Category: Boulder County Latest News

Bowlers! Support The Walk To End Alzheimer’s!

It’s that time again. Time to show your support for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s! We have had so much fun in the past 3 years that we are doing it again this year and we want you to be there. Our team, “The AltaVita Hummingbirds”, is hosting our annual community fundraiser event, “Bowl-4-Brains”, Friday, …

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The Conversation Project Hires Director

A litigation attorney by training, Phyllis Colletta brings a compelling passion to The Conversation Project in Boulder County based on personal experience, service as a chaplain and hospice volunteer. Phyllis is also a certified teacher, a professional freelance writer and ordained Zen Buddhist chaplain. She worked as an EMT for 10 years, in the field …

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Senior Athletes Prepare to Compete

More than 700 senior athletes (50+) from Colorado and surrounding states will be competing to win in Colorado during the 2016 Rocky Mountain Senior Games, June 8 through June 12, 2016. Athletic competition from archery to powerlifting. Each event is divided into age categories and participants qualify by either achieving a 1st through 3rd place …

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Colorado Shakespeare Festival Flips The Script

The Comedy of Errors casts women in lead roles, achieves gender parity William Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors is so timeless it needs no rewrite to get wall-to-wall laughs in the 21st century. But a few trailblazers at the Festival thought recently about the classic slapstick routines of Lucille Ball and wondered what would happen …

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Colorado Music Festival Family Fun!

By Shoshana Fanizza, Colorado Music Festival As warmer weather and summer sunny days return to Colorado, thoughts of fun events to enjoy with your family come to mind as well. The Colorado Music Festival & Center for Musical Arts continues to present Family Fun Concerts you can enjoy to create musical memories with your loved …

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Travel Training

Spring is a great time for you to try Via’s Travel Training Program. Spring has arrived…with warmer weather, more sunshine, and flowering plants adding color once again to our community. It’s the perfect time to become more familiar with the great public transit system available in Boulder. Boulder has the best public transit system outside …

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Volunteer At The Mining Museum

Do you love sharing stories, talking with people, and have a passion for history? Boulder County is looking for people interested in volunteering at the mining museums of Boulder County Parks & Open Space! Applications accepted starting May 14th and continues through the season. James F. Bailey Assay Office Museum. 4 hr. shifts monthly May-Oct., …

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Caregiving Symposium Returns This Month!

By Emily Cooper, Boulder County Area Agency on Aging The annual Caregiving Symposium, sponsored by Boulder County Area Agency on Aging (a division of Community Services), is Thursday, May 19, 9:30 – 5 p.m., at the Plaza Convention Center, 1850 Industrial Circle, in Longmont. Designed for the thousands of Boulder County residents who provide care …

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Viva Theater’s ‘Almost, Maine’

Almost, Maine is a heartwarming play is set in a beautiful frozen tundra of northern Maine, complete with snowmobiles, ice skating on frozen lakes, franks and beans at the Moose Paddy, and a tiny town where everybody knows everybody. It is a story of tragedy and redemption, and is about the chances at happiness that …

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Americans Support Funding for Public Transit

Provided by Statepoint 7 in 10 Americans support increased federal funding for the nation’s public transportation systems in communities of all sizes, according to a survey conducted by ORC International for the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). This support is broad, according to the survey, spanning various age groups and political affiliations, with some of …

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Did you know…

By Kathy Rhodes, American Cancer Society That colorectal cancer is one of the most preventable cancers? It is the second leading cause of cancer death, but most of these deaths could be prevented with appropriate screening and early intervention. Because early colorectal cancer often has no symptoms, the American Cancer Society recommends that everyone 50 …

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Decision-making Across the Spectrum of Memory Loss

The old saying goes: “there is nothing certain in life except death and taxes.”National Healthcare Decisions Day, the day after tax day, will remind us of that on April 16. It is a day to pause and think about the future. It is estimated that over half of us will not be able to participate …

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