By London Lyle Sopris Sun Intern On Aug. 23, the Community Office for Resource Efficiency (CORE) hosted the Green Electronics Showcase, where several different vendors demonstrated their green alternatives to carbon-heavy machinery used in and around the community. CORE has made electrification a primary focus for its programming. Jami McMannes, CORE’s public relations and communications […]
September 2023
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The Crystal Mill: How to get there, how to shoot it
An entomologist for the Colorado State Forest Service is predicting a good leaf-changing season this year. “They (aspen) look better than they’ve looked in a long time,” the entomologist told the Denver Post. As usual, the peak leaf-peeking time is late September to early October. With that information in mind, it might be time to […]
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New ANB Bank proposal advances
After withdrawing their application in 2021, ANB Bank returned before the Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) on Thursday, Sept. 14, with a revised proposal for a new 27,000 square-foot building south of their current location on Highway 133. The main impetus for the move, owner representative Will Cofield told P&Z, is to be in the […]
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So the women gathered
The air changed this past weekend, and on its cooled currents came the first dusting of snow atop Mt. Sopris and a migration of around 130 women from all over Colorado and beyond to join locals at 13 Moons Ranch for the seventh annual Red Earth: The Mountain West Women’s Herbal Gathering. For three days, […]
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Carbondale man arrested in NYC
During the international Climate Week gathering in New York City, Arn Menconi, a Carbondale resident, was one of 149 protesters arrested on Sept. 17 for blocking access to the Federal Reserve Bank, demanding the Fed regulate Wall Street fossil fuel financing. Protesters called attention to both public and private fossil fuel financing. As reported by […]
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Growing Together, Potato Days 2023
It’s not every town that gets amped up year after year over a vegetable, but leave it to Carbondale to keep such traditions alive and well. In fact, Potato Days is coming back so strong this year that that plural days is not a misnomer. That’s right, Potato Days will expand the weekend, Oct. 6-8, […]
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Rams teams prepare for Homecoming Week
Roaring Fork High School’s varsity sports teams saw limited action this past week, as the Rams prepare for the big Homecoming Week games coming up next. On the boys soccer front, the Rams played 3A Western Slope League rival Coal Ridge to a 1-1 tie on Sept. 14 in Carbondale — a game that could […]
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar – Sept. 21, 2023
Graffiti update On Sept. 1, Carbondale police officers found that graffiti in Glenwood Springs matched the graffiti that has proliferated around Carbondale in recent weeks. Glenwood Springs police identified a juvenile suspect who admitted to spray painting around Carbondale. During the investigation, a second juvenile suspect was identified. Both were charged with 12 counts of […]
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Tony Furtado’s musical mastery takes center stage at TACAW
On the evening of Sept. 30, The Arts Campus at Willits (TACAW) will come alive with banjo-string symphonies from singer-songwriter, banjo champion and slide guitar master Tony Furtado. The Pleasanton, California native said a sixth-grade homework assignment was the spark for his musical career. He recalled, “I wrote a report on a musical instrument, and […]
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TRTC tackles grief, loss in “Rabbit Hole”
Editor’s Note: This review contains plot spoilers David Lindsay-Abaire’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “Rabbit Hole,” is an honest examination of the dynamics of bereavement. Despite its laugh-in-the-face-of-death brand of levity and its unceasing buffet of dessert dishes, it is famously not a feel-good play. In choosing “Rabbit Hole” to begin the 2023-2024 season, Thunder River Theater […]