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A sleepy 185-acre parcel at the southeast corner of McCaslin Boulevard and U.S. 36 could in several years be home to one of the largest sports and fitness-themed communities in the country, complete with training facilities for surfers and kayakers and the biggest recreation center in the western United States.  Full Story
 
 
A new study led by University of Colorado scholars shows that community gardeners harvest better health, as well as stronger connections to their neighborhoods. Community gardeners eat more vegetables, exercise more, weigh less and feel healthier than non-gardeners -- and even home gardeners -- in the Denver-metro area, researchers found.  Full Story
 
 
The Boulder Valley School District, along with other large districts nationwide, has embraced credit recovery classes as another way to help struggling students.  Full Story
 
 
David Jennings
Since he joined the North Metro Fire Rescue District's newly formed Wild Land Team in 2001, engineer Mike Dufford has been involved in fighting some of the largest wildfires in the history of the West.  Full Story
 
 
Jeremy Papasso
Construction is set to begin Monday on a segment of bike path in Erie that by spring 2012 could become the eastern terminus of a nearly 30-mile trail network spanning east Boulder County.  Full Story
 
 
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Joseph Coy, 23, of Lafayette, will serve five years in prison for chasing down a Nigerian student on University Hill last fall and punching him in the face after an alcohol-fueled fight filled with racial slurs.   Full Story
 
 
CLIFF GRASSMICK
On Saturday, as a part of Lyons' 35th annual Good Old Days festival, the town gathered to make the record of most people drawing the same thing at the same time on an Etch-A-Sketch.   Full Story
 
 
It may not be long before campaign signs are lining the streets and sprouting in front lawns in Louisville, as four candidates in less than a week made clear their intentions to run for the City Council in November.  Full Story
 
 
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A sleepy 185-acre parcel at the southeast corner of McCaslin Boulevard and U.S. 36 could in several years be home to one of the largest sports and fitness-themed communities in the country, complete with training facilities for surfers and kayakers and the biggest recreation center in the western United States.  Full Story
 
 
After Monday's mild reprieve, Tuesday's weather will be hot and dry, with higher wind gusts in the afternoon, the National Weather Service said.  Full Story
 
 
DENVER -- Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper told Colorado lawmakers this year he wanted to them to carefully consider how their decisions affect businesses.  Full Story
 
 
After days of contentious negotiations and last-minute reversals by two Republican senators, New York became the sixth and largest state in the country to legalize gay marriage, breathing life into the national gay rights movement that had stalled over a nearly identical bill here two years ago.  Full Story
 
 
When Andrew Murray signed up for Twitter in 2008, the Boulder resident never expected he would be live-tweeting the final space shuttle launch for NASA three years later.  Full Story
 
 
A week ago, I stood on the shore of a lake in the Sand Hills of Nebraska, watching the sun rise through diaphanous clouds.  Full Story
 
 
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Seth Brigham, a perennial candidate for the Boulder City Council, was arrested Friday on suspicion of obstructing police.   Full Story
 
 

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