By Lindsay Gurley Motherhood has been, and continues to be, a journey that started for me well before Finn arrived — with a shift in my expectations when coming to terms with my new reality. After Finn’s birth, I was thrown into new growth, transformation, shifting priorities, fresh new perspectives and delving into my own […]
May 2024
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Bon Voyage, MomBy Jeanne Souldern In the spring of 2001, I drove with my 9-year-old daughter, Abby, to Red Wing, Minnesota, my mom’s hometown nestled along the banks of the Mississippi River. My mom and her three sisters grew up in a Lutheran children’s home in Red Wing in the 1930s. Noting that this was […]
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Guest Opinion: Keeping the party safe this summer
In honor of National Fentanyl Awareness Day, May 7, I’d like to call attention to growing concerns around overdose and the impact illegal fentanyl has in rural Colorado. Over the past few years, we’ve continued to lose friends, loved ones and neighbors to fentanyl overdoses in our community, often through unknown contamination in other drugs. […]
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AVLT hosts pay-what-you-can Springfest
Springfest is returning on Sunday, May 19. This Aspen Valley Land Trust (AVLT) event began in 2019 and was skipped over in 2020 and 2021. For its fourth iteration, the team at AVLT has decided to drop the ticketed model and instead allow families and individuals to pay what they can to attend. Registration is […]
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Say ‘hello’ to 3 B’s Bakery
On May 3, Carbondale’s First Friday Block Party welcomed a new family-owned small business to Main Street that will surely excite those with a sweet tooth. 3 B’s Bakery, run by Lauren Poleski McCourt and her husband, Peter, opened its doors to the public after four years of preparation: securing a spot, working out a […]
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Carbondale Library screens ‘The Paradise Paradox’ on May 15
On May 15, the Carbondale Library will present “The Paradise Paradox,” a documentary by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Brett Rapkin. Olympic ski racer Bode Miller executively produced the film. The documentary explores mental health crises becoming epidemic in America’s mountain towns, specifically those that draw crowds during the ski season. It explores the elements of housing […]
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New library trustee announcement prompts backlash against the process
It wasn’t the “who” of the Garfield County library board appointment, it was the “how” that prompted several people to air their grievances against the Garfield County Commissioners (BOCC) on Monday, May 6. Library board president Adrian Rippy-Sheehy spoke up after the BOCC announced Myrna Fletchall as the new library trustee. Rippy-Sheehy said her remarks […]
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Age-Friendly Carbondale determined to improve 133 safety
After a year of gathering and analyzing data, Age-Friendly Carbondale presented findings before the Bike Pedestrian and Trails Commission on Monday, May 6. Their “Highway 133 Dangerous as Designed” survey yielded more than 500 responses and 61% of those said it’s not convenient to cross 133 when not in a car; 55% reported feeling unsafe […]
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Roaring Fork ladies lacrosse opens 4A playoffs with home win over Rampart
It’s on to the second round of the 4A state playoffs for the Roaring Fork High School girls lacrosse team, after a convincing 15-6 win in the opener over Rampart Tuesday at Rams Field in Carbondale. The Rams improved to 10-5 overall on the heels of a pair of hard-fought wins on the road to […]
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Two more local students announced as Boettcher Foundation scholarship recipients
On May 1, The Boettcher Foundation announced this year’s full list of scholarship recipients selected based on academics, leadership and character. These students each were awarded an annual scholarship of $20,000 for four years and remain eligible to receive institutional, merit or need-based aid from their universities. The Boettcher Scholarship not only hopes to serve […]