To the editor: Thank you to City Administrator Denise Howell and the Manitou Springs Finance Department for their efforts in signing an agreement with the state Low-Income Energy Assistance Office to become a qualified water vendor. This enables residents with overdue water bills to obtain financial assistance through the Low-Income Household Water and Wastewater Assistance […]
To the editor: Recalling the summer of 2012, residents of Manitou Springs experienced the worst wildfire in recent history. I’ve lived in Manitou for 34 years and cannot remember another event when the city was completely evacuated. A year after the Waldo Canyon Fire, the burn scar caused significant flooding to the north side of […]
To the editor: One of the best qualities of Manitou Springs is our amazing parks, open spaces and downtown area. We feel that residents deserve the right to visit these places without paying for parking. In addition, per the 2021 Community Survey, the predominant mobility-specific request was for free residential parking for downtown and our […]
To the editor: We just found out that your longtime staffer Jack Elder died in March, and we wish to relay our belated condolences. From what we have heard, to call Jack a “staffer” doesn’t begin to do justice to what he did for the Bulletin. We live in Philadelphia and got to know Jack […]
To the editor: We would like to thank Manitou Springs city government for offering additional Chipper Days at the Public Works yard this past weekend! We truly appreciate the extra hours and work that city employees put into helping to clean up broken limbs around the community after the storm. It really was appreciated. Thank […]
It’s 9 o’clock Thursday night. I just spent the last couple of hours at Memorial Park, at the Drum Circle here in Manitou. Luckily for me, that’s just two blocks away from my house, so it’s an easy walk. Tonight’s Drum Circle mattered more to me than most, as I am going through a particularly […]
To the editor: Thanks to a mandatory reporting to the Public Utilities Commission, we now have the figures for the Cog Railway’s first year of operation after the three-year $100 million project to rebuild the tracks and replace and renovate equipment. Revenues increased by about 54 percent from the last previously reported year, from $12.8 […]
Dear readers of our community: As we approach the end of another magical year in Manitou Springs School District 14, we wanted to write this letter of appreciation and celebration of a job well done by our principal, Maria Masone. A longstanding community member, teacher, assistant principal, dean of students and advocate for all learners, […]
Hello, Manitou Springs parents! I’m a sixth grader at Manitou Springs Middle School. Before I start, I just wanted to say thank you to all the parents because parenting is so hard and, although we may not say it, you do a great job for us. As I get older, I am seeing behaviors from […]
I just watched the Manitou Volunteer Fire Department get after a wild fire near Cave of the Winds hill. It seems like they got it taken care of in short order. Makes you want to vote for the best darn fire machines around, or whatever it is the firefighters think we need to have. We are living […]
A couple of weeks ago, I found myself saying to the incoming Ute Pass Elementary principal, Jackie Powell, “You are going to have a blast in this job. This is an amazing place to work.” For 11 years, I have had the great honor and pleasure of serving UPES and the Manitou Springs school district. […]
Dear Manitou community: On Sunday, May 15, we will host the 2022 Graduate Parade, with the kind support of Manitou Springs School District 14 and the city of Manitou Springs. Started in 2020 as a way for families who could not attend graduation to celebrate their graduates, this is now the newest Manitou Springs tradition! […]
To the editor: I recently sent this to Dr. Elizabeth Domangue and would like to share my thoughts publicly: Thank you for sharing your thoughts in the Weekly Update for D14 families and the Bulletin. As both a district parent (MSES and MSMS) and a 15-year educator in a neighboring district, I agree with your […]
To the editor: A wise person said that a story known is only through the story told. I also once read “Stories bring us together. They are shared knowledge, shared legend, and shared history; often, they shape our shared future.” Concerned people have asked many questions about staff leaving the district. Although just a few […]
To the editor: Conjecture: an opinion or conclusion formed based on incomplete information. Similar: guess, speculation, suspicion. Recently there have been multiple social media posts as well as opinions in the Pikes Peak Bulletin commenting on the state of affairs in Manitou Springs School District 14. The speculative nature of these comments from a few […]
To the editor: I am writing to express my deep disappointment in Manitou Springs School District leadership’s decisions in recent months. One, the news of the resignation of MSHS principal Mr. Hull — a dedicated and experienced educator who I know cares deeply about the school, the teachers and the students. The impacts of these […]
To the editor: Although I did not attend the last City Council meeting I was shocked and saddened to read the results. The Preserve and Renew our Carnegie Library Task Force, made up entirely of volunteers, has work tirelessly for more than a year to get our library restored and upgraded. In my opinion, they […]
To the editor: I was so sorry to see that Jack Elder passed. He was such an amazingly kind person with an incredibly deep soul. He often stepped in to pick up the slack with the Manitou Springs Arts Council long after he was officially off the board. So many aspects of the Manitou community […]
To the editor: What a blow to lose Jack Elder! I appreciated reading all the letters submitted. … Jack touched so many lives. Jack was an amazing guy! I remember him coming to meetings of the Manitou Art Project to see what the news was, and visiting us during installations or even pedestal repair work. […]
To the editor: Thanks to the 50-year agreement enacted between our fair village and the Cog last year, we returned to the Cog Railway more than $500,000 in taxes they had collected from their passengers. Although we won’t know precisely what their 2021 revenues are until they file with the Public Utilities Commission, best estimates […]
