Tag: Lakewood
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Lakewood City Council approves 2040 comprehensive plan
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Lakewood City Council unanimously approved the city’s comprehensive plan for the next 15 years on Monday evening after three years in the making. The council voted 11-0 in approving Envision Lakewood 2040, a master plan for the city created and adopted by the planning…
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Lakewood police announces community advisory group amid scrutiny
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Lakewood Police Department is establishing a community advisory group following a slew of criticism following an investigation into a suspicious death, the police chief said. Lakewood Police Chief Philip Smith told the City Council on Monday evening that the advisory group will consist of…
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Lakewood cracking down on illegal parking with enhanced enforcement
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The city of Lakewood will bolster its parking enforcement following an increase in residential complaints. A new Enhanced Parking Enforcement project is planned to go into effect next week, along with the city’s first residential parking permit pilot in the Applewood Valley neighborhood, according to…
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One man dead, two hospitalized after Lakewood shooting Wednesday morning
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save One man is dead and two more are hospitalized after a shooting in Lakewood early Wednesday morning. At around 1:20 A.M., Lakewood Police Department officers were called to the Windrift Apartments at 1490 S. Reed St. for multiple reports of gunfire. When officers arrived they…
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Lakewood named climate action leader for second year in a row
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The city of Lakewood is one of over 100 cities throughout the world given an A grade by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) — the second straight year the city has earned the grade. The CDP — a nonprofit organization that the world’s only independent environmental…
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Lakewood woman sentenced to 18 years on child abuse charges
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Jefferson County District Court judge sentenced a 27-year-old woman to 18 years in prison Tuesday after severely abusing a child at her unlicensed home daycare. District Court Judge Chantel Contiguglia sentenced Mckinley Slone Hernandez on one count of child abuse — recklessly causing serious bodily…
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Fufu and fortitude: How an African restaurant beat the odds in Denver | Craving Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LAKEWOOD • A restaurant’s menu can be a glimpse into a life. This is especially true at African Grill and Bar. A picture of the Osei-Fordwuo family is on the first of the menu’s eight pages, along with words on how they came to establish…
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Lakewood school psychologist had ketamine when arrested for child sexual assault, district says
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The former Jeffco Public Schools psychologist had “multiple types of drugs” when allegedly contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to Jeffco Public Schools. The Lakewood Police Department arrested 38-year-old James Michael Chevrier on May 13 on suspicion of sexual assault on a child…
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Man shot by Lakewood police Friday after alleged Home Depot theft
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Lakewood Police Department says one of its officers shot and injured a man near a busy intersection Friday afternoon. The incident occurred near the corner of West Colfax Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard — near the Walmart Supercenter and Regional Transportation District’s Wadsworth station — around…