March 8, 1934 – Sept. 28, 2018 Nellie LaJoy, a long time Carbondale resident, passed away on Sept. 28. Nellie felt blessed to be loved by her family and friends and to live in this amazing place. Nellie was born in Glen Cove N.Y. to Joseph and Anna Douso. She was the youngest daughter […]
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Obituary: Hester Aiken Miner
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Nov. 17, 1919 – Sept. 28, 2018 Hester Louise Aiken Miner, age 98, of Hoover, AL, passed away Friday afternoon, Sept. 28, 2018. The graveside service will be at Rosebud Cemetery in Glenwood Springs, CO at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. Born and raised in Carbondale, CO, Hester left home at the young […]
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Memories of Anita Witt
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Compiled by Charlotte Graham Special to The Sopris Sun Carbondale (especially Missouri Heights) locals said “So long for now” last Saturday, Sept. 9 to Anita Witt, the brightest of stars in our universe at Missouri Heights Schoolhouse with a reception afterwards at the Pour House Restaurant in Carbondale. The Celebration of Life party of more […]
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Telephonic local stories, Volume II
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Editor’s note: this serial short story was published monthly over the course of a year as an experimental community endeavor. Read the first volume here. Chapter One: Happy Birthday, Max! By Gavin Dahl “Please tell me they got Cheetos again.” Max isn’t necessarily supposed to, you know, eat Cheetos. But the lighting is right because […]
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Caminatas bilingües gratuitas llegan a Red Hill
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Este verano, Wilderness Workshop de Carbondale lanzo un programa comunitario diseñado para que la población latina del Roaring Fork Valley este incluida en experiencias, entendimiento, y con la meta de que aboguen por las tierras públicas. El programa, Defiende Nuestra Tierra, fue oficialmente iniciado en junio con una fiesta comunitaria en Glenwood Springs. Como ha […]
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Carbondale enacts water restrictions
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Due to decreasing flows in the Crystal River and due to increasing demands on the Town’s potable water system, the Town Manager is implementing the following restrictions beginning at midnight, Monday, July 30. That means: • No outdoor irrigation between 10 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. • Properties with an address that ends in an even […]
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Obituary: Anna Shook Peleaz
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Anna Shook Peleaz unwillingly, but ever so gently, set her Earthly body down to rest on the morning of July 7, 2018. In the arms of her birth parents, her brother and her beloved husband, she surrendered to the ravages of her cancer and bid farewell to the people she loved most in the world. […]
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Obituary: Raymond John Bourg Jr.
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Raymond John Bourg Jr. left this earth July 11, 2018 with family at his side. Ray was born in Bridgeville Pennsylvania on Nov. 12, 1954 to Raymond John Bourg Sr. and Veronica Ewing Bourg. Ray is survived by his sister, Renee (Don) Bourg-Giarrusso, Brother Ed (Kathleen) Scott, Bernie and Lisa Windstein, and many loving nieces […]
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GarCo enacts stage two fire restrictions
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Stage two fire restrictions have been instituted for all unincorporated private, state and BLM lands within Garfield County and throughout White River National Forest. That means: · No fires/campfires/stove fires, this includes wood or charcoal burning stoves and fireplaces in mountain cabins. · No charcoal grills and no wood or coal fires for cooking purposes. This […]
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Guest Column from Diane Mitsch Bush, 3rd Congressional District democratic candidate
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I am running for Congress because Donald Trump and Congressman Scott Tipton are moving us backwards and they are dividing us. My guiding principle is that together we can create a more just, equitable, sustainable, and prosperous future for ALL; unfortunately, our current Administration, supported in lock-step by Tipton, does not agree. Their egregious response […]