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…
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