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🌱 How Lafayette detectives helped crack a $300,000 Front Range skimming ring
Lafayette, Colorado Patch AM: a 4 min readHi there, Lafayette! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Lafayette detectives helped crack a $300,000 Front Range skimming ring
- Which new fiber providers are wiring up Lafayette neighborhoods now?
Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Near-record temperatures, with a high of 87 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 87, low: 50.
- Friday: Warm with clouds and sun, with a high of 84 and low of 52 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• 12 indicted in Boulder County for trying to steal $300,000 in Front Range card-skimming scheme (coloradohometownweekly.com) — Lafayette Police led a major investigation that helped indict 12 people accused of using card skimmers to steal or attempt to steal more than $300,000, much of it from Colorado EBT users. Authorities say the crime ring operated across the Front Range, but Lafayette’s detectives connected scattered cases and seized hundreds of cloned cards. 
• Fiber internet buildouts are reshaping options around Boulder County area (coloradohometownweekly.com) — Lafayette residents are seeing more fiber crews because multiple internet companies are rapidly expanding networks across town, creating new options but uneven availability block by block. The story explains which providers are building where in Lafayette and nearby communities, how fiber compares to older cable and DSL service, and why choices can differ so much between neighborhoods.
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Math Counts In Room #138
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A kildeer going after an avocet. The reason was there were three day old kildeer very close by. However, there also were two day old avocets there… (Nextdoor Centaur Village North) - I was aware that they were going to spray herbicides in the open space in our neighborhood today and tomorrow.
In the email from the HOA, they mentioned “environmentally conscious” spraying. I was shocked and very upset to read on the yellow flag that they… (Nextdoor Indian Peaks South)
- RB American Group posted a job opening for Team Member in Lafayette. Apply here.
- Intermountain Healthcare posted a job opening for Security Officer in Lafayette. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lafayette here.
🗞 Nearby News
Louisville
- Grassroots giving helps power All In, Boulder County during the campaign's final push (coloradohometownweekly.com)
- Colorado conversion therapy survivors support bill heads to Polis's desk (dailycamera.com)
- Infleqtion Rises With Quantum Peers, but This Week's Earnings Will Decide the Next Move (ts2.tech)
Erie
- In Boulder-Weld district, 3 Democrats vie for chance to flip Republican House seat (dailycamera.com)
- Boulder County Water Providers Call for Conservation as Dry Conditions Continue (yellowscene.com)
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