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LETTERS: Mixed messages leave community uncertain; lifelong learning process
Mixed messages leave community uncertain Reading at the Rock in Rockrimmon, Colorado Springs, will celebrate its first anniversary on May 30 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. COS Reads, a nonprofit organization, established the interim Reading at the Rock library after the Pikes Peak Library District closed the Rockrimmon Library and ended library services in…
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Lives of Austrian couple who fled WWII, concentration camps, to make new life in Colorado Springs chronicled in new presentation
Leo and Hertha Mohl chose to live in interesting times, sometimes unintentionally and sometimes through their own making. That’s according to Bob Mohl, who will deliver a presentation about the colorful lives of his Austrian parents, who fled Nazi persecution during WWII, immigrated to the U.S. in 1940, and wound up living in Colorado Springs…
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PPLD buying vacant lot to build new library in northeast Colorado Springs
An undeveloped piece of land near Sand Creek High School will be the newest property added to the Pikes Peak Library District. The library’s Board of Trustees voted Tuesday night to purchase the lot on Pony Tracks Drive for $936,000, with the hope it could eventually become home to a new library in the northeast…
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New Americans from 20 countries pledge their allegiance in naturalization ceremony in Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Victoria Eaves was nervous before making promises during a special ceremony on Friday. “Like pre-wedding jitters in a good way,” she said. Eaves wasn’t getting married though. She and 33 others vowed their allegiance to the United States of America as they became new naturalized…
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Pikes Peak Library District considers buying out Ute Pass Library building
The Pikes Peak Library District might purchase the building that holds the Ute Pass Library to finalize its use in Cascade. The library district has been renting out the building for its most remote branch since 1975. The building is owned by the Cascade Fire Protection District, which took over the former Cascade Elementary School…
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Pikes Peak Library District considers buying out Ute Pass Library building
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Pikes Peak Library District might purchase the building that holds the Ute Pass Library to finalize its use in Cascade. The library district has been renting out the building for its most remote branch since 1975. The building is owned by the Cascade Fire…
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Pikes Peak Library District considers buying out Ute Pass Library building
The Pikes Peak Library District might purchase the building that holds the Ute Pass Library to finalize its use in Cascade. The library district has been renting out the building for its most remote branch since 1975. The building is owned by the Cascade Fire Protection District, which took over the former Cascade Elementary School…
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A look inside the delayed selection for the next Pikes Peak Library District board member
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct details about Palmer Lake Mayor Glant Havenar. The search for the next board member of the Pikes Peak Library District has been going on for four months. The term for Board President Dora Gonzales expired at the…
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A look inside the delayed selection for the next Pikes Peak Library District board member
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct details about Palmer Lake Mayor Glant Havenar. The search for the next board member of the Pikes Peak Library District has been going on for four months. The term for Board President Dora Gonzales expired at the end of 2024. The library district held an opening for…
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Rockrimmon Library supporters file lawsuit over claims of secrecy, violations
Integrity Matters, a government watchdog nonprofit based in Colorado Springs, along with several other plaintiffs are suing Pikes Peak Library District over the closure of its Rockrimmon Library branch. The lawsuit filed on Friday in 4th Judicial District Court in El Paso County claims the library district decided to shutter the location “without public notice,…