Author: Barbara Cotter
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100-year-old ‘Santa’ pays it forward at Colorado Springs homeless shelter
Ten dollars. To a Donald Trump or Bill Gates, it’s pocket change. To Dakota Schroeder, it’s a meal. To Debbie Crewe, it’s cough medicine. To Randy Clark, it’s a bus pass that will get him to his job. On Christmas Day, Santa came to the R.J. Montgomery Center in Colorado Springs to hand out pocket-sized…
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Gift to Colorado Springs Utilities crews? Power outage and a water-main break
Colorado Springs Utilities crews were kept busy on Christmas Day, with a two-hour power outage west of The Broadmoor area, and a water-main break in the Village Seven area. Utilities spokesman Mark Murphy said a rotted power pole in a wilderness area near Old Stage Road fell over, affecting breakers that cut power to about…
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Colorado Springs flooring company to close doors on Friday
One of the oldest flooring companies in Colorado Springs will close at day’s end Friday, the victim of big-box and online competition, the rising costs of doing business and a local economy still in comeback mode. Sperry & Mock The Floor Store opened in early 1961, and has sold carpeting, tile, hardwood and other flooring…
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We’re No. 8! Colorado Springs is in top 10 on list of ‘Best Places to Retire’
When it’s time to get the gold watch and file for Social Security, where are the best places to settle? CNNMoney offers up a selection of cities for your consideration on its 2013 list of “10 Best Places to Retire,” which includes Colorado Springs – the only city in Colorado to make the cut. Coming…
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Nonprofit to hold Community Recycling day in Colorado Springs
Blue Star Recyclers will hold its fourth annual Community Recycling event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 16 at 100 Talamine Court. The nonprofit social enterprise, which employs people with disabilities, will accept recyclable items from residential use only, including electronics, fluorescent bulbs, batteries, scrap metal and other items. The fee is $10 per…
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Regional building department earns achievement for solar-friendly practices
The Solar Friendly Communities program has awarded the Pikes Peak Regional Building Department a Silver Level certification for adopting best practices in solar permitting. Solar Friendly Communities rewards communities that work to adopt the U.S. Department of Energy’s 12 best practices outlined in U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShot initiative to drive down the costs of…
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Medicinal marijuana stops seizures, brings hope to a little girl
Six-year-old Charlotte Figi, a picture of precious in her “Gatsby”-style bob and blue toenails, stands patiently as her mother reaches up her dress to change her out of her soiled Pull-Ups. – Charlotte never says a word. She hasn’t in the past hour, and won’t for at least another 30 minutes, when she finally whispers…
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Colorado Springs nonprofit takes aim at diabetes
Deb Evans describes herself as “kind of a smart-assy person,” so when she had a personality clash with a dour instructor in a diabetes class 10 years ago, that was it. Even though Evans had just been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes, a disease that can cause debilitating and life-threatening complications if left untreated, it…
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The voices told Anthony Taylor to come to Colorado Springs, but they didn’t tell him where to live, where to work, how to make ends meet. And so, the Texas native ended up homeless in Colorado Springs, at least for awhile. Once his head cleared, he found a job as a truck driver. But when…
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Discover Goodwill eyes Academy Boulevard location
Discover Goodwill, hoping to consolidate the scattered operations that support its retail services, is looking at buying a 92,000-square-foot building on South Academy Boulevard, a move that could create 50 jobs, according to planning documents. Goodwill spokesman Bradd Hafer emphasized Thursday that the deal is far from final. No contracts have been signed, and there…