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🌱 Where Longmont police made a warrant arrest and handled crashes Thursday
Longmont, Colorado Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Longmont! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Where Longmont police made a warrant arrest and handled crashes Thursday
- Inside Longmont’s new purpose-built home for Montessori students
- How Longmont students helped build a unique Ecobrick Little Free Library
Also on today's calendar: Anxious & Avoidant Attachment Styles - A Real Conversation and 6 more events.
Today's riddle: What do the letter "t" and island have in common? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 86 and low of 57 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Monday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 89, low: 60.
- Tuesday: Warm with increasing clouds, with a high of 93 and low of 60 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Warrant arrest on South Coffman Street in Longmont (police notes) (timescall.com) — Longmont police made a warrant arrest Thursday night in the 1300 block of South Coffman Street and handled several crashes, including an injury collision at Main Street and 19th Avenue. Officers also responded to an auto theft and multiple property-damage crashes across town, offering a snapshot of recent neighborhood-level incidents. 
2. St. Vrain Community Montessori will serve students in new Longmont building (dailycamera.com) — Families in Longmont’s St. Vrain Community Montessori School will start the year in a brand-new, purpose-built campus on Quail Road funded by the district’s 2024 bond. The larger, light-filled building adds amenities like playgrounds, a gym, and a farm, allowing enrollment to grow and giving teachers space and tools they lacked in the old Delaware Avenue facility.
3. Invitation to Ecobricks Free Little Library Opening Ceremony (yellowscene.com) — Longmont is celebrating the opening of its first Ecobrick-built Little Free Library near Blue Mountain Elementary, with a ribbon-cutting by Mayor Hidalgo-Fahring on August 17. The project, led by Sustainable Resilient Longmont and partners, showcases creative plastic reuse and student-driven design to highlight sustainability in the neighborhood.
4. Cherry Creek perk: School district pays hundreds of thousands in pension cost for administrators (denvergazette.com) — Longmont readers should know St. Vrain Valley Schools are among the few Colorado districts that do not give top administrators extra reimbursements for their PERA pension contributions. The story details how Cherry Creek and several other Front Range districts cover these costs for executives, raising questions about taxpayer-funded perks amid tight school budgets statewide.
📸 Around Longmont
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Upcoming Events in
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Open House- 1st- 5th
Legacy Elementary School Longmont, CO 80504
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Back to School Night - Meet the Teacher Night
Blue Mountain Elementary Longmont, CO 80503
4:30 pm -
School Supply Drop Off
Imagine Charter Longmont, CO 80504
4:30 pm -
Back to School Night
Trail Ridge Middle School Longmont, CO 80504
5:00 pm -
First Day of School for 1st-8th Grade; 1 pm Dismissal
Imagine Charter Longmont, CO 80504 -
Flag-Raising Ceremony (18th Annual)
Flagstaff Charter Academy (Parking Lot)-Parking Lot-P-Parking Lot West (10), Parking Lot-P-
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Kinder Stagger Start
Imagine Charter Longmont, CO 80504 -
Senior Sunrise
Frederick Senior High School Longmont, CO 80504
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Anxious & Avoidant Attachment Styles - A Real Conversation →
The Longmont Library
2:00 pm
Monday August 17
Tuesday August 18
Wednesday August 19
Sunday August 23
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Open Badminton- 3:30 - 4:30pm →
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Pick-up Volleyball: 6:00 - 8:00pm →
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Lap Swim: 5:00 am - 12:00 pm →
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Water Walking: 5am - 9am →
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Sunday August 16
Monday August 17
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- GARAGE SALE!!
TODAY, 9am-2pm 345 Hover St, Longmont. Womens clothes, shoes, dvds, kitchen stuff, custom jewerly and much more! (Nextdoor Emery Street) - Found Cat!
Sweet short haired Tabby. Park Ridge Ave in NOTCH 66 Community. Crying at my door at 3am to come in. Keeping this baby safe and will scan for chip at… (Nextdoor North 115th)
- King Soopers, Inc. posted a job opening for Bakery/Deli Clerk in Longmont. Apply here.
- Cold Stone Creamery posted a job opening for Crew Member in Longmont. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Longmont here.
Ok Longmont! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: They're both in the middle of water (Thank you Dianna S. for sending it in!)
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