Colorado Offers, Then Cancels Feb. 6 Vaccine Program For 70-Plus People Of Color At Dahlia Center For Health and Well-Being By Cara DeGette GPHN Editor A plan to distribute COVID-19 vaccines to 140 people of color over age 70 was called off with little warning in early February, leaving staff at the Dahlia Center for […]
Adapting To A Strange New World Of High School Sports Story and photos by Reid Neureiter For the GPHN The Denver East Angels boys basketball squad trounced rival Far Northeast Warriors by a score of 89 to 62 on Feb. 6 at East’s home gym. East, coached by Denver Public Schools coaching legend Rudy Carey, […]
Walkway Depicting The Phases Of The Moon Is Just One Detail In A Remarkable History Of The Bitman-Hower House At 6400 Montview Blvd. By Cara DeGette Editor, GPHN From now until what may as well be eternity, visitors headed up the pathway to the door of the striking Spanish Eclectic-style home at 6400 Montview Blvd. […]
Compiled by Cara DeGette, Editor, GPHN The Elusive Vaccine Shot Now that March has arrived, so too may our elusive winter snowstorms — just in time for spring. It’s hard to imagine that a full year has passed since COVID-19 brought the world to its knees. In late February, we marked a grim milestone: a […]
About a year ago, the always-engaging online news site Denverite responded to a reader’s question that went along the lines of, what in the heck is the deal with seagulls in land-locked Colorado? Shouldn’t these surfs-up bro’ birds be doing vibe at a coastal beach somewhere? Yes, gulls love the ocean. But they also love […]
$1.2 Million Project Includes Sidewalks, Curbs, Intersection Improvements By Ken Burdette For the GPHN As a longtime educator and Park Hill resident, I know firsthand the importance of safety. During a time where arguing and constant bickering seem to be the norm (look no further than the Park Hill Facebook page), I would like to […]
Amid Ongoing Political Tensions, Colorado Lawmakers Shift To Guns, Mental Health, Vaccines And Economic Recovery By Penfield W. Tate III For the GPHN Sadly, the wrong kind of history has been made again. Donald Trump, on his way out the door, incited a violent riot leaving five dead, dozens seriously injured and a nation — […]
Volunteers Needed To Keep City Park In Bloom By Maria Flora GPHC Parks and Open Space Chair Will you join us to keep City Park blooming and beautiful? With its staff halved in the pandemic, the Denver Parks and Recreation (DPR) maintenance crew and horticulturists at City Park need our help as volunteers with gardening […]
Ways We Are Rethinking the Plastic Status Quo By Mark Kuhl For the GPHN Reduce, reuse, recycle is a familiar cliché and important to follow. But a 4th “R” — Rethink — is where we should also focus efforts to rein in ever increasing plastic pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that in 2018 only […]
Zero Carbon Will Help Eliminate Burden Of Pollution On Low-Income Populations By Tracey MacDermott Board Chair, GPHC, Inc. This may be the year that we begin to implement changes to accelerate our state and our nation towards a zero carbon future. You may have heard talk recently about decarbonizing the energy sector, in particular the […]