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Colorado Gives Day, done locally

By CPC | Jan 1, 2019

By Terri Wiebold; photos by Lynn Zahorik Colorado gives day was December 4, 2018 and more than 157,700 donations supported 2,481 nonprofits to the tune of $35.1 million in Colorado.…

Womenade grows its giving circle

By CPC | Jan 1, 2019

The holiday Womenade gathering at the Bell Mountain Ranch home of Leslie Beauchamp was a celebration of the season and raised funds to help two local families in need. Womenade…

TOP 5 New Years resolutions and how to keep them

By CPC | Jan 1, 2019

By Catalin Varela After emerging from the self-induced holiday food coma, everyone has their hearts set on creating resolutions to manifest their best year yet. According to TIME magazine, these…

Donate freely; dispose responsibly

By CPC | Jan 1, 2019

Stacked up old TVs and a computer table left outside the Help & Hope Center after hours. These items will cost the Center several hundred dollars to recycle them using…

Lessons in budgeting and benevolence

By CPC | Jan 1, 2019

By Terri Wiebold; photos courtesy of Buffalo Ridge Elementary and Jennifer Chiu Although they may not have ever heard the word before, second-grade students at Buffalo Ridge Elementary (BRE) gained…

Bike program bolstering independence in special needs adults

By CPC | Jan 1, 2019

Officer Jacob Coyle (left) and Officer Austen Schlecht (right) enduring the freezing temperatures at the Castle Rock Starlighting to continue their involvement with the community. By Catalin Varela, photo courtesy…

Ever been told to “take a hike”… well you should

By CPC | Jan 1, 2019

A hike along Plum Creek in the Columbine Open Space trail south of Castle Rock, is easy and features an original red barn and an old rock spring house. By…

New RTD fares to take effect January 2

By CPC | Jan 1, 2019

Information provided by RTD Changes to the Regional Transportation District (RTD) fares and pass programs will begin on January 2, including the implementation of a youth fare that increases the…

A note of reflection from the editor …

By CPC | Jan 1, 2019

By Terri Wiebold The interesting thing about publishing a newspaper is that you have to think a month ahead of where you really are on the calendar … writing deadlines,…

Holidays around the world

By CPC | Jan 1, 2019

Information and photos provided by Buffalo Ridge Elementary The Buffalo Ridge Elementary (BRE) kindergarten classes of Andrea Gale, Anne Estrada and Sherri Rumminger studied the different ways that other countries…

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