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BOT Burns The Midnight Oil –Almost

by Joseph Lekarczyk

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

In a meeting that harkened back to the “bad old days” (I’ve only been covering these meetings for the last four years, what do I know?), the Board of Trustees (BOT) held a workshop from 5:30 to 7 p.m., and then went right into their regularly scheduled meeting at 7. They didn’t finish up till just after 11p.m. Phew!

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Planet Adds To Folks Fest Line-Up

Last week, the crew at Planet Bluegrass announced some exciting additions to the acts that will be gracing the main stage at this summer’s Rocky Mt. Folks Festival XXI (August 19-21). For all you Dead Heads out there, and you know who you are, at the top of that list is the new trio of Bob Weir (Grateful Dead), Chris

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Ditch Company 1, Beavers 0

Late Monday night the “Beaver Problem” was on the Lyons Board of Trustees (BOT) agenda; it got tabled because the evening was running late. By early the next

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PCDC Holds Hearing on MMJ Zoning Regs

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

If a tree falls in the forest, and there is no one there to hear it, does it make a noise? If a man makes a decision, and his wife is not there to correct him, is he still wrong? If National Geographic Television film crew shows up to video a public hearing on medical marijuana (MMJ), and there are more crewmembers present than concerned citizens, is there really a story?

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Light Agenda Leads to Long Night

by Joseph Lekarczyk

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

You move into the community, you work hard, you’re industrious (some might even say, “eager”), you build your dream home, right on the river, you start a family, then suddenly there’s talk around Town Hall of “blowing up” or “tearing down” all your hard work. Such is the plight of modern-day beavers when they build without a permit in Lyons.

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Say something positive

Dear Editor,
Nuclear plants are basically a (dangerous) way to create steam (which in turn provides electricity). There are better ways, and if these two “better ways” (plants) broke down, the most dangerous thing that would happen is that it (the plant) would be ruined, and have to be rebuilt.

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Glimpse behind the scenes

Dear Editor:
The good news is circulating that Lyons will benefit from over $2.2 million in Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) funds, which are Federal transportation monies channeled through the Denver Regional Council of Governments. To put this in perspective, that is almost twice as much as Lyons has received from all grants combined over the last 10 years, including the

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Registration begins for Safety First Class for Adults

The Boulder Police Department will be offering Safety First for Adults from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursdays from April 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th and May 5th at the Public Safety Building, 1805 33rd Street in Boulder.

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