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A pair of ospreys that were looking to nest on a crane in a structure under construction in Silverthorne now have a new home thanks to the collaboration of local residents, businesses and city authorities.
On Monday, May 8, Xcel Energy installed an osprey-nesting pole along the Blue River, not far from the crane, hoping the ospreys would nest there and not at the structure site.
The osprey pair’s new nest now towers over most of the trees and buildings in the area, which doesn’t offer the thousands of miles of perspectives they would have had from the crane’s peak, but it’s comfortably nested between the new home. subdivision and Dillon Ranger Station.
— Starting May 14, 2023 from the Summit Daily News
Frisco is set to launch a wetland mitigation task in conjunction with the Big Dig at Frisco Bay Marina later this year, even though the proposed location of the task has prompted considerations among some citizens that the move could have a negative effect on values. of their properties.
As a component of Big Dig, a major excavation of the Dillon Reservoir lake bed, the city has disturbed approximately 1. 03 acres of wetlands and, through the Army Corps of Engineers, is required to submit mitigation projects on at least 2. 1 acres of wetlands as compensation.
— May 17, 2019, Summit Daily News
After nearly six years, Matt “Rocko” Karukin announced that he would be finishing the three20south concert hall for Smart in a Facebook post on May 1, 2014.
In a follow-up interview with the Summit Daily News, Karukin said the resolution was financial, as the venue struggled to break even, let alone generate profits.
— May 14, 2014 excerpt from the Summit Daily News
A land swap near the Snake River can simply cede a 43-acre parcel of land in the countryside in exchange for 3 parcels of national forest, assuming the landowners and the U. S. Forest Service agree to the land. U. S. citizens can agree on the estimated price of the parcel.
The privately owned parcel along Peru Creek, called Parcela de Chihuahua, was legally constituted as a city in the late 19th century, with about 500 mapped masses. Up to 400 more people could have lived there during the mining era. Gary Miller, co-owner of the land, said that the plot can also only be developed today with up to 180 homes.
He and his partners are interested in changing the parcel, which is completely surrounded by U. S. Forest Service land. The U. S. Department of Homeland Security is seeking U. S. Relief for the 21-acre Dercum’s Dash parcel near Keystone’s River Run Gondola, which has initial zoning approval for 24 single-family hillside developments. and a clubhouse. The other two parcels up for grabs (an open wetland parcel in Cucumber Gulch and the Cleanjumper Cleanup Mining Concession in Breckenridge) would be allocated to the City of Breckenridge for public purposes, adding wetland preservation and housing.
— May 14, 2009 excerpt from the Summit Daily News
The filmmakers who visited Breckenridge in late March 1994 made a bad impression on some Main Street business owners and city council members. The complaints stem from cars being blocked on Main Street and the mess caused by fake snow.
As companies scrambled to get end-of-season deals, the film’s crew blocked traffic for an entire day on Saturday. Mayor Steve West said he heard the production company had sent a letter to several local businesses that Main Street would be closed “briefly” that day. , however, on Friday night they called and were told that the street would be closed all day.
— May 12, 1994 excerpt from the Summit Daily News
The trial of Le Peuple Dr. J. F. Condon began at Fairplay Courthouse on May 16, 1899, in the presence of about 50 people.
There is no doubt about the most important facts of the vital factor before a court decision. On August 4, 1898, Dr. Condon shot John B. Dewers on Main Street in Breckenridge; There’s no doubt about it. The question before the jury as to whether the firing of an intentional, deliberate, malicious, and premeditated murder, or whether the mitigating cases were strong enough to warrant an excuse for the murder.
It’s a challenge that the 12 strong, unwavering men had to overcome. Condon was acquitted at 9 a. m. on May 1.
— May 20, 1899, from the Summit County Journal.
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