🌱 Fort Lupton's Barron keeps leadership role as House chooses historic speaker

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In today's newsletter:

• Fort Lupton's Barron keeps leadership role as House chooses historic speaker
• Traffic light planned for busy Highway 52 intersection near Hudson

Also on today's calendar: Makerspace Open Studio and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 67 and low of 35 degrees.
• Thursday: Sunny and very warm, temps: high: 72, low: 31.
• Friday: Partly sunny, with a high of 68 and low of 30 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• Rep. Jennifer Bacon ​becomes first Black woman​ elected ​Colorado House speaker (tncontentexchange.com) — Fort Lupton Rep. Carlos Barron will continue as Colorado House minority whip after Republicans reelected their leadership team. Across the aisle, Democrats chose Denver Rep. Jennifer Bacon as the next speaker, making her the first Black woman selected to lead the chamber when the new General Assembly convenes Jan. 11.
   

• Busy Fort Lupton to Hudson road to get traffic light (ftluptonpress.com) — A busy intersection on Highway 52 between Fort Lupton and Hudson is getting a traffic light, with Weld County providing $1.3 million for CDOT to build and install it. Daily traffic at Weld County Road 37 has climbed to 14,400 vehicles, but construction has no start date yet.
   

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📸 Around Fort Lupton

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fort Lupton

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★ Featured events ★

Thursday November 12

• Planning Commission Meeting →
  130 S McKinley Ave, Fort Lupton

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Other local events

Monday November 16

• Makerspace Open Studio →
  Makerspace, 370 S. Rollie Ave., Fort Lupton
  3:00 pm

Tuesday November 17

• City Council Meeting →
  130 S McKinley Ave, Fort Lupton
• Dance & Play →
  Both Community Room 1 & 2, 370 S. Rollie Ave., Fort Lupton
  10:00 am
• Makerspace Open Studio →
  Makerspace, 370 S. Rollie Ave., Fort Lupton
  10:00 am

Wednesday November 18

• Storytime Explorers →
  Community Room 1, 370 S. Rollie Ave., Fort Lupton
  10:00 am
• SBDC Network Power Hour →
  Both Community Room 1 & 2, 370 S. Rollie Ave., Fort Lupton
  1:30 pm

Monday November 23

• Makerspace Open Studio →
  Makerspace, 370 S. Rollie Ave., Fort Lupton
  3:00 pm

Tuesday November 24

• Town Hall Meeting →
  130 S McKinley Ave, Fort Lupton
• Makerspace Open Studio →
  Makerspace, 370 S. Rollie Ave., Fort Lupton
  10:00 am
• Dance & Play →
  Both Community Room 1 & 2, 370 S. Rollie Ave., Fort Lupton
  10:00 am

Wednesday November 25

• Network Power Hour →
  Library, 370 S. Rollie Ave., Fort Lupton
  8:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hi this is Joyce I recently posted a post on a young man Robert Ross whom raked my leaves.
  I had told him I wanted him to come back today to clean my gutters. Well I ran in to a little financial strap. So I messaged him and gave him the… (Nextdoor Ft Lupton)
• Free Dump Site — Crushed Concrete & Asphalt Millings Wanted, Fort Lupton
  Wanted in Fort Lupton — FREE crushed concrete and asphalt millings for a farm road. Must be already crushed small: 1-inch minus crushed concrete, or… (Nextdoor Ft Lupton)

• SAS Retail Services posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser in Fort Lupton. Apply here.
• DICK'S Sporting Goods posted a job opening for Seasonal Retail Sales Associate in Brighton. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fort Lupton here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Brighton

• 156 MPH in a 55 MPH Zone: Brighton Driver Who Paralyzed an 18-Year-Old Gets 19 Years (northdenvertribune.com)
• Lowest premium gas price in Adams County hits $4.29 for week ending Oct. 31 (adamscountytimes.com)

Frederick

• Celebrate the Season at Harvest & Holly Market in Frederick! (macaronikid.com)
• Thompson Valley Softball Schedule (maxpreps.com)

Hudson

• Former Alfalfa Fire chief used district credit cards for Las Vegas trips, vacation packages and family travel (ktvz.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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