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SIDE STREETS: A playground for Abby -- and every kid

BILL VOGRIN

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In 2006, Michelle Farrell quit the U.S. Olympic Committee and went to work to build a place where her daughter, Abby, and others like her could play. Abby, 10, has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair, crutches and braces to get around. But Abby has... Full story

SIDE STREETS: Maybe Bonnyville ought to be called 'Bobsieville' in honor of lifelong resident

BILL VOGRIN

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Bobsie Pachak has seen it all. She just didn’t realize how much she’d seen until a neighbor and friend, Joyce Dearing, put it all in a book as a gift for her 90th birthday today. Using old newspaper clippings, Dearing created a history... Full story

AT THE CAPITOL: Penry makes it official

DEAN TODA

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A day after being scooped on his own announcement, state Sen. Josh Penry officially confirmed this afternoon that he was dropping out of the Colorado governor’s race. In a message to supporters, Penry did not engage in the kowtowing defeated... Full story

SIDE STREETS: Developer drops Rawles neighborhood project for now

BILL VOGRIN

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Three years ago, Kristine Hembre bought a house on five acres along Mesa Road and set out developing a small subdivision in the Rawles Open Space Neighborhood. Two weeks ago, Hembre abruptly dropped her project after spending hundreds of thousands... Full story

SIDE STREETS: Could housing project, Centennial Boulevard extension resurrect school?

BILL VOGRIN

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You’ve probably never heard of Mesa Springs. It’s a 50-year-old neighborhood of modest homes hidden behind the sound wall along the west side of Interstate 25 near the Fontanero Street exit. Maybe you’ve raced through it on your... Full story

SIDE STREETS: Some want a vacation from neighborhood rental houses

BILL VOGRIN

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Every neighborhood has one of those houses that makes you wonder just what’s going on in there. Maybe it’s a house that is always dark. Or maybe it’s one where it seems somebody different is always living there — but not... Full story

SIDE STREETS: I've been BOOed and you should too!

BILL VOGRIN

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On Monday, my 10-year-old son, Ben, rang the doorbells of three neighbors, dropped a bag on each porch and ran before they answered. (Right now, you are probably thinking: “Just like his old man.”) But these were not “poo... Full story

SIDE STREETS: HOA wants developer to pay for broken promises

BILL VOGRIN

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When the Saddleback Ridge Condominiums were being built along Centennial Boulevard in 2006, developer Charles Schoninger — one of five partners in the project — told prospective owners the complex would include a pool and clubhouse. Even... Full story

SIDE STREETS: Folks in Flying Horse want Frogs Leap Park built before pigs fly

BILL VOGRIN

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Neighborhood parks add so much to a city’s quality of life that Colorado Springs boasts 136 and there is a backlog of dozens on blueprints that will take years to be built. These three- to five-acre oases of grass, trees, playgrounds and... Full story

SIDE STREETS: Landlord dictates phone, cable TV, internet provider and upsets mobile home residents

BILL VOGRIN

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Bob Shields uses the “Telehealth” network provided by Qwest Communications to transmit daily vital signs to his doctor so he can monitor his pulmonary disease. His wife, Edna-Louise, wears a “Lifeline” medical alert panic... Full story

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