This Is Berthoud

The Berthoud Historical Society, the Town of Berthoud, and your Berthoud Community Library have teamed up to gather your stories about life in Berthoud. Everyone in our community has a story to share about their life here, whether it took place 50 years ago or last week. Now is your chance to add your voice to our community's history.

Learn more about the project and how to share your stories here: Berthoud Stories Project

Join us for a pop-up Storytelling Session in April or May.

Christian Samora, Town Clerk for the Town of Berthoud, visits the library to share everything that goes into a local ballot.

Learn about how candidates and initiatives make it onto the ballot, how the Town handles elections in a transparent manner, and why you should exercise your right to vote in local elections.

The next Town election is April 7, 2026, and you still have time to register to vote.

Brittany, owner of our local independent toy store Marley and Moose, joins us to share the joys and challenges of building community through running a retail store.

Check out Marley and Moose's eco-friendly, no-battery toys by visiting the store at 250 Mountain Avenue, or visit their website, marleyandmoose.com

Did you know our community is home to not one, not two, but three observatories? Meinte Veldhuis, President of the Little Thompson Observatory, explains where our observatories are, what they're used for, how they came to be, and how each one of us can get involved.

To book an observatory visit: https://www.starkids.org/

To get a current star map: www.skymaps.com

When a sudden job loss, medical diagnosis, divorce, or mental health crisis threatens the stability of you and your family, who is there to help you? Here in Berthoud, it's House of Neighborly Service.

Through their programs such as utility assistance and food distribution, as well as partnerships with other agencies for services like mental health care and tutoring, HNS has been helping our community navigate and recover from crises for decades. If you need some help, if you can give some help, or if you just want to understand what HNS is all about, Diane and Cherri share everything you need to know in this episode.

We may take for granted that we can simply open a faucet for water, but there's a lot of engineering that goes into getting clean water to our homes and treating what goes down our drains. Staff from the Town of Berthoud's water and wastewater department join us to talk through the intricacies of this vital service.

The impacts of light pollution range widely, disrupting bird migration, scientific research, and even human health. Town staff members join us to talk about the Dark Skies initiative in Berthoud, why it matters for our community, and simple ways you can help. (Close your curtains.)

If you love books, and you love dogs, and you love books that feature dogs, these authors are writing for you.

Margaret Mizushima and Kathleen Donnelly share all the details of their writing and publishing lives in this joint episode.

Margaret's latest: Dying Cry: a Timber Creek K-9 Mystery

Kathleen's latest: Colorado K-9 Rescue

In and around the Berthoud community, land has been set aside for your use in designated Open Spaces. Learn about the spots currently available for recreation, what's coming soon, and the unique features of our Open Spaces with Amie and Berthoud Town Administrator Chris Kirk.

Local bronze sculptor Karryl joins us to talk all things visual arts: how she started, what inspires her work, and how others can explore and try new mediums.

To view Karryl's work online, follow this link: https://www.artistsforconservation.org/

To view Karryl's work in person, along with the work of many other artists, come to the Berthoud Art Walk on Saturday, September 13, 2025. Details here: https://downtownberthoud.org/art-walk/