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Swarming Bees? Call the “Swarm Hotline”!

Nancy Jones, NCBA Secretary Mid-April to late June is a typical time for honey bee swarm season in Colorado. “We will be expecting swarms to emerge in the next couple of weeks” according to Beth [...]

Chairs Message Greetings! We wanted to thank all of the delegates who came out to the Larimer Dems county assembly on Saturday. We were happy to wrap up in time for the March for Our [...]

Larimer County Commissioners’ Agenda – Highlights for March 26 – 30, 2018

March 26, 2018 0

HARVEY MINOR LAND DIVISION, FILE #18-LAND3733; Request: Amended Plat of Tract One, Harvey Minor Land Division and Chapman Boundary Line Adjustment. To add 5 acres from the 40 acre [...]

Larimer County Facilities Master Plan presented

March 24, 2018 0

Ken Cooper, Larimer County Director of Facilities Almost $600 Million will be needed over the next 20 years for Larimer County facilities to keep up with growth in Larimer County. The Board of Larimer County [...]

Larimer County Commissioner Lew Gaiter – Monthly Column

March 21, 2018 0

Lew Gaiter Your local elected officials, including members of the Board of County Commissioners, are regular people just like you. We might be your neighbor, our children may go to school together, or we could [...]

Rural larimer resident runs for pvrea board of directors

March 20, 2018 0

The following is an Editorial article written by Buzz Sweeney published in the North Forty News March 2018 edition. LIVERMORE, CO – Wrist watches used to have hands. Phones used to have rotary dialers. All [...]

Town of Timnath holding candidate forum – 7:00 March 19

March 19, 2018 0

Theresa Rose, North Forty News The League of Women Voters will be holding a Town Council Candidate Forum for the Town of Timnath. The forum will be held at the Timnath Town Administration Building, [...]

Gearhead Diary: Budgeting for spring projects

April 17, 2018 0

Matt Bartmann mbartmann@northfortynews.com “SEEDS SEEDS PLANTS PLANTS!” is how the email from my wife, Sally, began. Yes, she sits in the chair next to me, but many of our conversations are still by email. This [...]
Gaia Grows: Sustainable Spuds of the West

April 14, 2018 0

Kathleen Miller, Gaia Grows, Gaia’s Farm & Gardens Sustainable Living, Gardening & Farming in Northern Colorado Sustainable living, gardening and farming is based on an understanding of ecosystems, the study of relationships between organisms and their environment. [...]
NATURE RAMBLINGS: Hummingbirds return to the “tough life”

April 12, 2018 0

Sally Roth sroth@northfortynews.com I can always tell when I’ve been whining too much about the weather at our place in the high foothills. That’s when a friend from the lowlands reins me in with the [...]
Must-asks before hiring a real estate professional

April 5, 2018 0

Kareen Kinzli Larsen Kinzli Team at RE/MAX Alliance Wellington If you have told anyone you are thinking about listing your home for sale this spring, you may have been bombarded with options for real estate [...]
Food diary of a traveler

March 10, 2018 0

Mark Gershfeld Guest Author “Did you eat any meals on your road trip that you will always remember?” My mom asked me that question near the end of our journey. I rambled for twenty minutes. [...]
Gearhead Diary: I’m right, you’re wrong

March 10, 2018 0

Matt Bartmann mbartmann@northfortynews.com People on the internet are an invaluable resource for anything hobby-related. Raising chickens, knitting, collecting stamps? Plenty of folks will give you advice on what you should be doing. Same goes for [...]
NATURE RAMBLINGS: Bragging rights come with this sign of the season

March 10, 2018 0

Sally Roth sroth@northfortynews.com Forget the first robin—in the foothills and mountains of northern Colorado, pasqueflowers are the harbinger of spring. “Pasques” are among the very first wildflowers to bloom. And competition to find the first one [...]
Dandelions: cancer cure…or not?

March 7, 2018 1

A North Forty News reader afflicted with a large swelling in his parotid gland (a major salivary gland located on either side of the mouth and in front of both ears) faced the prospect of [...]
March Publisher’s update

March 7, 2018 0

Blaine Howerton North Forty News Spring has almost sprung. This is my FAVORITE time of year. The transition from winter dormancy to spring life is one of the most exciting things for me to watch. [...]

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