🌱 Patch AM: What’s really buried beneath that quiet open space in Lakewood?

Hello Lakewood! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• What’s really buried beneath that quiet open space in Lakewood?
• How a Lakewood rail line once fueled Jeffco’s sugar beet boom

Today's riddle: What did the windowsill say to the glass? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Monday: Mostly sunny and warm, with a high of 71 and low of 41 degrees.
• Tuesday: Times of clouds and sun, temps: high: 64, low: 42.
• Wednesday: Mostly sunny, nice and warm, with a high of 68 and low of 44 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Buried Beneath Lakewood: The Forgotten Story of Colorado's Satanic Mine (k99.com) — A long-closed coal mine once known as the Satanic Mine actually sits beneath open space in present-day Lakewood, where it later operated as the Bluebird Mine until the 1930s. The piece recounts its 19th‑century origins, a deadly 1921 explosion that killed six miners, and a 2023 state investigation into how the underground workings were sealed.
   

• Visions of Sugar Beets (goldentoday.com) — Lakewood gets a nod in this look back at Jefferson County’s early 1900s sugar beet boom, when a Denver Tramway rail line via Lakewood helped farmers rush crops to Denver. The story traces how high hopes for local beet dumps, co-ops, and possible factories faded after sugar prices crashed in 1920.
   

📸 Around Lakewood

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Lakewood

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Monday December 22

• Kids Writing Group
  Belmar Library , 555 South Allison Parkway , Lakewood
  6:30 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Open for Visitors
  Jefferson County, CO Calendar
  8:00 am
• Little Nero’s Pizza Shop
  Belmar Library , 555 South Allison Parkway , Lakewood
  1:00 pm
• Preschool Time
  Belmar Library , 555 South Allison Parkway , Lakewood
  1:15 pm
• Intercambio Spanish Conversation Table / Intercambio: Mesa de Conversación en español
  Belmar Library , 555 South Allison Parkway , Lakewood
  6:00 pm
• Family Time
  Belmar Library , 555 South Allison Parkway , Lakewood
  6:15 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Open for Visitors
  Jefferson County, CO Calendar
  8:00 am

Thursday December 25

• Closed for Christmas
  Jefferson County, CO Calendar
  8:00 am

📣 Lakewood Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Monday December 22

• Open for Visitors
  Jefferson County, CO Calendar
  8:00 am
• Let's Dance
  Golden Library , 1019 Tenth Street , Golden
  10:15 am
• Kids Cook with Sticky Fingers
  Golden Library , 1019 Tenth Street , Golden
  11:30 am
• Teens Cook with Sticky Fingers
  Golden Library , 1019 Tenth Street , Golden
  1:15 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Hello all.
  I am reading a lot of complaints about not having heat because of the power outage. I wish people understood what it feels like to loose your home… (Nextdoor Miller Heights)
• If you do not have plans for Christmas Eve, I want to offer to host a potluck at my apartment that night at 6pm.
  Please text me, 7202034844 if you need a community to share the Holiday with. (Nextdoor Green Mountain Village 1)

🗞 Nearby News

Golden

• Another Strange, Unsettling Experience (goldentoday.com)
• Dozens of Jeffco Public Schools employees to lose their jobs due to budget cuts (9news.com)
• Hearing for SUV driver who hit Central bus postponed by power shutoff (gjsentinel.com)

Littleton

• Top 3 Best Puppy Trainers in Littleton CO (newsgram.com)
• Polis can help the PUC find a better balance with natural gas (Letters) (denverpost.com)
• Supercharged 2024 Ford F-150 XL V8 4×4 (bringatrailer.com)

Ok Lakewood! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

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