For the lucky among us, today marks a return from a long weekend — and plenty went down in Denver during that time. Check out photo galleries of Jersey Shore’s Pauly D spinning heads and vinyl at Beta, the people of Artopia 2011, the Distant Vagabond fashion show and much,…
William Breathes’s post about developer Mickey Zeppelin, one target of a threatened lawsuit related to proposed medical marijuana grow regulations being considered later today by Denver City Council, attracted some strong responses. None was stronger, though, than the one on view below…
The longer our current economic downturn lasts, the longer buildings sit vacant — and that can be dangerous. Case in point: an attack that took place earlier this month behind a shuttered Albertsons at 3125 South Sheridan Boulevard. The Denver Police Department has released a disturbing sketch of the suspected…
The controversy over medical marijuana grow operation regulations — which now includes a threatened lawsuit targeting developer Mickey Zeppelin and councilwoman Judy Montero — comes to a head at tonight’s Denver City Council meeting. There, councilman Doug Linkhart hopes to stretch reviews at some grows from two years to four…
The Carmelo Anthony trade — the one Melo couldn’t talk about yet on Conan last night — brought four new players to your Denver Nuggets. Of course, some may be dealt for draft picks. So hurry to get info on Knicks-turned-Nugs Wilson Chandler, Raymond Felton, Timofrey Mozgov and Danilo Gallinari…
The biggest clue that Carmelo Anthony would be traded yesterday? The Nuggets allowed him to skip practice in order to appear on last night’s edition of Conan. The result was some mighty strange TV, since the interview was taped before Anthony could talk about the deal, but aired after news…
Last night, the Knicks finally closed a deal for Carmelo Anthony and (damn it!) Chauncey Billups, as well as Anthony Carter, Renaldo Balkman and Shelden Williams. But while the Denver Post is talking up what the Nugs received in return, the national press is already writing off D-town’s ballers for…
There were some ruffled feathers,” admits James Bertini, the attorney/urban farm advocate who’s been working for years to get the city to allow chickens in Denver yards. “But there aren’t now.” Not in this city, at least. Bertini has already filed a ballot initiative that would allow Denverites to keep…
Developer Mickey Zeppelin says he isn’t a public official and did not violate any law by discussing the location of a grow facility in the River North neighborhood, where he’s a major property owner…
Today’s Denver blog roundup… State Bill Colorado says SEIU hopes to bring Wisconsin union fight to Colorado’s gold dome. Denver Daily News follows up on bloggers hit with Denver Post copyright lawsuit via “bottom-feeding legal outfit” Righthaven, with one site operator vowing to file counter-suit. Denver Direct says state animal…
The NBA All-Star Weekend in Los Angeles was a microcosm of our entire Melodrama. On Friday morning Nuggets small forward Carmelo Anthony was reportedly heading to New Jersey for rookie forward Derrick Favors, point guard Devin Harris, spare parts and four first-round draft picks. But the deal was, and still…
The debate over Denver’s pit bull ban is typically characterized as a never-ending argument over whether the breed is inherently dangerous or unfairly maligned between stubborn, closed-minded politicians (who argue the former) and fanatical pit bull advocates (the latter). But the real issue is whether Denver should continue with an…
It’s been less than two months since Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar was in Denver unveiling his “Wild Lands” program, a sharp poke in the eye to Bush-era wilderness policy, and the reception since has been passionate — and divided. Among environmentalists, the reviews amount to an enthusiastic thumbs…
Update: We have video thanks to an alert commenter. See below. Why is 9News anchor Kyle Dyer making this face? Maybe because she noticed that one of the upcoming stories teased on the right of this screen capture is entitled “SHIT OFF MY BACK.” Look below to see an enhanced…
It’s a bit of cheeky coincidence that the man who co-founded Wild Oats Markets in Boulder twenty years ago has been accused of attempting to sow those oats with an underage prostitute in New Mexico. Turns out that one of the first stores Michael Gilliland purchased en route to building…
On February 11, the Denver Police Department found the battered body of Ronald Ford in his west Denver home. On February 18, they released the identity of a second body found in the house: Ramiro Sanchez, who’d been a partner with Ford in the short-lived La Fabula restaurant. Sanchez was…
Yard Arteology: The study of neighbors through yard art… The pampered, ink-drinking London heiress pictured above is universally hated by children, which makes her the perfect mascot for the Congress Park teen alley hangout. Cruella de Vil’s facial expression is especially fitting, considering her gaze at the bird box in…
The number of foreclosed properties getting sold at auction has dropped significantly in Colorado. In Denver, just 186 were snagged at the auction block last month, a 25 percent drop from the 249 that were sold in January 2010. Could increased competition be an explanation for why the Denver Public…
Our recent interview with Representative Claire Levy about a bill to impose a THC driving-impairment limit prompted another hilariously sarcastic post from a previous Comment of the Day awardee (for a response to our conversation with Representative Tom Massey about a medical marijuana measure he’s co-sponsoring). Here’s the latest salvo…
Dan Emmans, owner of Grass Roots Health and Wellness Center, says that Denver City Council’s proposed changes to the zoning rules medical marijuana growhouses have little to do with pot and a lot to do with politics. On Tuesday night, councilmembers will decide whether to grandfather in growhouses set up…
Sunflower Farmers Market founder and CEO Michael Gilliland was always a “big-picture guy,” says the man who replaced him this week at the Boulder-based company. But according to the Arizona law enforcement officers who took Gilliland into custody on February 10, he isn’t much of a big-girl kind of guy…
For this Friday, we’ve got three news stories to talk about over drinks tonight at Happy Hour. Be the informed drinker. Littleton residents are showing some tolerance — that’s what one could infer from statements made by Republican state representative Kathleen Conti, who says town hall meetings with her constituents…
