June 2018
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Organic options
Dear Editor: I, for one, don’t care for Roundup in my food. Roundup is the herbicide that has inspired over 300 lawsuits citing medical evidence it causes cancer. Roundup is made by Monsanto, the same company that manufactured Agent Orange. Does Monsanto have to produce products that kill or make us sick? Working on a […]
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Weigh in on the Crystal Trail
Dear Editor: Due to a 2.5 percent response on a first survey, Pitkin County OST has designed a second survey and the time is now to have your opinion considered regarding the proposal to build a trail up the Crystal! You do not need to be a Pitkin County resident to participate. Pitkin County OST […]
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Your donations directly improve the paper
At just over the halfway point through calendar year 2018, and heading toward our 10th birthday, our valiant, little, nonprofit newspaper is well on its way to meeting its ambitious fundraising goal of $41,500, thanks in large part to an $8,400 donation by the Sopris 100 Who Care group (as reported in a prior edition […]
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New – but familiar – restaurants coming to town
It’s been months since Town’s closing, yet passersby still peer into the window and even check the door. Pavel Osiak takes it as a good omen. “I get a good feeling about that,” he said with a grin. Osiak is a partner in the enthusiastic trio that moved into the space to open Roosters, a […]
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‘Busy is the new normal’ as commercial occupancy increases
There are roughly 339 operating businesses within Carbondale (plus several in transition) and space for 33 more, according to The Sun’s second annual unofficial commercial inventory. That’s up from 306 and 39 respectively when our inaugural effort established a baseline this time last year. The municipality doesn’t issue business licenses and the Chamber of Commerce […]
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To see de Beque’s legacy, look around you
Wally de Beque was a man of few words and many contributions. “He sort of instilled in us this idea that community is important and that your participation is what makes it happen,” noted his daughter, Shelle de Beque. Added her half brother, J. Bob Davis, “Almost every day of the week he had a […]
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Pages of the Past: Up for auction
From the archives of the Roaring Fork Valley Journal June 8, 1978 Carbondale’s plans for the construction of a new town hall in the summer received a severe setback when it was disclosed that costs for the municipal government complex would run about $60,000 over budget. About $150,000 had been allocated for the project, but […]