By Jim Tortolano The stereotypes of police chiefs are often glum and dour. But Westminster’s new “top cop” is positively, well, positive. “I absolutely love the people the people I work with […]
A positively pleased new chief
Women escape kidnap tries
Police are searching for a man who allegedly attempted to kidnap two women in Westminster. According to the Westminster Police Department, the first incident took place around 6 p.m. on Dec. 8 […]
City council censures Nguyen
By Jim Tortolano At a meeting of the Westminster City Council that lasted seven hours from Wednesday night to early Thursday morning, Chi Charlie Nguyen suffered two rebukes, first being officially censured […]
Censure of Chi Charlie Nguyen?
For much of 2021, meetings of the Westminster City Council revolved around political battles among members of the council. The final meeting of the year on Wednesday, Dec. 8 looks to be […]
Drug exposure closes park
The area around Sigler Park in Westminster was blocked off and evacuated after discovery of an incident of what’s suspected to be fentanyl exposure. According to the Westminster Police Department, officers were […]
Nepotism policy gets approval
An ordinance banning nepotism in appointments to city boards, commissions and committees received its second and final approval at Wednesday’s meeting of the Westminster City Council. The council voted 5-0 in favor […]
Directly-elected mayor? Five districts? Voters will decide
Voters in Westminster will be asked in June 2022 whether they want to abolish the elective office of mayor – now selected at-large – and increase the number of councilmembers and districts […]
More heat at council meeting?
What could be another controversy-wracked meeting of the Westminster City Council is scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 10. The meeting, which will be held via teleconference/web conference only, has on the agenda some […]
Council-staff policy is approved
By Jim Tortolano The angry verbal battles within the Westminster City Council continued at Wednesday night’s meeting. It took nearly two hours of arguments and accusations, but the city council majority approved […]
End to direct mayoral election?
Voters in Westminster may get the choice of whether to trade in the current practice of direct election of the mayor in place of a rotational system in which the job is […]
