Author: Nanette Anderson

Nearly 125 volunteers who assist Fourth Judicial District Attorney Dan May’s staff will be honored Thursday at a luncheon, including three north Colorado Springs residents who give their experience and energy to help young people and reduce workloads in an overburdened court system. Kelcie Thacker, a UCCS student who lives on North Academy; Ann Hall,…

Although Thursday’s stakeholder meeting about the 182.14-acre Strawberry Hill property provided an overview of inventory studies on the land, focus quickly turned to eight acres called the building envelope. Two questions were prominent: what and when? The second stakeholder meeting in the Strawberry Hill master planning process attracted about 70 interested citizens. The Broadmoor has…

Balancing the demands of school and the rigor of training to be a world-class athlete comeS naturally for Broadmoor Spires resident Danny Neudecker. He’s done it as long as he can remember. The 20-year-old earned a 4.0 grade point average during his last three semesters of college and snagged his most recent gold medal during…

The El Paso County Bear Creek Nature Center is looking for more volunteers to join its team. An orientation session is scheduled for 10 a.m.-noon, Saturday, at the nature center, 245 Bear Creek Road. Anyone interested is invited to hear an overview of how the center operates and how volunteers are at the core of…

Three specific areas of the Cheyenne Mountain community are the focus of the Colorado Springs City Forestry Division’s restorations efforts this winter and early spring. Dennis Will, staff forester for city parks, recreation and cultural services, presented his department’s most ambitious program to date at a public meeting Jan. 11 at the Ivywild School. More…

Every family adopted during the Community Partnership for Child Development/Head Start holiday program has a story. Ginny Biggie learned 27 of those stories this year, and many of them bring tears to her eyes. Biggie has served on the board of CPCD Head Start and still serves on some of the organization’s committees. The 81-year-old…

Patrons of the women’s clothing and accessory boutique at The Broadmoor will be served by royalty for the next year as Miss Black Colorado 2017 Jessica Hunter helps them pick out the perfect item. Hunter works full time at the boutique and will soon be balancing a job she enjoys with the duties of her…