¿Cuántas veces se ha ido a la cama pensando en cómo le va hacer para proveer la comida del siguiente día para sus hijos y su familia? Pareciera mentira que en un valle tan rico exista la falta de alimentos. Sobre todo cuando hay tantos hogares que tiran comida por que se echa a perder, […]
April 2022
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Spring sports warming up at RFHS
*Game dates and times are subject to change. For the most current information, check out www.maxpreps.com Baseball April 16 – versus Aspen (away) at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. (V) April 19 – versus North Fork (away) at 3 p.m. (V) and 5 p.m. (JV) April 21 – versus Coal Ridge (away) at 4 p.m. […]
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Cazadores de túneles: Piedras aún sin remover
Por James Steindler y Myki Jones Traducción por Dolores Duarte Algo recientemente ha resurgido en la atención de la comunidad: susurros silenciosos de sistemas de túneles bajo la ciudad de Glenwood Springs. Así que, naturalmente, el equipo de The Sopris Sun se adentró en el subsuelo para traerles esta historia, llena de misterio en cada […]
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Love Notes: That’s a wrap…
As the month of March came to an end, the Love Notes Project also wrapped up its latest component. The final phase of the project included an informational virtual meeting the community was invited to. The thousands of love notes that people wrote in support of local LGBTQIA+ youth are now collaged into mosaics on […]
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar – April 7, 2022
Sustis for sale As reported by The Aspen Times on March 31, Sustainable Settings has put all 244 acres of their Thompson Creek Ranch on the market for over $24 million. The property was purchased by Sustainable Settings co-founders Brook and Rose LeVan in 2003 for $2 million. A conservation easement on the land restricts […]
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The Tiny Pine Bistro: Simple is a big word
Tiny Pine Bistro, run by Leslie Lamont and her fiancé, Charles Ford, recently opened at 968 Main Street in Carbondale. Originally from Chicago, Illinois, and having worked in the restaurant industry there, the couple came to the Roaring Fork Valley in search of something new. Once in the Valley, they both continued to work restaurant […]
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Ps&Qs: One for Jim B.
Another good friend is gone. Jim Breasted was the coolest of the cool. We enjoyed talking about many subjects from hiking to history to dive bars in Aspen… but the one thing we would always circle back to, and agree on, is that they don’t make Republicans like they used to. Hell, I don’t think […]
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Free library resources are just a click away
To commemorate National Library Week — April 3 to 9 — we are taking a deeper dive into over 60 online resources available to Garfield County Library patrons, for free, with a library card. Tracy Kallassy, Carbondale branch manager, said two popular streaming services — Hoopla and Kanopy — are big hits with library patrons. […]
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Wick Moses: Right place, right time, right attitude
The home of Wick Moses is full of shelves of vinyl records and pictures from his many adventures. A motorcycle rests on the front lawn. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1947 and came to the Roaring Fork Valley to attend Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS) in 1963. After attending Denver University, he returned […]
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Aspen Camp sees renewal with RFL
Kent Wilson remembers meeting John Denver as a child,at a benefit concert for the Aspen Camp School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Aspen Camp). Such concerts were produced annually at the series’ height, attracting the participation of Jimmy Buffett and thousands of spectators to Snowmass Mountain. At that time, the event raised more […]