Correction: Antoinette Brasier’s last name was misspelled in the byline for her piece in last week’s paper, “Swatting mocks a very real problem.” Donate Life Month April is the 20th Anniversary of National Donate Life Month (NDLM). This month honors and celebrates current and past organ, eye, tissue donors and welcomes and encourages new ones. This […]
April 2023
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AVLT scores conservation wins
Over the past few months, Aspen Valley Land Trust (AVLT) has successfully conserved hundreds of acres of land, spanning from a conservation easement on a Capitol Creek Valley ranch and another private easement on the Roan Plateau to a connective corridor between the Lazy Glen and Wheatley open spaces. All three are now protected for […]
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River Bridge Regional Center hosts fundraising gala
Trigger warning: This article references child abuse and sexual abuse. Reader discretion is advised. River Bridge Regional Center, a Glenwood Springs-based nonprofit organization that provides healing and intervention services to survivors of child sexual abuse, their families and the community through a child-centered approach, will be host its eighth annual “Imagine” fundraising gala on April […]
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‘Adopt a Pot’ grows into a garden
When Leary Gorman saw “Adopt a Garden” in his neighborhood park last summer, he leapt on it, the first to officially adopt a garden through Town Arborist Carl Meinecke’s 1-year-old program. “I was working at the time, driving by every day, and it was a mess. This is right by our home,” he said, “and […]
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Treasures abound at Hazy Oak Interiors
In the first months since Kim Velasquez opened Hazy Oak Interiors, she’s been surprised by the number of Carbondale newcomers she’s meeting. Velasquez was raised in Carbondale and remembers when it was just “coal miners, cowboys and hippies.” She acknowledges that a store like her’s, selling unique furniture and housewares from around the world, could […]