Author: Bill Mckeown
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Have a refinancing story to share?
The Gazette is interested in hearing from local residents who are seeking to refinance their homes in a time of of low interest rates, tight credit standards and flat or declining home values. If you are willing to share your story, please contact staff writer Bill McKeown at 636-0197 or mckeown@gazettedev.gazette.com. Members of the AdAmAn…
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GETTING THERE: Getting to the bottom of things on Iron Horse
Anti-tax activist and all-around rabble-rouser Douglas Bruce called The Gazette this week to complain about motorcycle cops writing a spate of tickets on Dec. 19, a Friday, in a construction zone near his home. Bruce said the three cops were handing out tickets to motorists who apparently didn’t see a sign forbidding a left turn…
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Bargain stores buck the difficult times
As many local businesses struggle to survive in a sour economy, two are seeing such strong sales that their owners have decided to expand in the coming weeks. What are they selling? Bargains – mostly deeply discounted food items but also some health and beauty products. One is even branching out into toys, lawn furniture…
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State to ask for $1.16 billion to fund projects
State and regional government officials have compiled lists of capital-improvement projects totaling more than $2.5 billion they hope will be funded under President-elect Barack Obama proposal to spend billions of dollars on infrastructure to stimulate employment in a reeling economy. Few details have emerged about Obama’s job-creation plan, but governments in Colorado have joined those…
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Professional instruction is best way to get kids into skiing
So, you’re thinking, how hard can it be to teach a child to ski? Pick up some sticks at U-Rent-Um, load the kids up with hot chocolate and Gummi bears and plop them on the bunny slope, where you can give them a tight-lipped lecture about how they are going to have fun, dang it,…
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GETTING THERE: Decision on extent of Platte work imminent
City traffic engineers decided a few years ago that improvements have to be made on a six-block stretch of East Platte Avenue bordered by stately elms – and bedeviled by a higher-than-normal number of accidents.Now the time has come to decide just how extensive the improvements should be between Hancock Avenue and Union Boulevard.The four-lane…
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Heavy storm, heavy traffic stall CDOT site
Much like Interstate 25 between Colorado Springs and Denver, the Colorado Department of Transportation’s computer system just couldn’t handle the crush during Sunday’s snowstorm. Motorists who tried to check road conditions on the busiest travel day of the year could not access the state’s one go-to spot – CDOT’s Web site, www.cotrip.org – until late in…
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Economy’s tough, even on the hairdresser
Ladies: Your roots are showing. Gents: You’re getting a little shaggy around the collar and your ear hairs need trimmed.That hirsute picture emerged this week in interviews with barbers and hairstylists in the city, who said many of their customers are stretching the time between haircuts and foregoing or delaying expensive highlighting and tinting work.Hair…
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GETTING THERE: Phone scam irritates Coloradans
If you’re one of the thousands of Coloradans who have been besieged by irritating, out-of-state phone calls from slime balls claiming to offer an extended warranty on your automobile, take heart. Colorado Attorney General John Suthers is on the case – and he’s riding with his posse – attorneys general from 25 other states. If…
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GETTING THERE: State is on case of annoying extended-warranty calls
If you’re one of the thousands of Coloradans who have been besieged by irritating, out-of-state phone calls from slimeballs claiming to offer an extended warranty on your automobile, take heart. Colorado Attorney General John Suthers is on the case – and he’s riding with his posse – attorneys general from 25 other states. If you’re…