Salvation Army child care a ‘godsend’ for single mother
By Caramie Petrowsky - Laura McLaughlin had reached her wits’ end. She was working nights and attending night classes at a massage school while her brother-in-law stayed with her two kids, Ja’mesia, 14, and Lourease, 8, while they slept. She would
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Recent ARC grad’s shot at legal residency hinges on sobriety By Caramie Schnell Petrowsky - Drunk and high on cocaine, Aaron Varela Maldonado climbed into the driver’s seat of his car with a friend riding shotgun in late January 2015. With neither
Construction school launches in Aurora
By Caramie Schnell Petrowsky - A miter saw buzzes loudly as seven men work together to cut boards in the courtyard of The Salvation Army Aurora (Colo.) Corps Community Center. It’s a sunny Tuesday in November, and the men are building two