Restaurateur reflects on quarter-century

Angie’s still serving Italian, Mexican favorites in Castle Rock

BY RACHEL LORENZ SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

While Castle Rock has changed a lot in the last 25 years, Angie’s Restaurant on the corner of Fourth and Jerry has not.

“I like to call us the OG Italian and Mexican of Castle Rock,” said April McCa rey, who runs the eatery with her husband, Mike McCa rey Jr. e full-service family restaurant, which has been serving the two disparate but delicious cuisines in Douglas County since Bill Clinton was in the White House, marked its silver anniversary in March.

Other than a fresh coat of paint, new carpet and a little bit of upholstery, the dining area is the same as ever, McCa rey told Colorado Community Media. Antique radios ring the room above walls paneled

County pays for helicopter to fight wildfires

Residents urged to sign up for alerts

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As wild re risk continues to cause concern in Colorado, Douglas County approved spending on aerial wild re- ghting resources, including helicopter use.

Outlining why the county needs the helicopter resource, a county sta memorandum noted “increas-