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By Lakewood Edge • March 2nd, 2010

JEFFERSON COUNTY – If you plan to visit the county government campus on Johnson Road in the coming weeks, watch for delays or detours due to West Corridor light rail construction.
Crews moved in Monday to begin operations that include excavation for retaining walls and the parking garage, underground utility relocations, station construction and roadwork. During [...]

The Seniors’ Resource Center has some grant money available to pay for in-home services at little or no cost to qualifying senior citizens in Jefferson, Adams and Denver counties, the center announced.
The grant funds were provided through the Denver Regional Council of Governments.
The funding became available March 1 and the amount is limited, so the [...]

SUBMITTED BY: Kodi Bryant, Public Health Information Specialist, Jefferson County Public Health
This February, American Heart Month, take some time to consider the health of your heart and begin reducing your risk of heart disease. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women and men in the U.S. The American Heart Association estimates that [...]

JEFFERSON COUNTY – Registration for Jefferson County Schools’ 2010-2011 kindergarten, pre-school and school-choice enrollment begins this month, the district announced Monday.
Families who want their children to attend a school other than their neighborhood school, can begin enrolling children in grades 9-12 in their schools of choice Wednesday, Jan. 6. That first-round registration period ends Monday, [...]

JEFFERSON COUNTY – County Assessor Jim Everson and his staff will conduct a series of Business Property Tax Forums across the county in early 2010.
“We want to get the word out to the business community about our new on-line business personal property tax reporting option and help business owners better understand business property taxes in [...]

 
LAKEWOOD – Stein Elementary students Thursday were recognized for their hard work, diversity and academic achievement when the Colorado Department of Education recognized the school as a Title I Distinguished School of the Year.
The honor emphasizes Stein’s effort to close “the achievement gap associated with race and poverty,” the state education agency said.
The school received [...]

JEFFERSON COUNTY – Dr. Cindy Stevenson, superintendent of Jeffco Public Schools, is a finalist for a prestigious national award, the school district announced Thursday.
Stevenson and three others are on the shortlist of nominees for the 2010 ASASA National Superintendent of the Year program. The four were selected by the by the American Association of School [...]

LAKEWOOD – Starting next week FasTracks construction will force rolling closures of two-block stretches along West 13th Avenue while installing a large underground culvert in a project that is expected to continue through spring.
The work will bury the culvert under the tracks of the oncoming West Corridor light rail line between Zephyr and Carr streets [...]

DENVER  – St. Anthony Central Hospital again been recognized for outstanding is a recipient of the 2010 Stroke Care Excellence Award™ from HealthGrades, the leading independent health care ratings company, the hospital announced Tuesday.
The announcement marks the second consecutive year that St. Anthony Central Hospital has achieved HealthGrades’ recognition, which places the facility among the [...]

 
 
LAKEWOOD — Red Rocks Community College will offer an innovative “Green Advantage” certificate program, teaching the most recent environmentally friendly construction practices and technology as part of a move to strengthen Colorado’s clean energy workforce announced by Gov. Bill Ritter Wednesday.
The program will complement a recently announced project between Lakewood businesses and Red Rocks. The [...]

LAKEWOOD – A 5-year-old boy and his mother escaped injury Friday morning when the youngster set fire to the family’s garage in the 600 block of Gray Street.
The youngster told West Metro Fire personnel he was watching cartoons on television when he found a lighter. While the youngster’s mother was upstairs, he took the lighter [...]

LAKEWOOD – A 55-year-old woman injured in a car-pedestrian accident last week is in stable condition at a local hospital, police said Tuesday.
The as-yet unidentified woman was hit by a mini-van as she ran across Wadsworth Boulevard at West 5th Avenue Friday afternoon.
Witnesses, including a Lakewood Animal Control officers, told accident investigators the woman ran [...]

Submitted By Stacie Oulton, Lakewood public information officer
LAKEWOOD – Going native won in the competition to name an official tree and flower to celebrate the City’s 40th anniversary while highlighting the City’s elevation put the winning song on top in the official song category.
The City’s official tree is Celtis occidentalis, known both as the common [...]

 Photo courtesy RTD’s FasTracks
DENVER – The first of 55 light rail vehicles for the Regional Transportation District’s FasTracks system was rolled out for a showing Friday.
The vehicle was delivered via flatbed truck from the Siemens Transportation Systems plant in Sacramento, Calif., and lifted onto light rail tracks overnight before it made its way to the [...]

DENVER – St. Anthony Central Hospital is the only Colorado hospital to earn the 2009 Triple Achievement Award, and is one of only 40 hospitals recognized with the award in the nation, the hospital announced Monday.
The award recognizes hospitals that have achieved at least 85 percent compliance as rated by performance measures in three categories – [...]

LAKEWOOD – Robin Johnson of Arvada was selected to fill the District 1 vacancy on the Jefferson County Board of Education and will take her oath of office Sept. 3.
Johnson, who has three children in Jeffco Schools, was appointed to replace former board member Scott Benefield who resigned in June, citing personal reasons.
Because Benefield also [...]

DENVER- Jefferson County’s confirmed total of confirmed drug-resistant Salmonella cases now stands at five in an outbreak that may be linked to ground beef distributed by Beef Packers, Inc. of Fresno, Calif., and the state health department said Friday a recall includes meat bought at Sam’s Club stores.
The recall of approximately 826,000 pounds of ground [...]

JEFFERSON COUNTY – Christine Bachmeyer Phillips, chief deputy District Attorney, is the 1st Judicial District’s newest District Court judge.
Gov. Bill Ritter appointed Phillips Thursday. The appointment is effective immediately.
The 1st Judicial District encompasses Jefferson and Gilpin counties.
Phillips has been the chief deputy DA since 1993. She has prosecuted misdemeanor and traffic cases as well as [...]