🌱 How new limits on immigrant health coverage could affect Brighton-area families

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In today's newsletter:

• How new limits on immigrant health coverage could affect Brighton-area families

Also on today's calendar: Moving the Words with Franklin Cruz and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Becoming windier, very warm, with a high of 86 and low of 41 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Thursday: Cooler; windy in the morning, temps: high: 67, low: 41.
• Friday: Windy in the afternoon, with a high of 70 and low of 36 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Limits to health insurance program for immigrants approved by Colorado lawmakers - Enterprise Sentinel Rural News (esonline.news) — A statewide move to cap Colorado’s Cover All Coloradans program could affect many immigrant children and pregnant people, including families in Adams County communities like Brighton. Lawmakers are weighing enrollment caps and dental limits to rein in unexpectedly high costs, while advocates argue the program’s preventive care saves money and improves public health in the long run.
   

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📸 Around Brighton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Brighton

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday April 23

• Moving the Words with Franklin Cruz
  Anythink Perl Mack, 7611 Hilltop Cir, Denver
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Thursday April 23

• Lochbuie Sewer Board
  Brighton, CO Calendar
• Brighton Business Builders
  Masonic Lodge , 30 S 7th Ave , Brighton
  8:00 am
• District Plan Commission
  Brighton, CO Calendar , Riverdale Regional Park - Conference Room 9755 Henderson Rd. , Brighton
  1:00 pm

Saturday April 25

• American Red Cross Lifeguard Training Begins
  Brighton, CO Calendar , 555 N.11th Avenue , Brighton
• Day at the Farm
  Brighton, CO Calendar , 1594 E. Bromley Lane , Brighton
  10:00 am

Tuesday April 28

• El Día de los Niños: Lotería
  Anythink Brighton , 327 E Bridge St , Brighton
  6:00 pm
• Study Session Meeting
  Brighton, CO Calendar , 500 S. 4th Ave. , Brighton
  6:00 pm

Thursday April 30

• Brighton Business Builders
  Masonic Lodge , 30 S 7th Ave , Brighton
  8:00 am
• The Exchange: Music, Movement and Poetry
  Anythink Wright Farms , 5877 E 120th Ave , Thornton
  5:00 pm

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📣 Brighton Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday April 22

• Spring Choir Concert
  Silver Creek Elementary Thornton, CO 80602
  6:30 pm

Thursday April 23

• Lochbuie Sewer Board
  Lochbuie Town Hall , 703 Co Rd 37 , Lochbuie
  12:30 pm

Tuesday April 28

• Skate City Night
  Silver Creek Elementary Thornton, CO 80602
  6:00 pm
• Orchestra Concert
  Horizon High School Thornton, CO 80602
  6:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I read that XCEL energy plans to cut off power to certain parts of Colorado on Wednesday due to possible high winds.
  Does anyone know for a fact if power in our area will be shut off? (Nextdoor Outlook)

• Crusoe posted a job opening for Manager, Material Management and Logistics in Brighton. Apply here.
• Chick-fil-A posted a job opening for Back of House Team Member in Brighton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Brighton here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Commerce City

• Rusty's Spring Community Bash: Free Tacos, Ice Cream, Giveaways & Fun in Commerce City (milehighonthecheap.com)
• Messi Magic Strikes Again: Two-Goal Masterclass Earns Player of Matchday Honor (crunchsports.com)
• Suspect shot by Adams County deputies after stabbing investigation early Tuesday (kktv.com)

Thornton

• Thornton marks 70 years: Exhibit traces Colorado city's roots from developer's dream to thriving suburb (cbsnews.com)
• Thornton School Board Debates Closure of Historic Mountain Range High Amid Enrollment Drop (northdenvernews.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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