Compiled by Cara DeGette, Editor, GPHN Off To the Races The Denver municipal election is still a year away, but candidates have already begun to jostle and position for high-stakes mayoral and city council races. After three terms, Mayor Michael B. Hancock is term-limited from running again in 2023. The post-pandemic reality will leave the […]
East Girls’ Lacrosse Team Energized With New Coach Story and photos by Reid Neureiter For the GPHN The East High girl’s lacrosse team is enjoying its season under new head coach, former CU Buff women’s lacrosse star Katie Macleay. On April 11, the Lady Angels lost a hard-fought home match to Golden High, 14-11, but […]
GPHN Wins Seven Top Of The Rockies Journalism Awards For News, Features, Photography, Public Service By Cara DeGette Editor, GPHN We’re pleased as all get-out to report our small-but-mighty Greater Park Hill News team of part-timers and volunteers has brought home seven awards in this year’s Top of The Rockies regional journalism competition. The awards […]
American White Pelicans are huge waterbirds with broad wings and massive bills. During the breeding season adults grow horns on their upper mandibles. These heavy birds are superb soarers and often travel long distances in large flocks. On the water, they are a sight to behold. They feed by dipping their beaks into the water […]
Proclaiming ‘Downtown Is Back’ Does Not Simply Make It So By Penfield W. Tate III For the GPHN There are many things that make a city great: The people and how they feel about their city. Public transportation, and the ease with which people can navigate the city. Safety: Is the city a good and […]
Former Denver Mayor Wellington E. Webb and his wife Wilma Webb, with the new bronze statue of him at the municipal building downtown that also bears his name. The statue, by sculptor Ed Dwight and unveiled on April 5, is called The Walk of Mayor Wellington E. Webb. The name is a nod to Webb’s […]
Suggestions For The Park Hill Golf Course; We Must Remember What Keeps Denver Unique By Wellington E. Webb Special to the GPHN Denver was once known as a city within a park, but that image has faded over the last 20 years as unfettered development has consumed the city and her leaders. As our city […]
Gloria Tanner, Trailblazing Senator Former state Sen. Gloria Tanner died April 4 at age 86. The former Park Hill lawmaker was the first African American woman elected to the Colorado Senate and was a mentor to a generation of Black lawmakers in Colorado. As recounted by the news site Colorado Politics, Tanner counted among her […]
Colfax Marathon Returns May 15 The Colfax Marathon turns 15 years old this year. The 26.2-mile course kicks off at 6 a.m. on Sunday, May 15 in City Park, just west of Park Hill. Thousands of runners will spend the next six hours taking the ultimate urban tour of Denver as they sprint through Empower […]
Give Your Mattress A Second Life By Mark Kuhl For the GPHN Over 30 million mattresses end up in landfill every year in the U.S. Thankfully a couple mattress recyclers set up shop in Denver to help us reduce the burden on landfill and reclaim the steel, foam, ticking, cotton, and wood used to construct […]