Desiree Mathurin

Neighborhood Reporter

Desiree Mathurin is Denverite's neighborhood reporter. She previously worked for the Associated Press in Atlanta, Newsday in New York and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Desiree is a native New Yorker but ready to tell local stories featuring local people here in Denver. Follow her on Twitter @Dez_AM.

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Expecting temperatures in the low 20s, Denver will activate emergency overnight shelters

Weather forecasters predict Thursday and Friday night will hit the low 20s with possible snow.

Street Week: Tennyson

Berkeley Inn just wants to be your neighborhood bar

The second longest-running business on Tennyson is never short of cold ones, karaoke and welcoming vibes.

Street Week: Tennyson

Denverite Street Week: Tennyson

Running through seven neighborhoods and named after an English poet, Tennyson has a wild route, a wild past, and perhaps, a wild future.

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Street Week: Tennyson

Tennyson Street’s history: From its annexation and what’s in the name to the streetcar era and the fight over slot homes

Take a stroll down memory lane, and see how the neighborhood looks today.

Hotel site is Denver’s newest proposal to house people experiencing homelessness

The site at 7525 E. Hampden Ave. has about 200 rooms and would be used for housing as part of the mayor’s House1000 initiative.

In need or looking to donate? Here’s a list of organizations providing food and accepting donations for Thanksgiving

“As long as there is a need, there will be good people who will show up to fulfill those needs."

More collaboration between the City and DPS is expected next year with revival of committee

City Council approved the reactivation and revision of the City-School Coordinating Committee. The first meeting will occur no later than the end of March.

Denver City council committee delays contract for contentious micro-community site on Santa Fe Dr.

The Overland site is supposed to provide housing for Denver residents, but was postponed due to community concerns.

Aurora will test its emergency sirens in the morning on Tuesday, Nov. 14

Residents will hear a wailing sound for three minutes starting at 11:30 a.m.

Sun Valley, West side community leaders send letter to Johnston in hope of moving Zuni Plant plans forward

“We are concerned that this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity could quickly slip away and call upon Mayor Johnston and Denver City Council to act."