North Denver News

Judge Ben B. Lindsey Photo from Denver Public Library, CHS-B1042 Benjamin Barr Lindsey never forgot his working class roots, and that’s why I have always admired him.  Lindsey was only 11 years old in 1879 when his family moved to Denver from his native Tennessee. His dad initially had a good position as chief telegraph operator for the Denver South Park and Pacific Railroad, but he became ill and lost his job. Young Lindsey had to... Read more...

Kat Furr is co-owner of XO Gift Co., which opened a second store on Tennyson Street. Photo by Lily O’Neill, BusinessDen Just in time for the holiday season, a Tennyson gift shop has opened a second location only a few blocks from its first. XO Gift Co., which sells handmade gifts from vendors in Colorado and around the U.S., launched a 3843 Tennyson St. storeon Nov. 6. Refill shop Joy Fill previously operated at the address before... Read more...

Photos courtesy of Larry Tramutola Barbara (Frevert) Tramutt passed away on November 28, 2021 at the age of 102. Tramutt covered Zone 3, a large expanse of the metro area from North Denver to Lakewood and Golden, for the Denver Post from August 1965 to June 1981. The Denver North Star readers learned a little about Tramutt’s long and fulfilling life as a mom and journalist in the June 2021 story “Barbara Tramutt: Shaped by History, Rooted... Read more...

Happy December! Thank you for reading The Denver North Star. We hope you’re enjoying the last issue of 2021. We strongly believe that news should be free and easily available to everyone, which is why we don’t have subscriptions and deliver a print newspaper to our community. About 85% of our funding comes from the local advertisers you see in each issue. The other 15% is from grants and readers like you. Please help us meet our... Read more...

One of the original Stock Show buildings, which has been preserved and will be repurposed. Photo by David Sabados While the horses are dancing at the Stock Show, another kind of dance is happening backstage for National Western. After the failure of the 2E bond, leaders of the various National Western organizations are facing increasing questions about how they plan to fund projects they insist are going forward and whether they have... Read more...

Regis’ Safe Outdoor Space has been operating since June. Photo courtesy of Colorado Village Collaborative When you tell the universe, “I desire to work with a small, scrappy nonprofit that needs my communications and connecting skills,” hold on tightly; your wish might come true. I left my director of communications position at Regis University, a stellar institution of higher education with a Jesuit Catholic orientation, to work for... Read more...

Tradition meets innovation at National Western: new stockyards will hold animals for show as they have for a century while CSU’s cutting edge facilities rise in the background. Photo by David Sabados The stock show is back next month and Colorado State University is opening the first building of their new public-facing campus in Denver. For anyone who hasn’t been to the National Western campus lately, it’s in large part unrecognizable... Read more...

Caffeine lovers have a new option at Speer and Federal: Bad Ass Coffee is now open in the location that has been empty since Starbucks closed last year. Bad Ass Coffee is a Hawaiian coffee company now based in Colorado and the North Denver location is currently their only Colorado location, though the company plans on expanding quickly. Bad Ass coffee is now open at Speer and Federal. Photo by David Sabados “We love the location –... Read more...

A selection of Ellen Pelton’s custom-crocheted lap blankets. Photo by Christina Bleau, LPN Evelyn Brewer Anthony regularly scrolls through posts on Nextdoor. She’s curious about neighborhood happenings and likes to keep abreast. Every once in a while, she comes across a post that compels a response, like the one she saw from Jan Pelton in search of donated yarn for a project her mother Ellen is working on. Sunnyside resident Ellen... Read more...

Restore’s floor-to-ceiling chamber is chilled to negative 100 degrees Fahrenheit or lower. Photo from www.facebook.com/restoretennyson If you’re wondering about the sarcophagus-shaped things in the Tennyson Street storefront that formerly featured frozen custard or crepes, read on. They may look like the type of hypersleep or hibernation beds you’d see in sci-fi movies such as “2001: A Space Odyssey” or “Alien.” They’re actually... Read more...