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Lafayette, Colorado is located in Boulder County. Zip codes in Lafayette, CO include 80026. The median home price in Lafayette is $299,000 which is roughly $159/per square foot. More Lafayette information.

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6 hrs ago | Denver Post

Northwest study could alter FasTracks vote

A 13-month study of the transit needs of communities along the U.S. 36 corridor could result in much-needed consensus but also trigger a new vote on the FasTracks program.

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Tue Jun 18, 2013

Denver Post

Boulder County extends oil and gas moratorium for 18 months

Boulder County's 16-month-old moratorium on accepting new applications for oil and gas development in unincorporated areas of the county will be extended for another 18 months, county commissioners decided Tuesday afternoon.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

Daily Camera

G'Knight Riders wheel their bicycles through central Longmont

Fleets of families cycled down downtown Longmont's Main Street on Saturday evening, in one of the highlights of this year's edition of the G'Knight Ride.

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Thu Jun 13, 2013

Grist Magazine

Colorado city wants more than just a ban on fracking

The latest effort by a group of Coloradans to protect their community from frackers goes further than the bans and moratoriums recently put in place by Boulder, Fort Collins, and Longmont .

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Boulder Weekly

Lafayette activists petition for fracking ban

Anti-fracking activists in Lafayette have launched a petition drive for a ballot measure that would enact a ban on hydraulic fracturing and other oil/gas extraction methods within city limits.

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Tue Jun 11, 2013

Daily Camera

Lafayette anti-fracking effort draws canvassers

The task of collecting 950 signatures from registered Lafayette voters may take a while, but members of anti-fracking advocacy group East Boulder County United were encouraged Tuesday when 25 people showed up to a meeting to volunteer to collect the signatures.

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The Boulder County Business Report

Nursery seeks funds for project in Lafayette

The Boulder Day Nursery is fundraising in hopes that construction can begin next summer on a 10,000 to 12,000-square-foot Lafayette Community School.

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Fri Jun 07, 2013

Denver Post

Five injured in rollover accident on Colo. 93 south of Boulder

A Lafayette man suffered life-threatening injuries Thursday when he was ejected from his vehicle in a head-on collision on Colo.

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Thu Jun 06, 2013

TheDenverChannel

Grieving mother given wrong remains

A mother's grief is compounded by a logistical nightmare that sent her home with the wrong baby's remains.

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Daily Camera

Group kicks off campaign to get anti-fracking measure on Lafayette ballot

East Boulder County United, an anti-fracking advocacy group, will begin a petition drive next week to get a measure on the November ballot that would prohibit any new oil and gas extraction within Lafayette city limits.

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Daily Camera

Protecting mothers: New crime law sidesteps silly personhood movement

Women who want to carry their pregnancies to term and become victims of crimes just got a boost from the Statehouse, which crafted it in such a way to preserve the right to choose to have an abortion in Colorado.

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Wed Jun 05, 2013

Daily Camera

Lafayette woman suffers serious injuries after being run over in parking lot Saturday

A 53-year-old woman was airlifted to Denver Health Medical Center with serious injuries on Saturday, after Lafayette police say she was run over by a car in the parking lot of Zamparelli's Italian Bistro, near the intersection of Arapahoe Road and 95th Street.

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Broomfield Enterprise

Out from behind the curtain

Lafayette resident Sondra Blanchard's new Public Works Theatre Company will take the stage for its first show later this month.

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Tue Jun 04, 2013

Daily Camera

Lafayette council approves 'remote attendance'

The Lafayette City Council on Tuesday night became the first municipal governing body in Boulder County to allow its elected members to "attend" and fully participate in meetings remotely by phone, video or Internet.

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LongmontFYI

Lafayette chef strips bitterness from collard greens with a hot lemon chive dressing

Ashley Forrest, head chef at Coal Creek Meals on Wheels, pours the dressing on her collard greens to finish the recipe at First United Methodist Church of Lafayette.

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Daily Camera

SnarfBurger to open at former KARZ, Sonic drive-in site in Lafayette

A SnarfBurger restaurant is planned for 985 S. Public Road in Lafayette, a drive-in restaurant property previously occupied by KARZ Drive-In and Sonic, officials announced Tuesday.

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Mon Jun 03, 2013

Daily Camera

Lafayette to consider 'remote attendance' by council members

Lafayette could become the first municipality in Boulder County -- and quite possibly in the state -- to allow its elected leaders to attend council meetings and vote on ordinances without ever stepping into City Hall.

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Sun Jun 02, 2013

Daily Camera

Boulder Council to consider fracking moratorium Tuesday

Boulder's leaders listened with great interest last week, when at a joint meeting of community officials, Longmont's city attorney gave an update on the slow progress of two lawsuits looking to block the town's efforts to regulate fracking and eliminate a voter-approved measure to ban it.

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Fri May 31, 2013

Daily Camera

Boulder County women seek civil unions more than men

The number of women entering into civil unions in Boulder County far outpaced men throughout the month of May, under a new state law that took effect at the start of the month.

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Examiner.com

The Mod Cabin: A beard oil review

If you have been paying attention , you would have noticed that there's a series afoot here in Examiner-land. This series, complete with product introductions and reviews, has been all about beard oils.

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