An edition of the Littleton Independent
WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
VOLUME 22 | ISSUE 41
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CUTTING TIES Sheriff Brown takes stand
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TEACHER INVESTIGATED In preparation for Big Bill’s New York Pizza’s Day of Giving on September 11th, the restaurant hung up signs on the side of their restaurant in remembrance of the September 11 attacks and for the nonprofit founded by the owner, Bill Ficke. PHOTO BY HALEY LENA
Cherry Creek Schools reported
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Big Bill’s New York Pizza Day of Giving brings out the good in people BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Bill Ficke didn’t believe what he had heard when he picked up the phone just after 6 a.m. on Sept.
11, 2001. His friend had told him a plane crashed into the World Trade Center and tragedy started to unfold in the city he called home. As Ficke turned on the television, he watched the second plane go
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into the building. Throughout the day, people flooded into Big Bill’s New York Pizza, located at 8243 S Holly St. in SEE BIG BILL’S, P12
HANDS ACT
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