On Wednesday, May 15, 2013 a ceremony will be held at the Fallen Officer’s Memorial at Bittersweet Park located at 16th Street and 35th Avenue . The event will be held at 10:00 a.m. and will recognize seven dedicated troopers, officers and deputies who served their communities and gave their lives in service to [...]
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WELD COUNTY — The Weld County Board of Commissioners will recognize the 75th Anniversary of Northern Water at the Wednesday, September 19, 2012, board meeting at 9:00 a.m. The Commissioners will read a resolution into the record and present representatives from Northern Water with a plaque. Northern Water representatives who will attend the Board [...]
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by Peter Grady – The Romney campaign has given skeptical conservative voters another reason for concern by recently saying the Republican presidential candidate wants the Boy Scouts to permit “gays” to serve and openly participate in the organization. In 1994, during a political debate Romney said, “”I support the right of the Boy [...]
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by Jack Minor – In what was described as ”a giant bonfire,” flames and smoke were seen over east Greeley as city firefighters fought and successfully contained a wooden pallet fire Wednesday afternoon. The fire was located at Et&t Pallets at 1500 Ash Ave. just east of the new Leprino Foods plant; and at [...]
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by Mike McCune – Governments continue to churn out regulations, many allegedly enacted to protect the average person from his greatest enemy–himself. Enforcement of the myriad regulations is becoming increasingly hard to achieve since there are many subtle conflicts within the regulations between various agencies, conflicts which can develop into major conflagrations. The regulation [...]
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by Mike McCune – The sucking sound of money going into the debt wasteland is coming from Europe again. This time the sound has shifted to the Iberian Peninsula but it has a eerily familar sound and carries the same dire consequences as the put-off Greek tragedy. The only question for central bankers is [...]
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The public will have just one chance, today at 5:30, to tell the members of the Larimer County Board of Health whether or not to spend public money supporting drug dealers and users in Northern Colorado. A plan for enabling drug users to have free access to needles is being seriously considered by the Board. [...]
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Staff Reports – At 10:00 this morning firefighters from the Greeley Fire Department were called to 1841 7th Av in Greeley on a possible structure fire. Upon arrival, fire crews found light smoke coming from the attic space of a single story house. Fire crews quickly established that all occupants had safety evacuated the home [...]
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Staff Reports– Fort Collins, Colorado—The North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization (NFRMPO) is pleased to announce the second open house to discuss preliminary design concepts for the 34 Business RouteAccess Control Plan (ACP). The plan will cover the stretch of US 34 Business (10th Street) between State Highway 257 and 35th Avenue inGreeley. The NFRMPO [...]
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by Jack Minor – Two people, including a firefighter, were burned in an early morning fire caused by a burning propane cylinder. The fire occurred at 1723 Montview Road in Greeley and firefighters were called at 1:35 a.m. on Wednesday. One of the occupants had suffered first and second degree burns [...]
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by Matt Lacy – Faith organizations will be displaying a live nativity scene, which will include animals in front of the United States Supreme Court, Wednesday morning. The display is part of “The Nativity Project,” a nationwide campaign to share the message of Christmas and to confront hostility towards public expressions of faith by groups [...]
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Staff Reports – Weld County – This year the community will join together to celebrate the Great American Smokeout on Thursday November 17, 2011. Millions of people make the pledge to quit tobacco every year during the Great American Smokeout, and it can be the first step to successfully quit tobacco for good. The Great [...]
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Evans Senior Center by Betty Grauberger Betty Grauberger is going to Jail! Yup…..on October 27th to raise money for MDA….please help by donating on line or by calling MDA and donating in her behalf. You may also donate at La Mariposa Restaurant at 11:30 a.m. on October 27th or at the Senior Center from now [...]
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by Jack Minor The District 6 school board candidates will be available for questioning at the Greeley 9/12 group this coming Wednesday. The meeting will be moderated by Brian Britton, head of the group. Britton will ask the candidates several rounds of questions. Later in the evening, individuals will have an opportunity to present questions [...]
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Dr. Norman Henry “Norm” Laber, 74 of Eaton, Colorado died on Friday, June 10, 2011 at the Poudre Valley Hospital in Ft. Collins. Norm was born on February 18, 1937 in Longmont, Colorado to David and Elizabeth (Seader) Laber. He attended the Pleasant View Ridge Elementary School which was located on his family’s [...]
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By Mike Bauman As of April 1, 2011, there had been 52 police officers killed in the line of duty in the United States this year. Compare that to 48 by this time last year. The Greeley Gazette salutes the people who daily lay it on the line for their communities. Deputy Sheriff Suzanne Hopper [...]
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Christian DeBaun, 46 of Longmont, Colorado died on Tuesday March 15, 2011 in Wellington, Colorado. He was born on August 17, 1964 in Cooperstown, New York to Peter & Patricia (Burger) DeBaun. Christian graduated from Canon City High School in 1983. He later attended Northeaster Junior College in Sterling, Colorado where he earned [...]
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By Mike Bauman On Wednesday, March 2nd, Wyoming Governor, Matt Mead, signed a law permitting Wyoming residents to carry concealed handguns without obtaining a permit. Wyoming is now the fourth state to allow what’s commonly known as “Constitutional” or “Vermont Style” carry. The other three states are Alaska, Vermont, and Arizona. There has been no [...]
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By Mike Bauman The death of Deputy Sam Brownlee has shocked our community. According to the website, Officers Down Memorial Page, Brownlee was one of 154 police officers killed in the line of duty so far this year. Gunfire was listed as the most common cause of police line-of-duty death this year, accounting for 55 [...]
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By Michael McCune The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., a government entity that was created to protect the deposits of Americans in failed banks, is broke. As of last Wednesday afternoon, when President Obama signed his “mostly for consumer protection” Financial Reform Bill, Americans were even more protected….on paper anyway. Washington had come to the rescue! [...]
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By Mike Bauman Eclipse fever hit Greeley early Wednesday morning. The third movie in the Twilight Series opened in a midnight show to a huge crowd that began gathering at the Carmike Cinema around 1 pm on Tuesday. Share on Facebook
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Diana Sharon Kay Stanley June 10, 1957 ~ June 22, 2010 Diana Sharon Kay Stanley of Greeley died June 22, 2010 in Greeley. She was born June 10, 1957 at Rocky Ford, Colorado to Bonna Dee (Green) Riley. She attended Otero Junior College. She was employed as an LPN for 34 years. She married Mark [...]
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Anastacio Rincones, 77 of Greeley, died on Friday, June 4, 2010 at the Kenton Manor Nursing Home. He was born on April 29, 1933 in Texas to Ysidro and Francisca Rincones. Survivors include 4 sisters, Maria Petra Rincones, Maria Lopez, Lupe Dominguez and Olga Sanchez and 2 brothers, Gilbert Rincones and Ysidro Rincones. He his [...]
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Staff Reports On Wednesday night, Greeley Police arrested Robert Laurencio Montoya,18, on charges of sexual assault on a child. Montoya is the former boyfriend of Kayleah Wilson, the murdered 12 year-old from Greeley. Montoya is being held on a $100,000 bond. Police were quick to point out that this arrest is separate and distinct from [...]
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Investigators process the scene where a badly decomposed body was found Wednesday morning- Photo by Rebekah Elliott By Jack Minor The Greeley Police Department reported that a badly decomposed body was found Wednesday morning in the area of 35th Avenue and 29th St. Police spokesman Joe Tymkowych told The Gazette that at approximately 6 a.m., [...]
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