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All Lakewood City Council incumbents re-elected, still focusing on affordable housing
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The Lakewood City Council looks mostly the same following the Nov. 4 elections. With that, the council’s goals remain the same: affordable housing for the missing middle — or families that don’t qualify as low-income but don’t earn enough to obtain a mortgage on a single-family home. The city had four incumbents running for re-election…
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Lakewood City Council launches food drive for the Action Center
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The Lakewood City Council has begun a food drive amid the federal shutdown, during which federal workers have not received salaries and uncertainty hangs over a food stamp assistance program. The council announced the Pack the Pantry food drive on Thursday to “ask the community to help working families and those in need during the…
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Westminster elects new mayor; Jeffco pick new school leaders
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Westminster picked a new mayor, Jeffco Public Schools elected new board members and the Lakewood City Council looks nearly identical. Here are the updated, unofficial results as of Wednesday, a day after the Nov. 4 elections. JEFFCO PUBLIC SCHOOLS Three of the five Jeffco Public Schools Board of Education seats will have new occupants, two…
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Voters unseat Jeffco schools leader
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Tina Moeinian was elected over incumbent Mary Parker and Gloria ‘Teresa’ Rascon in the race for the District 5 seat on the Jeffco School Board of Education, according to early results. Moeinian received the backing of the Jefferson County Education Association. Moeinian, a professional mediator, won over Parker, the current board president, and Rascon with…
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Lakewood elementary school sale injunction pushed until next week
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The Lakewood land swap with the Action Center has been pushed back again following the trial between a local attorney and the city. The Lakewood City Council was supposed to meet Wednesday evening for a special session regarding the three-ordinance process involving the city purchasing the current Action Center, leasing it and then selling part…
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Lakewood City Council discusses sale of elementary school amidst lawsuit
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The Lakewood land swap with the Action Center was supposed to be voted upon Monday, but has been pushed to Wednesday due to an ongoing legal case. The Monday Lakewood City Council meeting was planned to include three ordinances involving the handshake deal struck with the both Jeffco Public Schools and the Action Center —…
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Jeffco candidates ramp up spending, fundraising in final stretch of election campaign
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Candidates throughout Jefferson County have ramped up their spending and fundraising, as they headed into the final stretch of this year’s elections. Lakewood: 5 council seats There are five Lakewood City Council seats up for election on Nov. 4, including one in each of the five wards. Liz Black, who is running for the Ward…
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City of Lakewood moving to phone service for emergency alerts
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Lakewood is cutting the sirens for mobile devices. The city announced on Tuesday that it will be replacing the 25 outdoor warning sirens for a text and phone call service called LookoutAlert as of Dec. 31, according to a press release. The physical sirens were installed throughout Lakewood 39 years ago and have “reached the…
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Lakewood City Council approves zoning map
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Lakewood finalized the last ordinance for its nearly 400-page zoning code proposal on Monday and approved the zoning map, ending a heated process that had sparked controversy in the city since the beginning of the year. The final ordinance of the new Lakewood zoning code was approved with an 8-3 vote during the City Council…
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Lakewood City Council approves reconfiguring of single-family zoning
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The controversial section of Lakewood’s new proposed planning document that aims to add more affordable housing to the city was approved Monday evening. The Lakewood City Council approved an amended version of Article 3 of the city’s 2026 zoning code proposal — a 400-page planning document covering residential, commercial and mixed-use site design standards, parking…
