Traducción por Dolores Duarte La junta del Distrito Escolar de Roaring Fork (RFSD) convocó a una reunión especial el martes 3 de agosto para discutir los protocolos de salud y seguridad recomendados para el COVID, pertinentes al inicio del año escolar 2021/2022. La presidenta de la junta, Natalie Torres, inició la reunión reconociendo que, aunque […]
August 2021
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FVP offers support for parents
The tagline on the Family Visitor Programs (FVP) website reads: “Because babies don’t come with care instructions.” As most new parents would attest, that statement is accurate, and those first few years of raising a child can feel rocky. One question that continuously looms large for many news parents is, “Am I doing the right […]
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10×10 keeps secrets at The Art Base
The Art Base in Basalt opened their annual fundraiser, “10×10 Name Unseen,” with events on Aug. 6 and Aug. 7. The silent auction continues through Aug. 21 and will be followed by a grand opening celebration for The Art Base’s new location in Basalt. The Art Base opened their gallery back up in May of […]
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Letter from Michigan
Greetings, Bonedalers and valley folk, from (near) the shore of Lake Michigan! For almost two months (with a week-long break for Mountain Fair), my wife Bonnie and I have been at a little cottage in the woods about 10 miles north of the Indiana border. We have been coming here for years. It’s in a […]
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Memorializing the public space
The question about the appropriateness of certain monuments and statues has been simmering for decades. It finally bubbled over in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. As civil unrest spread across the country, many statues and monuments were vandalized, destroyed or removed. In June 2020, three statues in Colorado […]
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Branching Out: Life and community in imperfection
As a teen growing up in the nation’s capital, my life was made rich by my Opa (“grandpa” in German). A former ambassador, he lived in Washington, D.C. near Embassy Row. Sunday meals were a thing, and as such, we were privy to unique dining experiences — the most memorable of which were meals shared […]
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Wildfire and mudslides and drought, oh my!
Intense rainfall over the last several weeks led to numerous mudslides throughout the region. The most notable events occurred in Glenwood Canyon, a direct result of last year’s Grizzly Creek wildfire, though unburned areas also experienced slides, such as Highway 133 near Redstone. “The debris flows that we’re seeing outside the burn areas in Colorado […]
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Letters – August 12, 2021
Senior Matters Senior Matters has been serving Carbondale’s older residents since 2008, when we became the Third Street Center’s first tenant. Over the years, we produced occasional single-event programs (e.g., Medicare Monday, Weed for the Wise) and sponsored two other not-for-profit programs (Brain Train, Valley Meals and More) until they stood on their own. But […]