North Denver News

By Basha Cohen The Halloween season is in full swing with ghoulishly good times. Festivities run the gamut from family friendly, sweet trick-or-treat events where candy and costumes collide, to pooches on parade and pumpkin carving taken to a new art form.  Highland House Haunt. Photo courtesy of Amy Berglund The Santa Fe Arts District will celebrate its first Día de los Muertos parade, and other bewitching Day of the Dead... Read more...

By Kathryn White Voters in a C-shaped swath of the city making up Denver Public Schools (DPS) District 5 will cast votes starting this week through Nov. 7 deciding between incumbent Charmaine Lindsay and two challengers, Marlene De La Rosa and Adam Slutzker. Lindsay was appointed by the DPS board in June 2022 to serve the remaining 17 months of Rev. Brad Laurvick’s term when he moved out of the district. The Denver North Star... Read more...

By Kathryn White “I was sure right away,” Malinda Medina-Johnson said. “I liked the whole frame of spiritual hospitality. I liked the atmosphere. I liked how they greeted people.” Medina-Johnson knew she’d belong at Prodigy Coffeehouse because belonging is, well, their business. “Spiritual hospitality is welcoming with open arms, without judgment,” Medina-Johnson said. “Anyone could walk through the doors, you’re not going to be... Read more...

By Talia Traskos-Hart Next month, Denver voters will decide whether to make permanent the current 0.15% sales and use tax funding the Denver Preschool Program (DPP). Since 2006, the tax has increased from the initial 0.12% and expanded access to preschool for 65,000 children. Some students from the first DPP cohort will graduate from college this year.  The measure, Denver Ballot Question 2P, would not raise current taxes, but it... Read more...

Casting Your VoteCourtesy of Denver Elections Division October 16Ballots mailed out this week24-hour ballot drop-off boxes open October 23Webb Building vote center opens October 30All vote centers open October 31Last day to send your ballot back by mailLast day to register to vote and receive a ballot by mailAll other vote centers open November 7, Election DayMail ballots must be returned by 7 p.m., orVoters must be in line by... Read more...

By The Denver North Star Staff The following is compiled from publicly available information on the state campaign finance database and is current through the Oct. 3 reporting period. The next report from candidates is due Oct. 16. More information on a candidate’s fundraising and spending are at tracer.sos.colorado.gov. In past years, the majority of spending on school board races has not come directly from the campaigns, but... Read more...

By The Denver North Star Staff The following is compiled from publicly available information on the state campaign finance database and is current through the Oct. 3 reporting period. The next report from candidates is due Oct. 16. More information on a candidate’s fundraising and spending are at tracer.sos.colorado.gov. Kwame Spearman Total Raised: $71,474 Donors giving $1000 or more: $2,500: Communication Workers of... Read more...

By Kathryn White Denver voters will decide Nov. 7 which of three remaining candidates will take the at-large school board seat currently held by Auon’tai Anderson. In June, Anderson announced he would not seek re-election to the school board and would instead run to represent House District 8 (HD8) in the Colorado House of Representatives. Leslie Herod, who currently represents HD8, is term limited. Directors on the Denver Public... Read more...

By Kathryn White I started writing for The Denver North Star shortly after its first issue landed on doorsteps in 2019. My column, The Gray Zone, was intended to ensure the lives of older adults didn’t get lost in the hustle of a changing community. I wasn’t much of a writer back then. Discovering my community turned me into one.  I first rented a room in North Denver back in the early ’90s. I bought my first home across the street... Read more...

By David Sabados Last month I penned a note about the paper struggling with decreased revenue and increased costs. The community response has been amazing. We received $5 to $500 contributions from individuals who wrote to us about how important the paper is to them. You sent over $3,000 to help cover our short-term costs while we figure out long-term solutions. Thank you! We are talking with prospective advertisers who see both the... Read more...