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SOUNDS OF SUMMER: Local concert event schedule will offer something for everyone P14
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CLEAN START: Volunteers tidy up the banks of the South Platte River P8
BLOOM TOWN:
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BACK TO BASICS: Bunts may not be glamorous, but they keep base runners moving P23
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‘There were and still are a lot of people who think Littleton should just stay the little town it used to be.’ Garrett Ray | former owner/editor of the Independent, Page 6 INSIDE
VOICES: PAGE 12 | LIFE: PAGE 14 | CALENDAR: PAGE 20 | SPORTS: PAGE 23
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