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A daily crime report in Longmont.

"Even if you don’t think of yourself as introverted, you may find some helpful info here. Why? Because, to paraphrase Ben Franklin, we assume our differences divide us only to find we share common ground."

On the windows, some observant people noticed it now features a new name, Dickens 300 Prime, and a beef- focused logo. That quiet change offered a hint to what the new Dickens is about.

"It may feel like a stark choice between mental or physical health. But as a family therapist and professor of educational psychology who studies resilience in families under stress, I can assure you there’s no single schooling option that guarantees a happy, healthy kid or dooms a child to despair."

“Everything we plant, with one or two exceptions, has been growing in this area for at least a couple of centuries. I’ve been into this all my life. So when we got an opportunity to look at this property, bells were ringing in my head about what a good place it would be.”

Today’s spotlight is on Collin Brantmeyer and his new book “Death of a Car Salesman.” Brantmeyer lives in Longmont with his wife and son.

We know voters and potential voters will have questions about how voter registration works, how mail-in ballots work, how ballots are counted and more. The Colorado News Collaborative and its members, which the Leader is among, want to answer those questions. Here’s a start.

The voting methods in Colorado are customary and date back to 2013, when the all-mail ballot system went statewide for all elections. Yet Democratic Secretary of State Jena Griswold and county clerks from both parties now find themselves defending a system that was added as an option for Colorado counties back in 1993.

The National Park Service estimates that about 85% of forest fires are started by humans, usually by carelessness.

Christopher Reyes was sentenced today to 9 years in state prison with 5 years of parole to follow, plus an additional consecutive 8 years on supervised probation with rehabilitative terms and conditions.