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THIS IS A PUBLIC TRAIL, SOLDIER. BUTT OUT!
Joyce Cheney and her dog, Poodles Joyce Cheney, seen here with her dog, Poodles, loves to hike. She especially enjoys the Mount Manitou Incline and Barr Trail in Manitou Springs, as well as Section 16...
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NEIGHBORHOODS TO GET NO VACATION FROM RENTALS
Neighborhoods in Colorado Springs will get no vacation from homes being used as short-term rental properties under new rules being proposed by city planning officials. Since 2008, a few neighborhoods...
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DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS . . . BECAUSE TEXANS CAN’T TAKE A JOKE!
I have been getting brutalized by Texans who got their feelings hurt by the headline on Sunday’s Side Streets column: . SIDE STREETS: Not only must we share our highways and trails with Texans, now...
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COPPER THIEVES HURTING NEIGHBORHOODS
A geyser spouts after thieves stole an expensive copper backflow valve. Photo courtesy Scot Smelker, All American Landscape Co. Photo courtsey Scot Smelker, All American Landscape Co. Unfortunately,...
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NEW REALITY SHOW . . . HOUSEWIVES OF KISSING CAMELS
Pikes Peak rises behind the Kissing Camels rock formation, on the right, in this file photo by Mark Reis of The Gazette Kissing Camels Estates is one of the most affluent and prestigious neighborhoods...
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WIDEFIELD PASSES ON CHANCE TO PRESERVE PARK
The battle over Sertoma Park in unincorporated Widefield was a loud, angry fight in 2008. . Sertoma Park, as it is known, looks like a big vacant lot with an access road off Squire Street. It is...
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A LESSON IN LUNA’S SAD DEATH
This was Luna, the beloved pet of Daryl and Cindy Anderson and their family. Luna Luna was a pound puppy, adopted by the Andersons from a humane society shelter in Las Vegas about 10 years ago. A...
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CHANGE COMES QUICKLY TO HUMANE SOCIETY
This is the approximate route taken by Luna, a dog owned by Daryl and Cindy Anderson. Luna escaped a relative's fenced yard and made her way about three miles toward home before she was killed on...
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PARTY TIME IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS! MAYBE
Steve Wenzel, left, and Ruth Pedrie dance "The Twist" Wednesday, June 23, 2010 during the Street Breakfast on Pikes Peak Avenue in downtown Colorado Springs. Photo by Mark Reis, The Gazette Until...
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IS HOSSEIN AN HOA TYRANT OR A MISUNDERSTOOD VICTIM OF HATE
Will calm ever come to the Sierra Pointe Condominiums? I’ve written about the 282-unit complex near Palmer Park several times over the years. It’s homeowners association is a chronic mess. It’s always...
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