Support Carbondale Fire Dear Editor: Please vote yes on ballot issue #7B and #7C. The Carbondale Fire District protects our properties from fire and provides advanced level ambulance service to our community. Led by Fire Chief Rob Goodwin, the highly trained and dedicated firefighters and EMTs of the Fire District deserve the best equipment and […]
October 2018
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Letter: Dread reckoning
Dear Editor: Lurking in shadows Drifters, grifters, shapeshifters Fear All Hallow’s Eve JM Jesse Glenwood Springs
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Letter: Stop calling me
Dear Editor: Everyone and his brother and your sister is currently writing asking for my vote for Jared, for Walker, for Scott, for Diane, and for and against a host of issues. Is there any chance that someone or some group has clue about stopping the crank cell calls that I receive daily? Yes, these […]
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RFTA’s mill levy proposal and what it means for Carbondale
The Nov. 6 election marks the first time the Roaring Fork Transportation Authority has ever sought out a property tax. Garfield County’s Ballot Issue 7A addresses RFTA’s request for a 2.65 mill levy to, among other projects, improve bus rapid transit and local bus services (and in turn reduce congestion on Highway 82); increase mobility […]
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Roaring Fork soccer boys are top o’ the league
For the first time with this set of students, the Roaring Fork Rams are the top soccer team in the league thanks to a 2-1 victory over Coal Ridge on Oct. 18 and Basalt’s loss to Delta the same day. That leaves Roaring Fork ranked fourth in the state, behind Atlas Preparatory, Kent Denver and […]
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Road work goes ever on and on
Public Works Director Kevin Schorzman will likely get most of his wish list when the municipal budget is finalized in December. During a capital budget presentation on Oct. 23, Carbondale Trustees discussed the items not included in the current draft and expressed a desire to be proactive. “I would love to see all this done […]
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Mutt & Jeff: I pledge allegiance to…?
I definitely agree with Nicole Toussaint’s column in the Sept. 20-26 Sopris Sun in which she lamented the fact that large numbers of Americans “are deeply uninformed” when it comes to understanding the issues we are called to vote on. However, at the same time, I don’t know how anyone — even an accountant — […]
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An election to decide who runs the elections
For the first time in decades, the county clerk and recorder’s office is a contested seat. Here, we sat with incumbent Jean Alberico and challenger Bonnie McLean in separate interviews. Jean Alberico (D) Alberico has served in some capacity in the Garfield County Clerk and Recorder’s office for 36 years. “I started in 1982 and […]
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Casting for Recovery returns to Redstone for its third year of flyfishing
“Your only role this weekend is to let us take care of you,” the volunteers reiterated as this year’s “West of the Continental Divide” Casting for Recovery participants gathered together at the Redstone Inn on Friday, Oct. 12, to kick off a weekend of fly fishing and rejuvenation. As the 14 participants (chosen from a […]