By Ron Kokish I met Niki when I was 21. She was 19. She enjoyed our first date, so when I asked her to a toga party the following week, she said yes. Then she had second thoughts. “A toga party? At a frat house? Ugh!” She decided to back out, but her mother leaned […]
January 2023
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Who you gonna call? Colorado Coalition of Paranormal Investigators
Let’s get this straight right off the bat. Clarissa Vazquez and her cadre of nine volunteer ghostly phenomenon investigators are not ghostbusters. “Ghostbuster is a fictional term that implies some sort of captivity, same as ghost hunter,” she told The Sopris Sun. “We don’t hunt anything.” She considers herself an afterlife researcher. “We research reports […]
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Chisme del Pueblo – 22 de enero, 2023
Traducción por Jacquelinne Castro Boletín de noticias El distrito de Protección Contra Incendios Rurales y de Carbondale está ahora traduciendo su boletín informativo en español. El boletín informativo de esta semana incluye consejos de seguridad de invierno así como: vestirse apropiadamente, caminar despacio y con cuidado, salir temprano y llegar a salvo, tener un kit […]
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Sopa de Letras: Las dos caras de San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de Allende (SMA) es el “corazón” de México por su importancia en la Historia y por su ubicación dentro de la República Mexicana. Sin embargo, el crecimiento tan acelerado de esta ciudad y la llegada de miles de extranjeros ha desplazado a quienes originalmente habitaban ahí. La derrama económica del 2008 al 2019 […]
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Esquina Legal: El mejor interés del niño
(Por simplicidad, en esta columna, los sustantivos y pronombres de cualquier género y los términos “niño” y “niños” incluirán el otro género, y el singular o el plural incluirán el otro). En un divorcio o un caso de custodia, cuando hay niños involucrados, el enfoque principal del juez es el mejor interés del niño. Este […]
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Caminando con Defiende Nuestra Tierra en el 2023
2023 es un año importante para el programa de Defiende Nuestra Tierra en Wilderness Workshop (WW por sus siglas en inglés). ¡Estaremos celebrando nuestro quinto aniversario! Si usted no está familiarizado, Defiende Nuestra Tierra fue creado por WW en el 2018 como reconocimiento de que hasta la fecha la organización no había logrado involucrar a […]
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5Point brings ‘Spirit of the Peaks’ to Beyul
The weekend of Jan. 27-29, Carbondale-based adventure film nonprofit 5Point will host a weekend getaway and screening at Beyul Retreat. This event will include food, outdoor activities and a screening of skier Connor Ryan’s award-winning film, “Spirit of the Peaks”. 5Point was founded on five guiding principles for positive change and environmental responsibility: respect, commitment, […]
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GarCo Report: Staff thanks Alberico; public hearing regarding proposed subdivision on old Ascendigo property coming up
“Jean, you are a leader,” proclaimed Michelle Davies, administrative assistant to the Garfield County Clerk and Recorder, at the Jan. 9 Garfield County Commissioners meeting. It was the last time Democrat Jean Alberico would take her seat alongside the board before Republican Jackie Harmon steps in. Davies directed the Jan. 5 retirement bash for Alberico […]
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Uphilling at ASC ain’t free but remains affordable
The four mountains — Aspen (Ajax), Buttermilk, Highlands and Snowmass — attract droves of locals and tourists every year and — sans global warming — the appeal will not likely diminish anytime soon. Some people prefer to bypass the chairlifts and opt for the more time-consuming, yet less expensive option of hiking one of the […]
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‘Legal’ access puts CRMPI decision on hold, yet again
On Jan. 10, the Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute (CRMPI) hit another roadblock during what the organization had hoped to be its final hearing before the Eagle County Commissioners addressing its application for a special land use permit. Jerome Osentowski, CRMPI’s founder, filed an application for a special use permit in May 2021 and has […]