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• Loophole in Animal Permit Law Allows Resident to Hold Cock Fights
• Pocket Park Rules Simplified
• [Read more…] about Looking Back: Most Important Articles, Events from Past Four Years

It has been about one year since the collapse of the Stapleton Mom’s Yahoo! group, and that collapse has forever changed the landscape of Stapleton. The once evil regime eventually was torn apart due to political discourse and what came to be known as the Stapleton Spring. [Read more…] about Evaluating the Aftermath: Assessing the Collapse of the Stapleton Mom’s Yahoo! Group One Year Later

With the Central Park rail station and the light rail to downtown and the airport projected for completion in the next couple of years, community members are curious as to what the transit oriented development (TOD) will look like. “I live in Central Park North, and I am all for the project,” says resident Dan Fisher. “I am just curious as to what they have planned for the area. Restaurants? Hotels? Shops? I am sure they will do something with it. It’s not like that ghost town of a town center in Eastbridge.” [Read more…] about Forest City Has Vague, Futuristic Plans for Central Park Rail Station

The Denver Police Department (DPD) has made a lot of efforts to improve their relationship with Stapleton residents. The challenge for the DPD is that Stapletonians seem to over-report suspicious activity. “We definitely receive more calls from the Stapleton neighborhood than any other area in Denver,” says officer Dan Lembeck. “Which wouldn’t be a big deal, but a lot of the calls aren’t necessary, or shouldn’t be considered suspicious behavior.” Lembeck says calls range from teenagers riding bikes around to “black guy walking a dog.” “We certainly appreciate their vigilance, but we needed to figure out a way to more appropriately use our time. So, we decided on the Text A Tip plan.” [Read more…] about Text-A-Tip Program Empowers Officers to More Easily Ignore Stapletonians

Last Thursday, DPS canceled school due to the icy road conditions, cold weather, and a strong chance of more snow. Although school cancelations can wreak havoc on parents’ work schedules, to many parents, it was a welcome day off. “When DPS closes, we get the day off as well,” said parent Mariel Crawford. “I had a lot of things piling up that I needed to take care of. There were some clothes I needed to take back, I had to go to the store, I wanted to look at some new pillows for the couch, just a lot of stuff. So, I packed the kids up and we hit the road for a day. It just made sense.” [Read more…] about Bad Roads, Cancelations Allow Parents Time to Run Errands with Kids

The Quebec Square retail development was recently sold for over $52 million to Inland American Real Estate Trust Inc. There are over 60 businesses in the shopping district including a Check into Cash, an Arby’s, a Country Buffet, Famous Footwear, Great Clips, Ihop, Payless Shoes, and Regal Nails, among many, many more. The buyer is hoping to change the retail areas somewhat inconsistent image. [Read more…] about Quebec Square Sold; First Order of Business, Change Name

Denver has a history of questionable cancelations, and last Thursday was no different. “It really wasn’t that bad,” said resident Mike Sifers. “I don’t know if it was due to the roads, or if they thought it was too cold for the city kids to be walking to schools. But, it didn’t seem that bad to me.” Jim Closson was of a similar opinion. “I’m from Iowa, so this weather seems mild compared to that,” said Closson. “I know they don’t have a ton of plows, so I kind of get it. But, I drove around and didn’t have any troubles or see any accidents.” [Read more…] about Denver Residents Demand 96 Hour Cancelation Notice from Superintendent

The Stapleton King Soopers recently added to the classic King Soopers logo in an attempt to create its own unique identity, apart from the rest of the 143 King Soopers/City Market stores. “We had a recent situation where there was a report of mice and or mouse running wild in our store,” said Stapleton Soopers manager Gary Stevens. “We are just trying to capitalize on that momentum, and changing the logo up was the easiest thing we could do.” The new logo features a mouse next to the Soopers logo, but according to Chuck E. Cheese attorney Dan McCoy, the logo is eerily similar to the classic Chuck E. Cheese logo. “It is clear that the Stapleton Soopers has stolen our patented Chuck E. Cheese mouse to aid their image,” said McCoy. “Clearly, having our great pizza and image mixed up with that of the Stapleton Soopers is going to hurt us in the long run. We have asked them to remove the mouse immediately, or we will sue for punitive damages.” McCoy says that the damage to the Chuck E. Cheese brand being tainted by Soopers is estimated to be between five and ten million dollars. Manager Gary Stevens does not see things that way. “Our mouse is way different,” says Stevens. “We have an “S” instead of a “C”, and I think there are other differences. We are pretty adamant at this point that we are sticking with our guns. We can’t let silly frivolous lawsuits hurt our successful business model. We will obviously let the courts decide, but we are focusing on continuing to be a better store, and not worried about this.” McCoy has a differing view. “We have a lot of confidence we will prevail in our lawsuit,” says McCoy. “Our hope is that Chuck E. Cheese will again be the representative of only one company instead of two.” McCoy says that an injunction on the logo could be enforced as soon as early March, but until then, the Stapleton Soopers will be free to flaunt their “new” logo. ]]>