1 year ago: Silverthorne council shuts down development proposal along Highway 9

Silverthorne Town Council rejected a development proposal for 69 condominiums on Blue River Parkway during an April 24 meeting after finding it didn’t fit into the town’s goals or comprehensive plan. TG Developments presented the town with a proposal that featured four buildings consisting of 69 condominium units, 21 of which are town-owned workforce housing units and 48 privately owned, market-rate units. The proposal also outlined two carport structures, one detached garage building, surface parking and a multiuse recreational pathway. The denial does not preclude the developer from developing on the parcel they own or from partnering with the town on a different project. It just sends the developer back to the drawing board. 

— From the April 26, 2024, edition of the Summit Daily News

5 years ago: Summit County Animal Shelter sees record number of adoptions

As people are limited in ways to socialize in person due to the coronavirus pandemic, some have turned to other forms of companionship. Pet adoptions are increasing throughout the country with people’s extended time at home, and Summit County is no different. Lesley Hall, Summit County Animal Control and Shelter director, said adoptions have spiked since the pandemic started. She said 50 animals were adopted in March, which is a record for the shelter. For comparison, the shelter saw 39 total adoptions of dogs, cats and small mammals in February 2020 and 46 in January, which Hall thinks was the previous record. There were 33 adoptions in March 2019.

— From the April 20, 2020, edition of the Summit Daily News

10 years ago: CDOT’s new bus system links Summit County commuters to Denver

Summit County locals can look forward to a new way of traveling to Denver, no car required, starting in July 2015. The Colorado Department of Transportation’s new express bus service, Bustang, will link transit centers stretching from Glenwood Springs to Denver’s Union Station. The three routes link the I-70 mountain corridor to I-25 both northbound and southbound, with destinations in Fort Collins and Colorado Springs. One bus will run each weekday along I-70.

— From the April 21, 2015, edition of the Summit Daily News

15 years ago: Breckenridge Council approves plan to run gondola during the summer

The BreckConnect Gondola will run daily from July 1 to Sept. 5, 2010, after the Breckenridge Town Council approved a new operation plan in a 6-1 vote, during a special meeting April 21, 2010. Council member Jeffrey Bergeron was the lone dissenting vote, citing a town consultant’s concerns about potential impacts to the bird and moose populations in the Cucumber Gulch corridor through which it travels. Breckenridge Resort’s biological consultant said the migratory bird breeding season would end by June 21, but the town’s consultant said that date reflects data from the Front Range, which is not the same locally. The town consultant recommended the town not operate the gondola in June or July. The town has plans to support further wildlife monitoring in the gulch to better understand the impacts of people on the local wildlife.

— From the April 22, 2010, edition of the Summit Daily News

30 years ago: Frisco resident nabs first home run ball hit at Coors Field, 13 stitches

Chip Paulsen, the benefits administrator for Copper Mountain Resort, was sitting with a group of co-workers when Rockies left fielder Dante Bichette hit a ninth-inning blast that officially christened the new stadium with its first home run on April 20, 1995. Paulsen proceeded to fall out of the stands and into the sports history books when he performed a dive onto the center field service ramp at Coors Field in pursuit of the first home run ball hit at the new stadium. The first thing Paulsen did after regaining his feet was to pick up his long-awaited souvenir, shortly after security guards escourted him to the hospital where the 24-year-old Frisco resident earned himself 13 stitches, his first major-league baseball and a spot on ESPN Sportscenter.

125 years ago: Late-night fire breaks out at Breckenridge Mercantile Co.

The peacefully sleeping people of Breckenridge were aroused by the fire bell shortly after midnight on April 27, 1900, as a fire broke out in the garret (attic space) of J. P. Looney’s store, the Breckenridge Mercantile Co. The fire is supposed to have originated by a mouse nest that had built up around the stove pipe. Probably around 300 people gathered at the scene, many of whom rendered aid in either extinguishing the fire or rescuing the store’s stock, much of which was dumped in a promiscuous mass on the opposite side of the street. None of the stock was burned, but the damage by water and hasty removal will result in a loss of several hundred dollars. The interior of the garret is a mass of ruins and the roof appears ready to fall in. The complete working of the water system, together with the night’s calm winds, fortunately prevented the flames from spreading.

— From the April 28, 1900, edition of the Summit County Journal