Here’s the latest in neighborhood news and business profiles from The Denver Post’s local section .
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Courtesy Thornton Fire Department
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1. THORNTON HOUSE EXPLOSION INTENTIONAL, POLICE SAY
A community meeting Wednesday night to discuss a house explosion that killed a man last month took an unexpected turn when Thornton police announced that and, despite speculation, no drug operations were discovered in the home.
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Anya Semenoff, YourHub
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2. BUSINESS IS BRISK FOR BLUEBIRD DISTRICT IN DENVER
Six months isn’t much time to determine the value of the Bluebird business improvement district on East Colfax Avenue, but .
3. AURORA’S I-225 LIGHT RAIL UNDER CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR
By the end of this summer, . The 10.5-mile line runs along the I-225 corridor from the Nine Mile station at Parker Road up to Peoria Avenue on the Fitzsimons Medical Campus.
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Seth McConnell, YourHub
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4. ARVADA CENTER CLOSER TO NONPROFIT MODEL
After years of bringing in less money than it spends, the Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities.
5. ALL’S FAIR IN ADAMS, ARAPAHOE COUNTIES
Adams and Arapahoe counties are revving up for their respective county fairs. In Brighton, the Adams County Fair is celebrating its 110th birthday with throwbacks to 1904 . Meanwhile in Arapahoe County, , despite the county’s shrinking agriculture space.
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Seth McConnell, YourHub
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6. AFTER A YEAR OF URBAN AGRICULTURE, COMPLAINTS IN LAKEWOOD LOW
Since Lakewood expanded its urban agriculture to allow for goats, bees and chickens on private property, , but only a handful of complaints.
7. CUSTOMER FLIPS OUT OVER DOUGHNUT FROSTING, GETS ARRESTED
Word to the wise: If you have an outstanding warrant, maybe you shouldn’t harass a King Soopers bakery manager for not putting extra chocolate icing on your doughnut. Read this and more from the week in police blotter at the .
BUSINESS Q&A: HIGH PLAINS TAP HOUSE, LITTLETON
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Seth McConnell, YourHub
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: “Being surrounded by no fewer than four sports bars within 2 miles of High Plains Tap House, we knew we were going to have to do things differently.” Their bar on South Wadsworth Boulevard doesn’t allow kids (or anyone under 21) and purposefully has no TVs to give a quiet, inviting space for adults.
BUSINESS Q&A: THUNDERBIRD MOTORCYCLE, WHEAT RIDGE
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Seth McConnell, YourHub
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wants people to know that it’s not just a full-service repair shop and one of the largest tire vendors in the state, it’s also the T Bird RoadHouse, a restaurant and bar where you can eat and drink while you get your bike serviced.
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