at the Niwot Fire Station, Assistant Chief Keith Long and Finance Director Tonya Olson made a case for the potential tax hike, which will fund what they described as urgently needed equipment...

  • Deadheading in July (and other important but low-energy gardening tasks)

    Dani Hemmat, [email protected]|Jul 27, 2018

    You tilled, planted, hoed and weeded, so all that’s left to do is sit back in the July heat with a tall glass of lemonade and enjoy those beautiful blossoms. Well, not if you want to do it right. With a little bit of daily maintenance, you can enjoy nature’s second bloom as summer’s heat wears on. That daily task is known as deadheading, and it has nothing to do with dreadlocks or tie-dye shirts, unless you want it to. Deadheading is the term for the simple process of removing the dead or faded...