Author: By Amanda Hancock The Gazette
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Hillside, Colorado: New life for a tiny town
HILLSIDE – If it’s not Sunday, the ranchers arrive in waves of two or three early each morning. They park trucks in the gravel lot outside and open the post office’s front door with a long creak. They can smell the coffee brewing because there’s always a pot or two in the back – Barb Koch…
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2015 summer bucket list: Ten things to do before fall arrives
Attention: The end of summer is (sadly) almost here. Consider this your warm-weather wakeup call. Now that July is over, your days of mountain climbing, grilling out and seeing high temperatures on your phone’s weather app are numbered. Read on for 10 ideas that’ll make the rest of your Colorado summer shine. Catch a game:…
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Known for his voice, Springs native David John McCoy is slated for role on TV Western
Under the shadow of his bright green baseball cap etched with the John Deere logo, you can see the shine of David John McCoy’s studded earrings. As he eats a plate of french fries in a diner on the west end of town, McCoy names off his roles: grandfather, partygoer and party-thrower, retired college professor,…
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A cravingfor crafTH
His dad wore polos and khakis to work, so Eric Nicol steps behind the counter sporting a wrinkled button-down and skinny black jeans, his rolled-up sleeves revealing tattoo-adorned arms. His parents drove a minivan and played it safe, so Nicol moved around and joined a punk-rock band. His mom was a teacher, so Nicol works…
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Food, fun and run await at annual Springs Spree
9 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, Memorial Park; springsspree.org – It’s baaack. Springs Spree is gearing up for its 38th annual round this weekend in Memorial Park. For all of the kiddos, foodies and music junkies out there, the two-day event is a whirlwind of things to taste, do and ooh and aww…