lyonsrecorder.com - Local news from Lyons, Colorado for over 60 years

Would you like orientation to our new site? Read our instructions.

News

Local Entrepreneur Launches Healthy Snack Alternative

by Lizzy Scully, Merge This Media

After years of being frustrated finding only candy, chips, and row upon row of energy bars at convenience stores, local entrepreneur Arn Hayden brainstormed a new option. In March of 2010, he envisioned Solbites, an all natural single-serving snack package of crackers, nut butter, and fruit spreads. And this August, about eighteen months later, he and partner Adam Spector are bringing this nourishing treat to stores throughout Colorado.

Purchase A Subscription: Local Entrepreneur Launches Healthy Snack Alternative

Oskar Blues Benefit Raises $8K For Local Family

Earlier this month, the Lyons community came together to raise funds to help a local family with a benefit concert featuring three bands at Oskar Blues Grill & Brew earlier this month. The community came out in force to raise $4,000 at the door, which Oskar Blues founder Dale Katechis matched, for a total of $8,000 raised for the

Purchase A Subscription: Oskar Blues Benefit Raises $8K For Local Family

BOT Rejects Plea by MMJ

by Joseph Lekarczyk

In the interest of full disclosure, let it be known that the author of this article is married to the Mayor.

It was refreshing to see a packed house at Monday night’s Board of Trustees’ (BOT) meeting that wasn’t there to discuss medical marijuana. Don’t get me wrong, it was on the

Purchase A Subscription: BOT Rejects Plea by MMJ

Lyons Community Foundation Grant Application Deadlines Approaching

The Lyons Community Foundation (LCF) wants to remind everyone in the community that the deadlines for the 2011 grants cycle are rapidly approaching. The LCF granting program focuses on its mission to improve the quality of life, build a culture of giving, and encourage positive change for the greater Lyons area. Grant

Purchase A Subscription: Lyons Community Foundation Grant Application Deadlines Approaching

Best Little Church In Colorado

The best little church in Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah is right here in Lyons! Each year at an annual gathering of the Rocky Mountain Conference of the United Methodist Church (which is made of up of over 400 churches in the inter-mountain west) one church, that fits the category of small church, is chosen to be awarded the “Small Church of the Year.” Earlier this summer the winner was announced, and it turned out to be the Lyons Community Church.

Purchase A Subscription: Best Little Church In Colorado

Mid-day Bus Begins

If you forgot to go to the open house at Town Hall two weeks ago concerning the purposed bus route between Lyons and Longmont (and you know most of you did, there were

Purchase A Subscription: Mid-day Bus Begins

St Vrain Market Transforms West End

Neil and Connie Sullivan, owners of the St. Vrain Market, have transformed the market into one of the “anchor” businesses in the town. They began with the interior, turning the old space,

Purchase A Subscription: St Vrain Market Transforms West End