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🌱 COVID-19 Hitting CO Hard + Ski Train Is Back + $1m In Grants

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Good morning, Lakewood! It's Wednesday, so let's get you started with what's going on today in Lakewood.

First, today's weather: Cooler; an afternoon shower. High: 55 Low: 35.

Here are the top stories in Lakewood today:

  1. Green Mountain High School Students Return To The Stage As Their Teacher Fights Cancer: It's a bittersweet return, as students are overjoyed to be back on stage, but there's also sadness over their theater teacher's challenge to beat the diagnosis. (7News)
  2. Cat Tests Positive For Bubonic Plague In Evergreen: Officials with Jeffco Public Health said on Monday that a domestic cat living in Evergreen tested positive for bubonic plague. (CBS4)
  3. Amtrak's Winter Park Express Returns: Beginning in January, the heralded ski train will provide weekend service between Union Station and Winter Park. (9news)
  4. Why Is Colorado's COVID-19 Rate Increasing? Colorado is different from other states, which saw their surge earlier, possibly due to Colorado's higher than normal vaccination rate, however Colorado's COVID-19 positivity rate is now nearing 10 percent. (FOX31)
  5. $1 million in grants expected to assist former inmates: Former prisoners will have access to grant funds provided by the State of Colorado to find jobs, and for employers to find workers. (CPR)

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Today in Lakewood:

  • Applying Online – Tip & Tricks: Jeffco Business & Workforce Center. (9 a.m.)
  • A Series of Unboring Events — "Fortunately, the Milk," by Neil Gaiman. (4 p.m.)
  • Applewood Sanitation District 2021: Monthly board of directors meeting. (7 p.m.)

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  • Colorado launches homeowner-assistance program: The new Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program (or EMAP) will assist homeowners catch up on up three months of mortgage payments — without requiring those funds be paid back. So far, there's only been programs available that helped struggling renters, but EMAP is one of several homeowner-assistance programs slated to roll out in 2022. (CO Sun)
  • Who are you grateful for? Tell someone in Lakewood you're grateful for them. (Patch)
  • Join the Lakewood Police Department in supporting over 15,500 Special Olympics Colorado athletes as part of No Shave November! During the month of November, members of LPD are ditching the razors to raise money. (Facebook)

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