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Also on today's calendar: Kittredge Canyonfest and 9 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the tree say when Spring arrived? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Enjoy Lots of Family Fun at Free Healthy Kids Expo This Saturday (milehighonthecheap.com) — Families in Lakewood can head to the free Healthy Kids Expo this Saturday, August 29, at Gold Crown Field House for hands-on health activities, mini sports camps, and giveaways. Kids can complete activity stations focused on fitness, nutrition, and mental health, even snag free haircuts, and enter prize drawings, all while learning healthy habits together.
2. Two teens found dead in suspected murder-suicide in Lakewood (thecherrycreeknews.com) — Lakewood police are investigating the deaths of two teenagers found Monday in a Benton Street home as a suspected murder-suicide, while stressing there's no ongoing threat to the public. Detectives are still determining what happened inside the residence and have not identified the shooter, as youth gun violence remains a growing concern across the Denver metro area.
3. Nederland town manager going to Lakewood with Eldora buy still pending (denverpost.com) — Lakewood has hired Nederland town manager Jonathan Cain as its next city manager, with his contract already approved and his start planned for October. Cain, who grew up in north Denver and once lived in Lakewood, leaves behind an unresolved effort for Nederland to buy the Eldora ski area while stepping into a significantly higher-paying role overseeing Lakewood's operations.
4. Retrofitting Suburbia: Villa Italia to Belmar (southernrockiesnatureblog.com) — Lakewood's transformation of the old Villa Italia mall into the Belmar district is highlighted as a national example of turning aging suburban shopping centers into more urban-style downtowns. Architects and planners describe how Belmar's design aims to gently "train" suburban residents to enjoy denser, walkable streets, even as the author pokes fun at its marketing name.
5. More than a year after Jax Gratton's death, Lakewood pauses temp police oversight committee amid criticism (denver7.com subscription) — Lakewood has halted meetings of its temporary police oversight committee after friends of the late Jax Gratton and other residents criticized how members were chosen and how early meetings were run. City leaders say they're using the pause to clarify the committee's structure, while advocates are pushing for a full reset, broader community representation, and stronger public input in any future oversight process.
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