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🌱 How new scooter and e-dirt bike rules could hit Highlands Ranch.

Highlands Ranch, Colorado Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hi there, Highlands Ranch! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How new scooter and e-dirt bike rules could hit Highlands Ranch.
  • What investigators say happened in the deadly Highlands Ranch hit-and-run?

Also on today's calendar: 6th Annual Paint Recycling Fundraiser and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 91 and low of 58 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: Not as warm, temps: high: 80, low: 53.
  • Sunday: Cooler; a stray p.m. t-shower, with a high of 69 and low of 50 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• DCSO proposes ordinance to regulate low-powered scooters, off-highway vehicles (castlerocknewspress.net) — Douglas County is moving toward stricter rules on low-powered scooters and off-highway vehicles, a change that would directly affect riders and parents in Highlands Ranch, where residents report trail and open space damage. The proposed ordinance adds fines, helmet requirements, licensing and insurance rules, and potential impoundment, with commissioners now seeking public feedback before a final vote.
   

• Former Penn State football player injured in Colorado hit-and-run crash (wgal.com) — A devastating June 1 hit-and-run in Highlands Ranch left former Penn State football player Kyle Vasey badly injured and killed his fiancée, Corrine More, while they were walking on a sidewalk with another woman. Deputies have arrested a suspect, and Vasey has undergone multiple surgeries as friends and supporters rally around him through an online fundraiser.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • We have had a mountain lion visit 2 nights in a row in the middle of the night.
    I’ve called CO wildlife and they gave me some deterrent ideas It scratched my patio furniture cushions the night before we spotted this. Hunting… (Nextdoor Southridge)

🗞 Nearby News

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  • Blue Peaks Roofing Marks Seven Years Serving Littleton Homeowners (usatoday.com)
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  • 8045 N Moore Rds Unit Studio, Littleton, CO 80125 (realtor.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Highlands Ranch

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Never miss out on local news and events that matter to you.