AUGUST 23, 2018
TASTIER THAN EVER A Taste of Colorado gears up for bigger annual event P14
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ALL EYES ON MAIN STREET Western Welcome Week’s Grand Parade captivates thousands P6
PLAN DRAWS PROTEST
MERLE’S SAYS GOODBYE
Some residents are irked by idea of a gun store/shooting range in their neighborhood P4
Restaurant was part of a new wave on Littleton’s Main Street P2
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Littleton’s population of 47,734 in 2017 represented a 14.6 percent increase over the number of people who called the city home in 2010. Source: U.S. Census Bureau
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