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WEEK OF AUGUST 17, 2023
VOLUME 157 | ISSUE 33
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Turning the page to our next chapter
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around downtown Golden. It’s operating seven days a week through Labor Day, after which service on Sundays will end. For the full schedule, visit GuidingGolden.com. • The Silver route will circulate around the Mines campus. Starting Aug. 21, it’ll run shuttles every 15
ear readers and supporters: Today begins a new chapter for this newspaper and Colorado Community Media, and we’re excited to NOTE FROM share updates on THE PUBLISHER our move to a new printing facility, why that matters and news of the upcoming launch of a revamped website. In June, we learned that the facility that prints our portfolio of Linda Shapley two dozen weekly newspapers and magazines would be closing this month. At the time, we pledged to find a solution that would ensure little to no disruption to our printing and distribution schedule. We conducted a comprehensive analysis of options, aiming to keep costs down and changes as minimal as possible while understanding that
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Colorado School of Mines mascot Blaster shows off the new Ore Cart shuttle on campus. The university and the City of Golden COURTESY OF AGATA BOGUCKA AND COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES have partnered to host the free shuttles along four routes around Golden.
Golden, Mines launch free city-wide shuttle service BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
There’s now an easy and free way to get around Golden.
Colorado School of Mines and the City of Golden have launched all routes for the free Ore Cart shuttle service. The partners hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Aug. 9 to celebrate the full launch ahead of Mines’ 2023-24 academic year. The Ore Cart has four routes: • The Gold route, which is currently a city pilot program, circulates
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