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Community support helped six teachers complete their classrooms

By CPC | Dec 1, 2025

The community came together in a big way last month to support local teachers. The Castle Pines Connection partnered with local businesses, nonprofits and neighbors to help educators purchase supplies…

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The transatlantic, traveling family

By CPC | Dec 1, 2025

At a London pub in 1992, Ben Lockett, a captain and tank commander in the British Army, first met Kim. After graduating from CU Boulder, Kim was traveling around Europe…

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Clarinetist and engineer

By CPC | Dec 1, 2025

Annie Deschane, a Castle Pines native, is a jack-of-all-trades. The 24-year-old mechanical engineer has bounced between sports, marching band and scientific pursuits since she was a kid growing up in…

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Seeing shades of blue

By CPC | Dec 1, 2025

As a 6-year-old boy, Willie Daniels often found himself gazing upward at the expanse of the sky with a dream of becoming an astronaut. But as it goes for many…

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A genius found a genus… in our backyard

By CPC | Nov 1, 2025

Dr. Andrew “Andy” Warren is an entomologist, but more specifically a lepidopterist, a butterfly and moth expert. He discovered a new genus of moth in 2023 by the shack at…

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Harnessing perceptual magic

By CPC | Nov 1, 2025

Vacquero resident Ken Williams has been a painter since he was 6 years old. Ken and his high school sweetheart, Dayna, moved to Castle Pines in 2003. Father to Taylor…

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A tight-knit family on the go

By CPC | Oct 1, 2025

Ryan and Lindsey Gertzs’ story, filled with kids, pets, family camping trips and so much more, began on the CU Boulder campus 24 years ago. Lindsey, a communications major, met…

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A story of recovery and service

By CPC | Oct 1, 2025

Someone once said, “Failure is for learning.” There are no better lessons than those learned the hard way. Consider The Village at Castle Pines neighbor Carl. His story is consistent…

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Land, water and sky: Mastering the elements

By CPC | Oct 1, 2025

Sam Isert flies a Cessna 172 plane while in training to be a pilot. His dream job is to fly for Hawaiian Airlines. Sam Isert—swimmer, skier, hiker and mountain biker—grew…

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New to the neighborhood?

By CPC | Oct 1, 2025

A vibrant sense of community is one characteristic that sets Castle Pines––the 80108 ZIP code more specifically––apart from other Colorado communities. Neighbors know each other, they spend time together and…

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