Posted October 31, 2006 Hitting Retirees and Baby Boomers Where it Hurts Most
(ARA) - An estimated 20 million baby boomers and retirees in the United States are bearing the brunt of recent major corporate employers' moves to eliminate or drastically reduce healthcare benefits promised to their employees during their working careers. Those either at or nearing retirement age, who claim these are earned benefits.......... Read Entire Article Comments

Posted October 29, 2006 Sun, Skiing, and Family Fun - Something for Everyone This Winter Season
(ARA) - Give the perfect gift this holiday season or anytime-- one that will leave you or that special someone de-thawed or revitalized -- a vacation at one of three top destinations will be the gift that keeps on giving throughout those long, dark winter months. (Photo Above Courtesy of  Arapahoe Basin Colorado).  Read Entire Article Comments

Posted October 27, 2006  Front Range Village Planning. From this 109 acre former corn field will develop Fort Collins newest shopping extravaganza. This will be the home of Front Range Village. Front Range Village is being developed by Bayer Properties a national developer of well designed and well thought out commercial developments. Read  Comments

Posted October 25, 2006 Credit Freeze: The Surefire Way To Stop Identity Thieves Are you or could you be a victim of credit card and identity theft? Today, identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in the US. Often thieves will steal someone's identity and then go on to run up a host of bills in that person's name. Read Entire Article  Comments

Posted October 24, 2006  Attention all Fort Collins and area golfers. Golfers, don't put your clubs away yet! There is one more chance to make that hole-in-one. Come on guys and gals get out that trusty iron and show those folks from the golf channel we have great golfers in this area. This is a fun challenge and a real  great way to raise money for a local charity which does such great work in the area. Read Entire Article  Comments

Posted October 23, 2006 Magical, Mystical Halloween If you are wondering about the origins of Halloween, you can find that there are many different stories and origins of how the holiday started. Some say that it is a day of Satan, or the worship of evil spirits and the practice of witchcraft which they believe is Druid religion. There are others who believe it was a day for the ghosts of the dead to come back and settle the scores on people who had done them wrong. Read Entire Article  Comments

Posted October 22, 2006 Homemade Dog Food Basics. More and more people are beginning to make their dog's food at home rather than buying commercial formulas. Homemade dog food doesn't contain any substances that could possibly be harmful to your dog's health such as artificial coloring and artificial flavors. Read Entire Article  Comments

Posted October 21, 2006 Salon Just for Kids Opens in The Promenade Shops Friday October 20th area kids now have a hair salon they can call their own. Lollilocks Kids Salon, where children can have their hair and nails done, ear piercing and throw a birthday party all at the same time, opened in The Promenade Shops.   Read Entire Article  Comments

Posted October 19, 2006  Ideas To Help Select A Real Estate Broker As the present housing marketing continues to show signs of slowing and as record numbers of people become real estate agents, selecting the right real estate agent for you becomes very important. In Colorado all agents are called Real Estate Brokers. The National Association of realtors announced in a recent statement that 74 percent of sellers and 64 percent of buyers....  Read Entire Article  Comments

Posted October 16, 2006  Colorado Ski Season Opens
A-Basin wins the trophy for the first ski area to open for the 2006-07 ski season. A-Basin is of course Arapahoe Basin Ski Area which is located at the western side of the continental divide at the base of Loveland Pass. Due to both it's very high altitude and it's snowmaking equipment A-Basin opened one run on Friday October 13.      Read Entire Article  Comments

Posted October 13, 2006  Bruce's Bar In Severance Still Going Strong Even though Bruce has passed away Bruce's Bar is still going strong.  The small town of Severance Colorado is the home of the now world famous Bruce's Bar where the Colorado delicacy of Rocky Mountain Oysters ("Bulls Testicles") are served.   Read Entire Article

Posted October 12, 2006  Halloween at the Farm When you’re looking for a place to bring the family for a fun and safe evening with all the ghouls and ghosts and goodies you could want, who ya’ gonna’ call? We may not be the Ghost Busters, but The Farm is Fort Collins' favorite Halloween event. Treatsylvania kicks off its 16th year October 27-29 at The Farm, 600 N. Sherwood.  Read Entire Article

Posted October 11,2006 Chapunga Sculpture Park at Centerra. The Chapunga Sculpture Park is going to be the first and only permanent collection of Chapungu Sculpture in the United States. When it is complete it will have 80 pieces. The park is a joint venture of McWhinney Enterprises developer of the Centerra area and Roy and Marcie Guthrie owners of the Chapungu Gallery located in the Promenade Shops. The Guthrie's sculpture collection has toured all over the world. Read Entire Article

Posted October 10, 2006  Tiny Tot Halloween Trick or treat is Old Town square and downtown Fort Collins this Halloween.  This event is designed for the wee little ones and there parents. The festivities start at 10:00AM in Old Town Square on Tuesday October 31 and ends around 1:00pm. The children will receive special goody bags  that they can use for trick or treating  Read Entire Article

Posted October 9, 2006  Parade of Pumpkins Center Wide Trick or Treat. The Promenade Shops at Centerra   announces their upcoming Halloween events. Parade of Pumpkins will be held October 29th Noon to 1PM. The Parade of Pumpkins is a pumpkin decorating contest open to children ages 15 and younger. Bring your dolled up pumpkin to the registration table at the Main  Read Entire Article

Posted October 5,2006  JC Penney Opens New Concept Store.
(Publisher) The JC Penney Company has now opened a new concept store in Fort Collins and will celebrate it's Grand Opening tomorrow October 6, 2006. It is  located at 135 Brockman. The store is just east of S. College Ave N. of Boardwalk Dr.  Read Entire Article.

Posted October 4,2006  Promenade Shops Add Three Restaurants
(Publisher) - Rock Bottom Brewery, Heidi’s Brooklyn Deli and Lollilocks are the latest restaurants and retailers to join the already exciting list of shopping, dining and entertainment options at The Promenade Shops at Centerra. Read Entire Article.

Posted October 2,2006  Elk Fest a Huge Success
(Publisher) - The Elk Fest of Colorado held in Estes Park ever year by the elk has now set people records as well. The elk gather for the annual rut and at the same time the aspen turn bringing even more people to the Estes Valley and Rocky Mountain National Park.  We have been going to this event for many years now and I will have to say even before the official records are out that there were a record number of people at this years event.
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