Lafayette News

Susan Nadai Moi dug through the tissue paper with eager fingers. When she saw her graduation present, her face lit up and her feet began to drum the ground with excitement.

A woman, whose body was found along a trail in Lafayette on Friday, has been identified as Terry J. McQuown, 42, of Lafayette, according to the Boulder County Coroner's Office.

Flatirons Community Church's plan to move from South Boulder Road to the eastern edge of Lafayette received initial City Council approval Tuesday night, despite protests from nearby residents.

A hospital was locked down briefly on Tuesday after a woman in a waiting room handed a medical technician a note that said the man she was with had a gun and she was scared.

A 42-year-old woman was found today along the Coal Creek Trail in Lafayette dead from a single gunshot wound to the head, said Lafayette police Cmdr.

LAFAYETTE -- Lafayette is seeking outside help in its efforts to revitalize its downtown.

The city recently was accepted as a participant in the Community Revitalization Partnership program with Downtown Colorado Inc., and a small team of revitalization "experts" will visit Lafayette Dec. 9 and 10 before developing recommendations.

Two teens were arrested over the weekend in connection with a string of car break-ins in Old Town Lafayette.

Ryan Elementary School is a science and math focus school, so teachers there attempt to weave the two subjects into students' daily instruction.

It is November. Are you kidding? Is it just me, or did summer seem only three weeks long? Halloween has come and gone, which means Thanksgiving has to be about three weeks away, which likely means tomorrow.

Boulder police arrested a 25-year-old Lafayette woman late Tuesday on suspicion of breaking into her ex-husband's Boulder home and hitting him in the head with a shovel in front of their child.

Lafayette City Council incumbents Chris Cameron, Carolyn Cutler and Alex Schatz were headed for re-election Tuesday night, and likely will be joined on the board by newcomer Staci Lupberger.

A controversial housing project proposed in the northeastern part of Lafayette has secured a promise of $1 million in fee waivers from the city.

The City of Lafayette is having its annual leaf drop-off program for residents. Rake your leaves and have a place to drop them off.

Don't forget to shovel your sidewalks. Many elderly and handicapped people depend upon them. Failure to shovel them may result in a fine.

All that she would say later, and over and over to people she knew, was how grateful she was that police did not kill her son.

Ray Casias, a Lafayette, Colo. Parks and Open Space Dept. employee, clears snow from the entrance of the Lafayette Public Library on Wednesday, Oct.

LAFAYETTE -- Young people are getting involved in the upcoming Lafayette City Council election, asking candidates to respond to youth-oriented questions.

LaFayette First United Methodist Church, Cub Scout Pack 3270 and Girl Scout Troops 588, 494 and 817 will host a Fall Festival Oct.

What: Dentists Gordon West and Marc Alber will offer $1 for every pound of Halloween candy kids bring in Where: 2919 Valmont Road, Suite 106, Boulder; 1140 S. Boulder Road, Suite 201, Lafayette More info: bouldercountysmiles.com A pillowcase full of Halloween candy contains more than 100,000 calories and nearly a gallon of fat, according to ...

Albertsons will close its Lafayette and Longmont stores Saturday, two months after the grocer said they would be shut down for poor performance.