Editor's note: This is the fourth installment in a series highlighting the Vail Public Library's Vail Valley Voices Collection of oral histories featuring prominent local figures, particularly interviews conducted by the Vail Daily's Tony Mauro and David O. Williams. Click on Kent Rose for the first installment, Dick Cleveland for part 2 and Pete Seibert Jr. for part 3. When I first started…

"We Bring you an Hour of Darkness" by Michael Bourne is a fun, fast-paced thriller for fans of the mystery genre, especially readers who enjoy ski-town tales of enviro-terror, corporate corruption, shady land deals and '90s newspaper intrigue. Of course, if you actually lived all of that — the way most of us have who've…

Community survey shows overwhelming support for parks, open space, affordable housing, improving traffic and preserving the residential character and architecture of Park Hill. In September, the board of Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. contracted…

Highlights, and Lowlights, of 2019 Editor, GPHN What a year. Municipal elections, wrangling over the Park Hill Golf Course land and the East Area Plan, a teachers’ strike that was followed, months later, by a historic DPS school board election (see…

Quality Inn Soon To Be Quality Living At 37th and Quebec Editor, GPHC The old signs have been removed and work is underway at the former Quality Inn at 37th Avenue and Quebec Street. Colorado Coalition for the Homeless has moved in, and is converting…

SOS Denver Highlights New Law Protecting Conservation Easements In Latest Salvo Over Park Hill Golf Course GPHN Editor In the latest twist to an ongoing tug-of-war over the former Park Hill Golf Course, the group fighting to keep the 155 acres as…

Gerash to defend activist priest By Cara DeGette Special to The Denver Post Oct. 24, 2000 - Prominent Denver defense attorney Walter Gerash has taken on the Weld County case of Catholic priest Carl Kabat, who has spent 14 of the past 20 years in jail…

Sylvia the black cat (who brings good luck, but no money so far) is seen here modeling the satisfied look that most felines adopt when they encounter cardboard boxes. If you’re thinking that cats just love to jump into and hide in boxes because their…

Compiled by Cara DeGette, Editor, GPHN Heads up, neighbors! Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. has partnered with National Research Center, Inc. to conduct a neighborhood-wide survey, which is anticipated to launch this month. NRC is an independent…

East Area Plan Hits Roadblocks: Concerns Raised Over Proposed Density and Traffic; Rapid Transit Funding Stalls On Colfax A plan to dramatically increase the density of residential areas close to Colfax from Colorado Boulevard east to Yosemite has…

Editor, GPHN Welcome to Spilling the Beans, East Colfax edition. This occasional series focuses on business news happening in and around Park Hill. Last month we turned our attention to the Oneida Park Center, on Oneida between 22nd and 23rd avenues.…

Once Sleepy Business Block Bustling; Traffic and Parking Woes Spill into Surrounding Neighborhood Story and photos by Cara DeGette Editor, GPHN On Sunday, July 7, at 10:25 a.m. an ear-splitting cheer erupted from inside Esters Neighborhood Pub at…

Secret Round-up Violates City’s Own Policy Editor, GPHC In late June, top officials from the Denver Parks and Recreation department launched, without public notice, an operation to remove 1,662 geese from several city parks, including City Park just…

Former Mayor Wellington Webb Urges Residents To Oppose Developing Park Hill Golf Course Land Editor, GPHN Declaring that “no park in Denver is safe” if developers are allowed free rein, former Mayor Wellington Webb is urging Denver residents to…

A Brief History Of A Remarkable Neighborhood For the GPHN Editor’s note: The following history of the work of the Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. is largely based upon a condensed 20-part series of reflections by Art Branscombe, which was published…

Hancock and Giellis Face Off For Mayor On June 4, Other Critical Races Include Clerk & Recorder Rinse and repeat. Last month’s citywide election was decisive in several ways. Incumbent City Councilman Chris Herndon, who represents District 8, fended…

It All Started With A Few Kids On Bikes Photos Courtesy of Justin Bresler For the Greater Park Hill News The parade stretches along 23rd Avenue for 13 blocks from Dexter to Kearney streets. It has grown from an informal gathering of kids on bicycles…

Happy Birthday To Us! June 1 Soiree To Mark 50 Years For GPHC, Inc. GPHC, Inc. Board Member A half-century ago, what ultimately became the Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. neighborhood organization formed to advocate for neighbors, promote diversity…

Denver’s Municipal Election Day Is May 7 Editor, GPHN Campaign season in Denver has been red-hot this spring. Citywide, there are 52 candidates running for Mayor, Clerk & Recorder, Auditor and 13 City Council positions. In any of the races, if one…

Compiled by Cara DeGette, Editor, GPHN The following is a synopsis of what was discussed during the March 7 Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. monthly meeting. The next community meeting is Thursday, April 4, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at 2823 Fairfax St.…