Traduccion por Dolores Duarte El 28 de diciembre de 2021, la junta administrativa de Carbondale aceptó discretamente una generosa donación de terrenos de una entidad que solicitó permanecer anónima, aunque los informes de 2018 relacionaban las propiedades donadas y otras con la Fundación Melvin y Bren Simon. Además del parque en Fourth y Main, la […]
December 2022
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2022 in review
Another year has come and gone with hardship and success. We at The Sopris Sun offer this brief look back at just a few of the headline happenings. January At the beginning of the year, a surge of Omicron, the prevailing COVID-19 variant, had local governments reinstating indoor mask mandates as free testing centers saw […]
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Scuttlebutt / Calendar – Dec. 29, 2022
Coat drive Good-hearted locals are collecting winter coats and warm clothing to deliver to asylum-seeking families at the U.S.-Mexico border. Donations will be distributed by Border Servant Corps, a U.S.-based shelter that provides food, clothing, travel assistance, medical care and temporary shelter to some 200 asylum-seekers per day, 40% of whom are children. Coats can […]
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The astrology of 2023: Calmer seas ahead
As I write this, we are in the liminal week between Christmas and the New Year — a week of travel, leftovers, clean-up, and thank-you notes. From this precarious vantage point, we look back and we look ahead, reflecting on the year that was and dreaming into the year that lies ahead. Lucky for us, […]
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Letters – Dec. 29, 2022
Been there Unease over others’ opinions and judgment ebbs over time. After seeing societies react poorly to inconvenience and foreseeable change, one tends to become more tolerant and amenable to sharing experience. Through the years, I too have been faced with the challenges life consigns. I remember being broke at Christmas one year after grocery […]
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Chisme del Pueblo – 29 de diciembre
Traduccion por Jacquelinne Castro Cierre de las bibliotecas Todas las bibliotecas públicas del condado de Garfield estarán cerradas el Día de Año Nuevo. La biblioteca de Basalt estará cerrada el Día de Año Nuevo y el lunes 2 de enero. Donación de abrigos Residentes locales de buen corazón están recolectando abrigos de invierno y ropa […]
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Local group addresses wildlife collisions
Often while commuting up and down the Roaring Fork Valley, motorists see what we’ve become accustomed to referring to as “roadkill” on the side of the highway. These animals are the victims of vehicle collisions. On a personal note, this reporter recently took the life, inadvertently, of a majestic bull elk in exactly this way. […]
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Where once there was a trailer park…
On Dec. 28, 2021, Carbondale’s Board of Town Trustees quietly accepted a generous land donation from a party requesting anonymity, though reporting in 2018 linked the donated properties and others with the Melvin and Bren Simon Foundation. In addition to the park at Fourth and Main, the donation included 1.4 vacant acres surrounding the Thunder […]
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Chisme del Pueblo – 22 de diciembre, 2022
Traduccion por Jacquelinne Castro Parque Chacos El comisionado de parques y recreaciones de Carbondale votó el 14 de diciembre a favor de nombrar la plaza/el parque de la cuarta calle “Parque Chacos” en honor y memoria de Chris y Terry Chacos. La propuesta será presentada en la reunión del consejo directivo del pueblo el 10 […]