If cutting your own Christmas tree is a beloved family tradition — or you’d like it to be —the recreation.gov website has information about how to get a permit and where you can use it. Permits are available for the Pike and San Isabel National Forest that allow cutting through Dec. 15. They cost $20 […]
“The work of local artists is not sitting on cargo ships.” That meme has been popular on social media lately, thanks to the pandemic’s impact on the global supply chain. The bottom line is, buying local just works better for you, your friends and neighbors (if they happen to be creative people) and the […]
Photo by Rhonda Van Pelt On Monday, Nov. 22, an RMS Sign Co. worker prepares to attach a new electronic sign that will display Hiawatha Gardens parking availability. The sign is at the corner of Manitou Avenue and Old Man’s Trail and should be functional by the end of this week.
The person killed in a Nov. 9 fire in Green Mountain Falls has been identified. Kat Bridenbaker, 77, was found dead inside the home on Howard Street. Neighbors saw the flames and called 911; one, an off-duty firefighter, attempted to enter the home but couldn’t due to the intense heat. The Green Mountain Falls Fire […]
By Joanna Zaremba This time of year, stress can overwhelm and make the holidays about surviving instead of celebrating. Here are 10 easy ways to deal with stress, so you can reclaim the joy of the holidays. 1. Move your body Stress hormones accumulate in our bodies until we use them — physical activity is […]
School funding was a key topic of discussion during the District 14 Board of Education’s November meeting and work session. The meeting, which was held Monday, Nov. 15, in the high school media center, was the first since Nov. 4, when the highly anticipated ballot issue 4C was defeated. Ballot issue 4C asked citizens of […]
It takes a lot of hard work to ensure people can have fun in our great outdoors. But Medicine Wheel Trail Advocates is up to the challenge. MWTA is participating in the Give! campaign for the sixth time. Last year, the group netted $35,000 from Give!; Executive Director Cory Sutela is aiming to match […]
Organizers of the fifth annual lighted Christmas parade are looking for small floats, marching groups, bands and individually decorated vehicles for this year’s parade. It will start at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, at Ruxton and Manitou avenues and travel east to El Paso Boulevard. Santa Claus has already committed to participate, so applicants are […]
Happy holidays! Almost everyone uses that phrase this time of year, but it’s likely that few know that Nov. 15 is National Philanthropy Day and that Nov. 12-18 is Community Foundation Week. Ronald Reagan proposed this holiday in 1986. I suspect that some in our community may also not know that Manitou Springs has its […]
Manitou Springs City Hall will be closed Thursday, Nov. 25, and Friday, Nov. 26, for Thanksgiving. Post offices and El Paso County offices will be closed Nov. 25; Pikes Peak Library District facilities will close at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 24, and will remain closed all day Nov. 25. The Bulletin office will be closed […]
Councilor Julie Wolfe requested an emergency ordinance and emergency City Council meeting during the Oct. 26 joint meeting with the Planning Commission to impose a moratorium on new development until the zoning code update is complete. Wolfe was specifically concerned about development that could occur at the site of the La Fun Motel, which recently […]
The Manitou Springs Volunteer Fire Department hosted a community meeting on Friday, Nov. 12, to discuss concerns about the impacts of building a fire-training facility on city-owned land near the water treatment plant. The meeting, in City Hall, also addressed how those concerns have been incorporated into the department’s standard operating procedures. Seven people who […]
The Colorado Springs Fire Department held a demonstration on Friday, Nov. 12, to help people stay safe during the holidays. Firefighters did everything wrong when frying a turkey, such as overfilling the oil and letting it get too hot. Thanksgiving Day is the leading day of the year for home fires involving cooking equipment. Turkey-frying […]
Photo by Rhonda Van Pelt A Timberline Landscaping employee decorates the tree near the Town Clock on Monday, Nov. 15. The crew strung lights and hung wreaths throughout downtown.
Manitou Springs is offering community members a $50 voucher to go toward the purchase of a residential tree. The supply of vouchers is limited, so please sign up soon. Tree experts are advising that you can plant trees through December of this year, with deep watering once a month. The vouchers will be accepted at […]
The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office continues to actively investigate a shooting that occurred Nov. 6 along Old Stage Road in unincorporated El Paso County. A juvenile was shot and sustained non-life threatening injuries. The suspect’s vehicle is a small gray or silver sedan that appears to be missing its front driver side hubcap. It […]
Photo by Rhonda Van Pelt Over the past few months, the Bulletin has received inquiries about activity at the former Cheyenne Village property on Crystal Park Road. We haven’t been ignoring the situation; our tiny staff (two full-timers) has just been really busy. The 9-acre property sold in early January 2021 for $1,220,000. The former […]
Thanks to voters approving the 3/10ths of 1 percent increase in the city’s use tax rate and sales tax rate, the Manitou Arts, Culture, and Heritage initiative continues to work its magic throughout the community. MACH was set up to direct 66 percent of those proceeds to Manitou Springs’ landmark properties, called “Tier 1” […]
Photo by Larry Ferguson “It seems like it’s something we want to do every day, forever,” said Staci Pettibone, talking about Whole Healing Space at 1107 Manitou Ave., Suite 5, a massage and reiki business that she and her partner, Melanie Bernal, recently opened. “We decided we didn’t want to work for other spas or […]
The third annual Colorado Recycles Week kicks off Monday, Nov. 15 and runs through Friday, Nov. 19. Along with America Recycles Day on Nov. 15, this helps educate residents about the variety of recycling options available. One example is PaintCare, a nonprofit that serves the Denver metro area and El Paso County. It offers free […]
