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SIDE STREETS: Opposition to vet clinic disappoints
Comments | RecommendIn 1994, Dr. Sam Rubinson bought a small office building in the Patty Jewett neighborhood northeast of downtown for his surgical practice....
SIDE STREETS: Battles over noise, additions continue
Comments | RecommendIt was back to court Monday for folks on Silent Rain Drive, where chronic noise complaints lodged with Colorado Springs police have neighbors turning against one of their own. And last week, accountant Antonio Villa again faced jail time for failing to...
SIDE STREETS: It’s hard to obey both lawn and water cops
Comments | RecommendJim Pondrom can't believe how many police patrols he gets at his Pronghorn Meadows home on Colorado Springs' far eastern edge. But it's not the gun-toting, protectand-serve, gotta-meet-my-speedingticket-quota kind of police. "I see the ‘water police'...
SIDE STREETS: Some seek separation of church and street
Comments | RecommendLots of people view the curb in front of their home as not just a stretch of city street. They feel ownership of that curb and often consider it their inalienable right to park there - and their right alone. It seems especially true in older neighborhoods...
SIDE STREETS: Sierra Pointe episodes get even more dramatic
Comments | RecommendName-calling. Threats. Profanity-laced tirades. Restraining orders. Welcome to life at the troubled Sierra Pointe Condominium Association, a 282-unit complex near Austin Bluffs Parkway and Academy Boulevard. All...
SIDE STREETS: Forging friendships to fight crime
Comments | RecommendOn Tuesday night, Wolf Ranch residents will gather for barbecue and conversations they hope will lead to new friendships, a stronger sense of community and, ultimately, a safer neighborhood for all. It is one of thousands of...
SIDE STREETS: Nightmare on Platte Avenue for city drivers
Comments | RecommendWhen Kim Polomka bought his house on East Platte Avenue in 2001, he had no idea he had just purchased a frontrow seat to a demolition derby. But Polomka quickly discovered that the stretch of Platte west of Union Boulevard is...
SIDE STREETS: Neighbors don’t cotton to tree’s output
Comments | RecommendFolks on Garlock Way are sitting in tall cotton, and they aren't very happy about it. Seems a rogue cottonwood tree is living up to its name, dumping piles of the white stuff all over neighboring driveways, lawns and gardens....
SIDE STREETS: A stable spot for troubled young girls
Comments | RecommendWhen folks on Pilot Knob Avenue in Manitou Springs revolted against a neighborhood stable recently, they succeeded in getting a decades-old manure dump cleaned up. But in winning the Great Manitou Manure War, the neighbors nearly...
SIDE STREETS: Neighbors want tattoo parlor out of there
Comments | RecommendModest Parker Street produced shocking headlines on June 13 when police raided Shrap Metal Tattoo and arrested six people after an eightmonth investigation into the trafficking of machine guns and drugs. Now, Parker Street residents...
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