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BUYER BEWARE applies to foreclosed houses
Welcome to Crockett Lane – a bizarre collection of houses, garages and barns converted to living space and jammed together along a dirt road amid big, beautiful trees in a low-lying area that was...
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DOING THE RUSINA ROAD SHUFFLE!
The Colorado Department of Transportation ought to just park a backhoe and dump truck along Rusina Road so they’ll be handy the next time it decides to rebuild the adjacent Garden of the Gods Road...
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LIKE A ROLLING STONE! Life below Pikeview Quarry
Most people look out their back windows and, beyond the fence, can see into their neighbor’s kitchen or family room or bedrooms. Not true for folks in Oak Valley Ranch, a neighborhood tucked in the...
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ON SECOND THOUGHT . . . maybe new houses, road could SAVE the neighborhood
For years, residents of Mesa Springs neighborhood fought to prevent Colorado Springs from extending Centennial Boulevard south from Fillmore Street to connect with Interstate 25 at Fontanero Street....
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THE GREATEST NEIGHBORHOOD ON EARTH
Last week, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus rolled into Colorado Springs. And for one week, it was the Greatest Neighborhood on Earth. At least the most unique neighborhood in town....
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Aren’t You Glad You Don’t Live on Parker Street?
Just be glad you don’t live on Parker Street. The next couple years, life is going to change and folks there may not like it too much. It’s no fault of their own. They are just unlucky to live near a...
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WEB DEVELOPER’S INTERNET LEFTOVERS A FEAST FOR SPRINGS COMMUTERS
In 2007, Brian Perry had a new phone with Internet access and wanted to use it to surf network of Colorado Springs‘ traffic web cams during his daily commute down Interstate 25. But he quickly became...
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81-YEAR-OLD MRS. SMITH AND HER BAD HIP CAN PARK IN THE ALLEY!
Harold and Phyllis Smith met in Victor, where she grew up the daughter of a gold miner in Winfield Scott Stratton‘s Independence and Cresson mines. They married in 19445 and moved to Colorado...
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‘PPRTA’ SPELLS NEW ROADS, BRIDGES, SIDEWALKS
About 30 percent of the $104 million interchange at Woodmen Road and Academy Boulevard was paid for using PPRTA tax revenue. Ever wonder when Centennial Boulevard will be finished south from...
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WARNING: ‘DIVERGING DIAMOND’ TO JOIN DRIVER VOCABULARY
. Ever danced the Hokey Pokey at a wedding reception? You know . . . Put your left foot in, put your left foot out. Shake it all about. Good. Then you’ll be ready for what Colorado Springs traffic...
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