http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest story posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Travel/General-Travel/Story~4553.aspx5/27/2005 11:14:28 AMRussell Weisfield Hundreds of citizens came to the regular Westminster City Council meeting on Monday night. Exclaimed councilman Butch Hicks, "This is the largest crowd I've seen in a long time." Of main interest was a proposal to construct a new Wal-Mart on the southwest corner of 72nd and Sheridan. Citize...http://denver.yourhub.com/Westminster/Stories/News/Government/Story~7460.aspx6/27/2005 8:59:54 PMRussell Weisfield Although the city council of Westminster voted on Monday July 11 toapprove the building of a new Wal-Mart, opponents were not deterred. Inaccordance with city policy, a second reading was held regarding theconstruction of the new megastore at 72nd Ave. and Sheridan Blvd. Itwas confirmed u...http://denver.yourhub.com/Westminster/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~9057.aspx7/11/2005 10:57:19 PMRussell Weisfield The mayor and the city council of Westminster kicked off their "All Ears" events on Thursday, July 14th. All Ears events are designed to allow citizens to talk directly to their elected officials. The first of a planned three coincided with the opening of the city's new skate park and the We...http://denver.yourhub.com/Westminster/Stories/News/Government/Story~9680.aspx7/16/2005 10:27:59 AMRussell Weisfield Aree Pacharatam thought she had found a perfect location when she moved her business three years ago.  At that time, her business, a Chinese restaurant, was being forced to move to make room for the construction of a new Wal-Mart.  She is now facing having to move her restaurant, Thai House,...http://denver.yourhub.com/Westminster/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~9681.aspx7/16/2005 10:31:55 AMRussell Weisfield Citizens of Westminster and other supporters of Referenda 2A and 2B gathered at a public library on Saturday to kickstart a campaign in support of their message. Attendees were greeted with a continental breakfast and speakers. "We've come a long way," noted Mark Kaiser, an initiator of t...http://denver.yourhub.com/Westminster/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~20511.aspx9/24/2005 4:43:19 PMRussell Weisfield Driving along many thoroughfares one can see many signs placed in medians and along the side of the rode. Some are in support or opposition to various referenda, some are in support of various candidates, and others are merely advertisements for various products or schemes. In multiple case...http://denver.yourhub.com/Westminster/Stories/Archive/Activism/Story~22824.aspx10/10/2005 9:19:48 AMRussell Weisfield Former Senator and Vice-Presidential candidate John Edwards spoke at a Democratic fundraiser on Friday March 3. Edwards, while alluding to current political topics such as the war in Iraq, spent much of the time discussing poverty. Since losing the election in 2004, Edwards has spent time travel...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/News/Politics/Story~59180.aspx3/4/2006 9:43:54 AMRussell Weisfield And for the first time she saw her novel on a best sellerlist at Amazon.com. Kitty and the Midnight Hour , a novel by Boulderresident Carrie Vaughn , cracked a best seller list atAmazon for fantasy soon after its October release. While theinitial joy and excitement has ebbed some, V...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Promotions/Finish-the-Story/And-for-the-first-time-she/Story~80449.aspx4/30/2006 10:00:01 PMRussell Weisfield National Night Out is set for Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2006. It is a day to promote interactions with your neighbors. To help neighbors celebrate the day together, South Westminster Organized for Responsible Development (SWORD) will be hosting a potluck-dessert (bringing a dessert is encouraged) at Faver...http://denver.yourhub.com/Westminster/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~106582.aspx7/24/2006 8:58:32 PMRussell Weisfield Every Year Westminster Spends Millions of Dollars on Tax Increment Financing (TIF). To help citizens better understand better Tax Increment Financing is, how it is used and how they can be involved in those decisions a local citizens group is holding a forum. South Westminster Organized for Re...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~112280.aspx8/9/2006 6:48:57 PMRussell Weisfield On Wednesday, 27 September 2006, South Westminster Organized for Responsible Development (SWORD) will be sponsoring a public information seminar on FasTracks from 7-9pm at the Nickless Hall at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3990 W. 74th Ave. (1/2 block east of Bradburn). Refreshments will b...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/News/Traffic/Story~126106.aspx9/17/2006 11:30:15 AMRussell Weisfield On Sept. 27, South Westminster Organized for Responsible Development (SWORD) will be sponsoring a public information seminar on FasTracks from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Nickless Hall at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3990 W. 74th Ave. (1/2 block east of Bradburn). Refreshments will be provided. ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Westminster/Stories/News/Traffic/Story~126656.aspx9/19/2006 5:02:18 AMRussell Weisfield On Wednesday, October 4th, a candidate forum will be held at the Westminster United Methodist Church at 3585 W. 76th Ave. The forum is being sponsored by South Westminster Organized for Responsible Development (SWORD). Candidates for offices in both Jefferson County and Adams county will be in...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/News/Politics/Story~129031.aspx9/24/2006 4:26:51 PMRussell Weisfield On Wednesday, Oct. 4th, a candidate forum will be held at the Westminster United Methodist Church at 3585 W. 76th Ave. The forum is being sponsored by South Westminster Organized for Responsible Development (SWORD). Candidates for offices in both Jefferson County and Adams county will be in a...http://denver.yourhub.com/Westminster/Stories/News/Politics/Story~129033.aspx9/24/2006 4:28:14 PMRussell Weisfield North Jeffco ballot measures 5A and 5b are not sound fiscal policy. What is most disturbing is that there is a provision within these measures to raise "without limitation of rate or amount". This is essentially giving the District a limitless windfall. It does not encourage fiscal restraint. ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Opinion/Politics/Story~141354.aspx10/23/2006 9:37:04 PMRussell Weisfield Citizens interested in seeing how the planned development of the RTD Gold Line has progressed had their opportunity at an open house. On Tuesday, November 14, the city of Arvada in conjunction with contractors working on the project, hosted an open house for precisely that purpose. Hundreds at...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~150628.aspx11/14/2006 10:22:23 PMRussell Weisfield The cold of winter is setting in and it's time to look towards the full-flavored warming beers of the stout and porter families and move away from the light, hoppy summer brews. It is with this thought that brings up one of Avery Brewing Company's newer concoctions, an Imperial Stout named "The C...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Reviews/Other/Story~152349.aspx11/19/2006 1:57:11 PMRussell Weisfield With craft beers continuing to gain market share, new brews are constantly hitting the market. To that end, brewers are trying to market new beers as "capturing the tastes of each season." Blue Moon Brewing Company has claimed to have done that with their newest attempt to supplement their flagsh...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Reviews/Other/Story~156775.aspx12/2/2006 5:08:40 PMRussell Weisfield Local brewpubs offer a great place to sample beers that are otherwise unobtainable. Of course, the beers can range from the wretched to the divine. Brewery historian Richard J. La Susa has worked on a book documenting the pluses and minuses of breweries and brewpubs throughout the United Stat...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Reviews/Other/Story~159353.aspx12/10/2006 3:51:07 PMRussell Weisfield Big dance numbers can often save a musical. When there is little plot or character development and few catchy tunes, the big dance numbers are in fact what have to save the show. The Arvada Center's production of Thoroughly Modern Millie is an example of being thoroughly saved by the dances a...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Reviews/Theater/Story~159354.aspx12/10/2006 3:55:30 PMRussell Weisfield If Democratic Chairman Howard Dean picks Denver to host the DNC, there will be no benefits for most Arvadans. In fact, if any national convention were to come to Denver, there would be no benefits for Arvadans. Since the city has no hotels, even those conventioners who want to stay furthe...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Letter-to-the-Editor/Story~163348.aspx12/21/2006 7:55:53 AMRussell Weisfield After a woefully inadequate response to the blizzard on December 20, 2006 that left many residential roads dangerous or impassable, the city of Arvada responded. By early Friday morning crews and contractors were clearing many residential roads. With the storm predicted to dump snow on the metro ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/News/Traffic/Story~165150.aspx12/29/2006 9:19:46 AMRussell Weisfield South Westminster Organized For Responsible Development (SWORD) will be hosting a forum on eminent domain and how it can affect you. Speaking at the forum will be Tom Wamboldt, President of a group that successfully stopped the city of Arvada from using eminent domain for building a Wal-Mart. Wam...http://denver.yourhub.com/Westminster/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~167313.aspx1/5/2007 2:03:02 PMRussell Weisfield A trio that has gained wide acclaimed and earned the Group of the Year Award from the Wisconsin Area Music Industry, made a stop in Aurora on January 7. Touring in support of their latest album, Cynical , the band powered through an energetic set that included old favorites as well as material...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/Archive/Reviews/Other/Story~169150.aspx1/11/2007 6:05:57 AMRussell Weisfield Bike Jeffco, a bicycle advocacy group from Jefferson County, is working towards creating a trail system to mirror the FastTracks construction. It has been dubbed FastRoutes by president Dave Evans . The goal of FastRoutes is to provide a way for bicyclists to mirror the route of the commut...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/News/Traffic/Story~170824.aspx1/15/2007 5:47:28 PMRussell Weisfield South Westminster Organized for Responsible Development (SWORD) will be sponsoring an issues forum that will be attended by state legislators. The event will be held at 6:30 on January 31, 2007 at the Irving Street Library in Westminster. Three main issues will be the focus of the meeting and ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Westminster/Stories/News/Government/Story~173943.aspx1/22/2007 8:26:02 PMRussell Weisfield As part of its continuing efforts to connect citizens with their elected officials, South Westminster Organized for Responsible Development organized a tour of the capitol on March 5. Along with the tour, the group met with Rep. Cherilyn Peniston and Senators Jennifer Veiga and Lois To...http://denver.yourhub.com/Westminster/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~277455.aspx3/12/2007 8:57:09 PMRussell Weisfield The city of Arvada has recently renovated a building at 6701 Indiana St. that will be home to many of the works programs of the city. Although the original projection for the construction was $3.8 million, the final cost was more than $5 million. The extra money mostly went to pay for rising cons...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/About-Town/Story~277475.aspx3/12/2007 9:33:33 PMRussell Weisfield Following a jam packed tour of the western United States that included a stop in Aurora, Wisconsin based Sunspot released its fourth album Neanderthal . The eight tracks comprising the album deal with issues ranging from the irreverent to the troubling. The album does, however, generate a har...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/Archive/Reviews/Other/Story~283641.aspx3/24/2007 5:34:22 PMRussell Weisfield