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Littleton and shops square off over ‘patio sales’
Leukemia & Lymphoma Man & Woman of the Year
About 30 downtown Littleton retailers turned in applications for “patios” to the city offices on May 9 as a protest against a new ordinance.
The shifting – and increasingly youthful – face of the city was one of the major focuses last week at the Englewood Business Summit.
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Local Man & Woman of the Year competitors raised nearly $270,000 for LLS, winning more than 11 other nominees in a 10-week solicitation.
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Congrats Grads! St. Mary’s Academy marks 139th commencement with 65 grads
Graduates of St. Mary’s Academy toss their white hats into the air after the commencement ceremony, May 17.
Photo by Tom Barry
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Arapahoe coroner takes early retirement Deputy to take over office next month
By Peter Jones Arapahoe County Chief Deputy Coroner Kelly LearKaul was appointed this week to replace her boss, longtime Coroner Michael Dobersen, who will retire June 2. On May 20, the county’s Board of Commissioners voted to tap Lear-Kaul, an office veteran and candidate for the job in this November’s election, to complete Dobersen’s fifth and
final term, which ends in January 2015. Dobersen had already announced he would not run again after more than two decades of leading the county’s death investigations, but his decision to step down early from the elected post had not been official until recently. “I just turned 65 last week so I thought it was a good time to give Kelly a little time to be the incumbent. It’s time for Medicare, Social Security and all that,” he said. Coroner is the only countylevel elected seat for which
Coroner Michael Dobersen there are no term limits, as long as the official in question is a forensic pathologist. Dobersen and Lear-Kaul are both medi-
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