By Margarita LuTack The Sopris Sum The Sopris Sun Board of Directors recently announced the newspaper’s initial public offering, which officially marks the entity’s conversion from a nonprofit to a publicly traded company. The move has already been met with controversy. “I don’t know what was wrong with being a nonprofit. I liked being one […]
By Jumpin’ Jehoshaphat Sopris Sin Staff In an effort to remain relevant and make up for lost funding, the Garfield County Public Library system kicked off a set of new programs in Carbondale with a course on cursing in other languages. “I got inspired reading Hemingway’s ‘A Farewell to Arms,’” explained former head librarian Jeannine Stickle, […]
By Danko Beauregardenabler The Sopris Shroom A new push to brew a mushroom-based tea in Carbondale’s ditch system is gaining steam, and the prospects have local chakras spinning. Council members will discuss a $1.2 million proposal to foster a locally sourced Kombucha brewing empire in town. If approved, the town’s ditches will become a community […]
Nutritionist, witty champion of the needy, dies at 64 Amy Barr, a 19-year resident of Carbondale and recently appointed Executive Director of LIFT- UP, the Food Bank of the Rockies, succumbed to metastatic cancer at her home on March 22. Known throughout the Aspen Valley for her sparkling wit, infectious laugh, generosity and trove of […]
I love Carbondale and the Roaring Fork Valley! Where else can you find four known rivers converging, Mt. Sopris’ constant vigil over us all and cattle walking down Main Street? The mix of friendly and caring folks all around gives somewhat of a mirror image of being in New Zealand, a place where people still […]
Jan. 19, 1978: Aspen was experiencing a dearth of local seasonal help — with anywhere from 40 to 60 percent fewer employees available to each lodge than theoretically needed. “I have been doing maid work. My assistant manager has spent all day helping the housekeeping department,” said Mike Norton, president of the Aspen Chamber of Commerce and manager of the Gant. Some business people put it down to the bad season the previous year (some have drawn comparisons between the winter of ’76-77 and the current one), while Norton blamed the cost of living.
