Our Community Newsletter #6 – June 14, 2025
Download a PDF of this newsletter Stern appointed Palmer Lake Mayor The Town of Palmer Lake released the following statement: “After discussion about filling the Mayor’s vacancy, the Board of Trustees accepted the resignation of Trustee Stern and voted to appoint former Mayor Pro Tem Dennis Stern to the office of Mayor. The oath of office was administered on June 12, 2025.” Palmer Lake Mayor Havenar resigns After our June 7th issue had gone to press, it was announced in a June 5th press release that Glant Havenar has resigned as Mayor of the Town of Palmer Lake. The resignation comes following text messages being made public in which Havenar insulted constituents, fellow board members, and community residents and admitted to creating fake social media accounts and communicating with Darcy Schoening and Buc-ee’s consultant Mark Waller during meetings. Buc-ee’s has proposed building a travel center at the southwest corner of I-25 and County Line…
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Our Community Newsletter #5 – June 12, 2025
Download a PDF of this newsletter The Palmer Lake Board of Trustees meets TONIGHT: June 12, 6 pm. Palmer Lake Mayor Havenar resigns After our June 7th issue had gone to press, it was announced in a June 5th press release that Glant Havenar has resigned as Mayor of the Town of Palmer Lake. The resignation comes following text messages being made public in which Havenar insulted constituents, fellow board members, and community residents and admitted to creating fake social media accounts and communicating with Darcy Schoening and Buc-ee’s consultant Mark Waller during meetings. Buc-ee’s has proposed building a travel center at the southwest corner of I-25 and County Line Road. Some texts were shared widely on social media, excerpted from a supplemental filing to a lawsuit filed by Integrity Matters against the Town of Palmer Lake. Read our June 7th issue Legacy at Jackson Landing Community Meeting, June 19 A community meeting will be held…
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Discover new ways to engage with Our Community!
By John Heiser, Publisher, OCN At Our Community News (OCN), we are thrilled to introduce new ways to help you connect better with our vibrant Tri-Lakes community. Interactive website features Our website lets you post questions and comments on articles, columns, and podcasts. Share your thoughts. Join the conversation. Enjoy two audio options for news articles: quick AI-generated highlights (1-2 minutes) or full verbatim readings with highlighted paragraphs you can skip to instantly. Explore now at www.ocn.me! The two monthly audio podcasts we announced last month now offer video versions with large animated subtitles readable on cell phones. One presents highlights from all of the major news articles and the other reads the complete articles. While you can listen to or watch our podcasts on YouTube (www.youtube.com/@OurCommunityNews), Apple Podcasts (www.tinyurl.com/OCNonApple), or Spotify (www.tinyurl.com/OCNonSpotify), we think you will have the best experience listening or watching on our website at www.ocn.me/podcast.htm where…
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Our Community Newsletter #4 – June 6, 2025
Download a PDF of this newsletter Palmer Lake Mayor Havenar resigns After our June 7th issue had gone to press, it was announced in a June 5th press release that Glant Havenar has resigned as Mayor of the Town of Palmer Lake. The resignation comes following text messages being made public in which Havenar insulted constituents, fellow board members, and community residents and admitted to creating fake social media accounts and communicating with Darcy Schoening and Buc-ee’s consultant Mark Waller during meetings. Buc-ee’s has proposed building a travel center at the southwest corner of I-25 and County Line Road. Some texts were shared widely on social media, excerpted from a supplemental filing to a lawsuit filed by Integrity Matters against the Town of Palmer Lake. Our June 7th issue is posted! Our June 7th issue is now posted at wwww.ocn.me.https://wp.ocn.me/ Players for the full audio precede each article. The podcasts of the full audio of the…
Our Community Newsletter #3 – May 28, 2025
Download a PDF of this newsletter New videos posted at the OCN YouTube Channel Madeline VanDenHoek sworn in as Monument Town Manager, May 19, 2025 New sidewalk in Monument from 2nd and Mitchell to Limbach Park Memorial Day at the Monument Cemetery May 25, 2026 View Our YouTube Channel Interview with the late Jim Maguire Long-time resident Jim Maguire died recently. Our editor Michael Weinfeld has posted a 2019 audio interview he did with Jim. You can find it at www.youtube.com/@OurCommunityNews. Click on Playlists. Michael also posted videos of Jim’s Maguireville. Look for Michael’s article about Jim in our upcoming June 7th issue. View Our YouTube Channel Improved podcasts As announced on the front page of our May 3rd issue, Our Community News has launched two new podcast series designed to help busy commuters, multitaskers, and anyone who loves staying informed and engaged. We have made significant improvements to the…
Our Community Newsletter #2 – May 19, 2025
Download a PDF of this newsletter Interview with the late Jim Maguire Long-time resident Jim Maguire died recently. Our editor Michael Weinfeld has posted a 2019 audio interview he did with Jim. You can find it at www.youtube.com/@OurCommunityNews. Click on Playlists. Michael also posted videos of Jim’s Maguireville. Look for Michael’s article about Jim in our upcoming June 7th issue. View Our YouTube Channel Improved podcasts As announced on the front page of our May 3rd issue, Our Community News has launched two new podcast series designed to help busy commuters, multitaskers, and anyone who loves staying informed and engaged. We have made significant improvements to the podcasts since they were announced. The first podcast series is an audio summary of the highlights from our monthly issue. These highlights podcasts cover all the major news articles in 15 minutes or less. To listen to the highlights podcast of this issue…
Our Community Newsletter #1 – May 11, 2025
Download a PDF of this newsletter Improved podcasts As announced on the front page of our May 3rd issue, Our Community News has launched two new podcast series designed to help busy commuters, multitaskers, and anyone who loves staying informed and engaged. We have made significant improvements to the podcasts since they were announced. The first podcast series is an audio summary of the highlights from our monthly issue. These highlights podcasts cover all the major news articles in 15 minutes or less. To listen to the highlights podcast of this issue in our new video format, go to https://wp.ocn.me/ocn2505highlightsvideo/. The news article headlines are listed below the player so you can skip around to hear summaries of the articles that interest you most. The second podcast series consists of the audio files for the major news articles from the issue. These are full articles read aloud. This new podcast form is…
OCN launches exciting new podcasts to keep you informed
By John Heiser, Publisher, OCN Our Community News has launched two new podcast series designed to help busy commuters, multitaskers, and anyone who loves staying informed and engaged. The first series is an audio summary of the highlights from our monthly issue. Although it is AI-generated, we think you will find its professional narration and conversational tone engaging and well worth your time. These highlights podcasts cover all the articles in 30-45 minutes. Timestamps in the notes makes it easy to skip to the articles that interest you most. To listen to the highlights podcast of this issue, go to https://wp.ocn.me/ocn2505highlights/. The second series is a podcast composed of the audio files for the news articles from the issue. These are full articles read aloud. While we have been posting these computer-generated audio files for some time, this new podcast form is perfect for on-the-go listening in a single, easy-to-access…
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OCN switches to larger format
OCN switches to larger format By John Heiser, Publisher, OCN Starting with our November 2001 issue, Our Community News has been printed on pages that are about 11 inches wide by about 17 inches long. This month, our pages are 11 inches wide by 21 inches long. Why the change? Since 2016, OCN has been printed at the Pueblo Chieftain’s printing plant in Pueblo. On June 13, Gannett, the owner of the Chieftain, abruptly announced that the Chieftain’s printing plant will be permanently closed Aug. 13. Publications being printed at that plant include five daily newspapers (Pueblo Chieftain, USA Today, Fort Collins Coloradoan, Rocky Ford Gazette, and the Trinidad Chronicle News), 46 weeklies, and 10 monthlies including OCN. The plant was averaging 76 print jobs per week requiring three shifts a day, six days a week, and employed more than 50 people. Local options for printing OCN on the size…
An important message for our readers – OCN needs your help!
Our Community News is an all-volunteer organization. For the past 20 years, our volunteers have provided unbiased reporting on important local issues, including real estate development, fire departments, school districts, and water availability. We have provided a very favorable platform for advertising local businesses. We have published letters to the editor to allow you to express your opinions on events affecting the Tri-Lakes area. Now we find that we have more tasks than we have volunteers. Some vital jobs where we could use your help: Reporters. Reporting on local meetings, what they talked about and what they decided. Mailing assistants. Counting and lifting tubs of papers to take the monthly mailing to the post offices and stacks of papers to local businesses, loading and unloading mailing tubs from a truck at two locations, preparing post office paperwork, tub labels, subscription labels, etc. Drivers. Driving a rental truck to various post…
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An important message for our readers – OCN needs your help!
Our Community News is an all-volunteer organization. For the past 20 years, our volunteers have provided unbiased reporting on important local issues, including real estate development, fire departments, school districts, and water availability. We have provided a very favorable platform for advertising local businesses. We have published letters to the editor to allow you to express your opinions on events affecting the Tri-Lakes area. Now we find that we have more tasks than we have volunteers. Some vital jobs where we could use your help: Reporters. Reporting on local meetings, what they talked about and what they decided. Mailing assistants. Counting and lifting tubs of papers to take the monthly mailing to the post offices and stacks of papers to local businesses, loading and unloading mailing tubs from a truck at two locations, preparing post office paperwork, tub labels, subscription labels, etc. Drivers. Driving a rental truck to various post…
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