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Hi Golden! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Thinking about Mines? See how to shadow a Golden engineering student.
  • How a new Jeffco school partnership is keeping Golden families housed
  • How one firehouse incident led to major shakeups at Golden City Hall.

Also on today's calendar: Altar de Muertos: String Quartet Masterworks Performance and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: How do billboards talk? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 82 and low of 60 degrees.
  • Sunday: Some sun, a t-shower in spots, temps: high: 79, low: 55.
  • Monday: Sunny and remaining very warm, with a high of 82 and low of 46 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. SWE Shadows – Colorado School of Mines (swe.org) — High school and transfer students can spend a day shadowing engineering students at Colorado School of Mines in Golden this November, getting a close look at classes, campus life, and the Society of Women Engineers community. Sessions run 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on November 11 and 18, with chances to attend info sessions, lunch, and coffee chats with current students.
   

2. Denver Rescue Mission partnering with school districts after homeless prevention pilot (denver7.com) — Families in Golden and across Jefferson County are getting new help staying housed through Denver Rescue Mission's school-based homelessness prevention program, piloted with Jeffco Public Schools. By placing caseworkers in schools and offering one-time emergency payments averaging $2,900, the effort has already kept more than 100 Colorado families, including 40 Jeffco families, from losing their homes and is now expanding statewide.
   

3. Former Golden employee who hung Black doll: 'It was a misunderstanding' (thegoldentranscript.com) — Golden residents are learning more about the internal investigation into a Golden Fire Department employee who hung a Black "Snoop on a Stoop" doll from a rope, an act he calls a misunderstanding. Newly released documents detail staff reactions, the employee's discipline and eventual firing, and how the controversy contributed to the terminations of the city manager and fire chief and a new outside investigation.
   

4. News About Golden - October 9, 2026 (goldentoday.com) — Golden readers are updated on a new 284-unit Alasso apartment development aimed at easing the city's tight rental market, along with news of a Golden man's arrest in a Jefferson County road-rage shooting. The roundup also links to broader regional coverage, including a Denver arts feature and additional reporting on the shooting investigation.
   

5. United Sherpa Association of Colorado sends $30k to Nepal for flood relief (rmpbs.org) — From Golden, local Nepali community leaders helped raise more than $30,000 in just two weeks to support flood relief in Nepal after catastrophic glacial flooding. Led by Sherpa House's owner and the United Sherpa Association of Colorado, the campaign drew donations from Golden patrons and across Colorado, highlighting how a small mountain-town community can respond powerfully to distant disasters.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Colorado Mountain Club Adds New Membership Level to Expand Outdoor Access —Colorado Mountain Club Read on Patch
  • Missing cat.
    Lynx Point, which means she has dots on the sides of her body. She is very light gray and slightly darker gray dots. She has one small ear and a… (Nextdoor Pleasant View)
  • I posted Sprinkles about two months ago, but she's still missing from 57th and Easley area.
    If you see my girl please message me. I'm missing her dearly. (Nextdoor Fairmount)
  • Outback Steakhouse - Out West Restaurant Group, Inc. posted a job opening for Dishwasher in Golden. Apply here.
  • TJX Companies, Inc. posted a job opening for Cashier in Golden. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Golden here.

Ok Golden! 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

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "How do billboards talk?" — Sign language (Thank you Ellen S. for sending it in!)
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