SCUTTLEBUTT Safety tip If you have to evacuate, you may not be with your family; so, know how to contact each other if separated. Establish a family meeting place that’s familiar. Consider your family’s specifics — including children, those with functional needs and pets. Create a network relevant to specific areas where you may need […]
August 2022
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Branching Out: Magic of the Lost Trees
Once upon a time, a young woman typed the last of data into a computer at a desk in a cubicle back East. The saltwater coursing within her ached to lap at shores of earth, to kiss the trees and touch the sky. She encountered masters on her new journey, with whom she studied the […]
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Grand slam season for little league teams
Baseball and softball were in full swing this summer as the Carbondale Recreation Center’s (CRC) little league teams slid into perfect seasons. Attracting kids from all around Carbondale, the CRC league had approximately 70 athletes spread across seven teams. Included in the program were tee-ball, ages 7-8 coach-pitch, ages 9-10 and 11-13 kid-pitch and ages […]
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Chisme del Pueblo – 11 de agosto, 2022
Traducción por Jacquelinne Castro Alcance latino Administradores de Carbondale discutirán acerca del alcance latino durante su sesión laboral regular el 15 de agosto a las 6 p.m. en el ayuntamiento. Envíe un correo electrónico a Luis Yllanes para información sobre cómo participar por medio de Zoom (lyllanes@carbondaleco.net). Consejo de seguridad Si necesita evacuar, es probable […]
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Housing insecurity takes a toll on health
Melanie Test is a web and graphic designer living with her 13-year-old son in the Crystal River Valley. After moving nine times in as many years, Test is still seeking to provide a stable environment for her son. As a single mother, she has experienced significant stigma about her circumstances that lay the blame at […]
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“Un Hogar Decente” y la Ley de Parques de Hogares Móviles
A mediados de Julio tuve la oportunidad de ver el documental “A Decent Home” o “Un Hogar Decente”. El evento, organizado por la organización MANAUS de Carbondale, se enfocó en el tema de compraventas de parques de hogares móviles, o “trailas” como les decimos también. Pude relatar al documental en varias maneras. Por ejemplo, yo […]
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La Placita open its doors to all
Carbondale has a new mini-market that includes a carniceria, plus authentic food made from scratch that includes tacos, tortas and pupusas. With more than 40 year of combined experience as butchers, most of which in the Roaring Fork Valley, Geovanny Martinez and Juan Carlos Hernandez — friends for 15 years — decided to open this […]
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Carbondale Report: Trustees adapt with the times
Early in the trustees’ regular meeting on Tuesday, Town Manager Lauren Gister took the opportunity to announce four new hires, as well as new vacancies on town staff. The new planning director is Jared Barnes, who previously worked for Eagle County managing ECO Transit system. Tom Karrel, who recently moved to Colorado after six years […]
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La Placita abre sus puertas a toda la comunidad
Carbondale tiene un nuevo mini-market que cuenta con una carnicería, más comida auténtica hecha a mano incluyendo sabrosos tacos, tortas y pupusas. Con más de 40 años de experiencia entre los dos como carniceros, la mayoría atendiendo a la comunidad del Valle Roaring Fork, Geovanny Martinez y Juan Carlos Hernandez, amigos por 15 años, decidieron […]
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County Road 100 detour? Turn back now!
Elected officials are meeting with highway engineers to grapple with how to keep mudslides and rockfalls, caused by the Grizzly Creek fire scar, from shutting down the 12-mile Glenwood Canyon segment of Interstate 70. When Nature wreaked its canyon havoc, Garfield County Road 100, leading to Cottonwood Pass, was used by many as an unsanctioned […]