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More than 80,000 attendees are expected for the 34th annual Longs Peak Scottish-Irish Highland Festival taking place Thursday, September 9th through Sunday, September 12th at the Stanley Park Fairgrounds in Estes Park. The festival began in 1976 and has grown to be the largest and most majestic Celtic festival in the U.S. with more than [...]

Estes Park public schools are back in session and that means more pedestrians along Estes Park roadways. Police Chief Wes Kufeld reminds drivers to obey speed limits and to pay special attention to pedestrians at crosswalks. Chief Kufeld commented, “We all need to share the road and take responsibility for the safety of pedestrians and [...]

The Town of Estes Park recently received two grants to improve traffic congestion in Estes Park. The grants, totaling $956,000, were awarded from the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program to build a transit hub in the southwest quadrant of the Fairgrounds at Stanley Park. This area currently consists of a dirt and [...]

On September 1, park officials will put closures in place for travel on foot or horse off established roadways or designated trails from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. These closures last through October 31 and are effective in Horseshoe Park, Upper Beaver Meadows, Moraine Park, Harbison Meadow and Holzwarth Meadow in Rocky Mountain National Park. [...]

Donna Negus Rearick born October 11, 1943 into pioneer family of Edward and Martha Negus in Lompoc, California, ended her amazing journey in this world on August 30th, 2010. Donna graduated from Lompoc High School in 1961. Married Charles O. Rearick in 1965 and had one son, Brandon Michael Rearick. Donna and Brandon moved to [...]

Raymond J. Kelberer, 68, of Estes Park, passed away on August 31, 2010. Ray was born on September 26, 1941, in Wolf Point, MT., to Raymond and Esther Kelberer. He grew up in Montana hunting, fishing and studying the accounting business. He received his undergraduate degree in Accounting in Minnesota at Mankato State College. He [...]

Jeanne Helen Bedinger, 92, of Greeley and formerly of Estes Park died on August 7, 2010 at Grace Pointe in Greeley. She was born on May 11, 1918 to Ethel (Chipman) and Merrick Hipson in Lynn, Massachusetts, where she spent her early years. The family moved to Savannah, Georgia, when she was a teenager. She [...]

Wilfred Allan Schwartz was born September 23, 1923 in New York City. He was a first generation American born to Isadore Schwartz and Pauline Eisenstein who emigrated from Europe. Will’s passion for music began early. He started playing violin at age six and enrolled in the Julliard School of Music at age 15. He landed [...]

On August 19, Estes Park Mayor Bill Pinkham and Town Trustees joined Park Theatre Mall co-owner Sharon Seeley, her husband Bob Seeley and brother Andrew Stanger to hang 11 interpretive panels along the Riverwalk connection through the Park Theatre Mall site. The display, which was produced by staff at the Estes Park Museum, highlights the [...]

On Friday, August 27, at 2:23 p.m. park rangers received a cell phone call regarding a 50 year-old male hiker (hometown unknown) with an ankle injury near the Trough on the Keyhole Route of Longs Peak. The hiker’s son was requesting assistance. Two park rangers left the Longs Peak Trailhead and met the injured man [...]

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