August 2018

Carbondale’s historic downtown area is newly donned with several for-sale signs, but many contend that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The six lots recently and simultaneously were added to Aspen-based realtor Karen Toth’s listings, and one is already under contract. “Most of the people who have had interest have all been from Carbondale,” Toth said. […]

The Sopris Sun is conducting a series of interviews with folks you may not have seen in the paper before – a sort of introduction to your neighbors. This week we caught up with Leticia (Letty) Gomez, who works as a cashier at the Bonfire coffee house on Main Street and was hostess (along with […]

For trash talk, it was remarkably civil. The bulk of the Board of Trustees agenda for Aug. 28 centered on waste-hauling, with only a few bones of contention. It helped that that the Town had included input from five haulers and conducted a survey of locals before continuing a discussion that has been popping up […]

The fate of the Basalt Public Shooting Range is still undecided as state officials, local representatives, and members of the public continue to grapple with the many questions left smoldering in the aftermath of the Lake Christine Fire. Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) held the second of two professionally facilitated public forums Monday evening at […]

The classic dinner, dancing and silent auction template is often a fun way for nonprofits to raise some money and gather their core community of donors. But the Rotary Club of Carbondale decided that using Hollywood-caliber hurricane fans to blow inflatable balls down Main Street would be even more fun. “So many organizations follow that […]

David Sandman is all over the place. His karaoke business now has weekly shows in Breckenridge, Aspen, El Jebel, Vail, Carbondale, Avon and Glenwood Springs — a different town scheduled every night. “I’m a very, very busy person these days,” Sandman said. “For the past three years, I’ve been doing it six, if not seven […]

The folks at Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute (CRMPI) like to compare Jerome Osentowski to a pioneer species — a hearty organism that establishes the first foothold in an inhospitable landscape and paves the way for future abundance. Since the 1970s, Osentowski has been doing just that in a secluded valley just outside of Basalt. […]

It’s an unassuming location — tucked in the plaza with City Market. Grocery shoppers likely don’t know that the PRO TKD Martial Arts Center trains entire families of black belts and converts into an indoor 18-yard archery range within minutes. “One of my black belts came in and said, ‘I’ve got a vision for how […]

If home is where the heart is, then the new Coredination studio location at 1101 Village Rd. is where Alexandra and Anthony Jerkunica are keeping theirs. The husband-and-wife duo co-founded Coredination — which houses Bonedale Ballet — in 2004, but they’re just now settling into a permanent location all their own. “We went to Third […]