Fort Collins marijuana centers to shut doors Feb. 14
Valentine’s Day won’t be so happy for 21 medical marijuana center owners who lost their right to have a business in Fort Collins after the success of city ballot question 300 on Nov. 1. The […]
Year: 2011
The Star of Bethlehem and other heavenly wonders
As an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, I enjoyed giving an annual Christmas program about the Star of Bethlehem in the planetarium on the top floor of the natural history museum. Visitors oohed and […]
Local businesses offer holiday gifts for everyone
The Saturday after Thanksgiving was officially declared Small Business Saturday this year. Readers of the North Forty News know that every day is the right time to shop at businesses close to home. We’ve provided […]
Wellington Public Library update for December
The staff of the Wellington Public Library enjoys the holiday season because we have many Christmas and holiday books for children, holiday cookbooks, craft books and books of holiday stories. For those of you who […]
Bingham Hill events center denied for third time
On a 2-to-1 vote late Nov. 22, the Larimer County Board of County Commissioners denied a special review request that would have allowed up to 33 weddings to take place each year at 3924 Bingham […]
Grace Notes – Coyotes on the upper prairie
The wind is shuddering across the spine of every rooftop. The hollow sound of it gets stuck in air vents, like bass-voiced ghosts trying to get in until, bored, they unhook, free themselves, fly on. […]
Lee the Horse Logger traverses the country in his own place, at his own pace
Sometimes a seemingly chaotic world falls perfectly into place. And sometimes the pace of that “place” is very, very slow. Allow me to explain. Heading down Highway 287 near Owl Canyon with my husband, I […]
Wellington Senior Center calendar for December
The following is a schedule of special events for December. Dec. 2: S.A.L.T. meeting with Larimer County Sheriff’s Office, 10 a.m. We will also celebrate December birthdays. Dec. 5: Membership meeting, 10:30 a.m. Dec. 7: […]
Early snow storms do tree-mendous amount of damage
The twin snowstorms that hit northern Colorado with an average of eight to 10 inches of snow on Oct. 25 and Nov. 1 snapped off thousands of tree branches all over the area. Not only […]
Bellvue Senior Center calendar for December
The Bellvue Senior Center hosts these events this month. We meet each Monday and Thursday in the Cache la Poudre Grange Hall in Bellvue. Dec. 1: Senior advisory council, 9:45 a.m. Dec. 8: Free blood […]