Joe Vaccarelli

Denver/South Jefferson County

Joe Vaccarelli

Joe Vaccarelli covers Denver and Lakewood for the YourHub section of The Denver Post. Prior to coming aboard in 2011, he worked with Mile High Newspapers. Vaccarelli also teaches percussion at schools in Golden and Littleton and performs with the Denver Broncos Stampede and Denver Nuggets Skyline drumlines.

Jacquie Halburnt is the city manager of Federal Heights. (Caleb Foreman, Denver7)

Federal Heights council meeting ends without discussion, decision on city manager and city attorney

April 17, 2026 at 3:16 p.m.

It's unclear whether a vote to place City Manager Jacquie Halburnt and City Attorney Bill Hayashi would have passed.

Four under-the-radar Denver breweries to try

July 17, 2017 at 5:10 p.m.

OK, if Denver is short on anything it's certainly not local breweries. However, while some hit it big, many are just scratching and surviving while trying to share their craft...

Hunter Comer, 10, front left, and fellow teammates from the Southern Plains All-Stars team, watch as players from their team run through the skills competition.

Southeast Denver Baseball and Softball league celebrates 50 years and a lot more

July 11, 2017 at 4:44 p.m.

The Southeast Denver Baseball and Softball League and the league has celebrated its 50th anniversary this season as it wraps up play this year.

Zumba fitness instructors Marion Centeno, center, and Izabela Betlinska, left, lead participants in a free Zumba class in the courtyard outside the Lakewood Civic Center on July 6.

It’s time to “Get Your Play On” in Lakewood

July 11, 2017 at 4:55 p.m.

Lakewood is once again taking part in national parks and recreation month put on by the National Recreation and Park Association. It抖阴ap the 32nd year that the NRPA has hosted...

Shoppers visit some of the restaurants and businesses at the Oneida Park shopping center on June 27 in Denver. The Park Hill block of shops is getting a $10 million investment from a developer and adding some popular businesses such as an unnamed project by Little Man Ice Cream.(Photo by Kathryn Scott/YourHub)

Park Hill’s Oneida Park shopping center to get major face-lift

July 5, 2017 at 10:35 a.m.

Park Hill鈥檚 Oneida Park shopping center is about to get a serious upgrade now that two local developers have purchased the retail area and plan to pump millions into its...

Construction crews continue work inside the ...

New Anschutz Student Center close to opening at Colorado Christian University

June 27, 2017 at 5:26 p.m.

Construction is starting to wrap up on a new $28 million student center that administrators believe will greatly spruce up the campus at Lakewood鈥檚 Colorado Christian University and make it...

Agent Dutch Smith, right, with the Lakewood Police sector liaison unit, checks in with Al Dinani, branch manager at the Sooper Credit Union on June 22, 2017 in Lakewood.

Lakewood PD unit at forefront of community policing

June 27, 2017 at 5:01 p.m.

Lakewood police's sector liaison unit is at the forefront of the city's ongoing effort of community policing that brings the officers together with residents and business owners in the city.

Neighbors Marie Benedix and Roger Oram pass some of the historic homes in the Packard's Hill area of northwest Denver on June 22, 2017.

West Highland residents seek new historic district; opponents oppose restrictions

June 29, 2017 at 2:21 p.m.

Several West Highland residents have spent more than year organizing an effort to create the Packard's Hill Historic District, celebrating the area's rich history and architecture. The application has been...

Japanese parasols were plentiful at the ...

Now in its 45th year, Cherry Blossom Festival returns to Denver’s Sakura Square

June 22, 2017 at 8:32 a.m.

The Cherry Blossom Festival is returning to Denver for the 45th year June 24-25 and will celebreate Japanese culture on the streets of downtown.

An eviction notice appears on the door of Rhinoceropolis on Dec. 8.

Denver code-violation proposal seeks to build trust while addressing unpermitted spaces

June 20, 2017 at 3:38 p.m.

Denver鈥檚 planning and fire departments know there several art and DIY spaces scattered around the city that are not up to code, but rather a strict enforcement that could displace...

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