Will Grandbois

As viewers take inspiration for adventure from the online 5Point Adventure Film Festival event this week, a group of local teens will be looking to the content and the craft to spark works of their own.  It’s a new take on the VOICES program’s series of autobiographical theatre projects, tailored to the times, galvanized by […]

Gene Schilling has been an essential cog in the local machinery almost all his life — and will continue to be integral even after his impending retirement as police chief. His family moved from Aurora to Redstone and built the Crystal Valley Manor in 1960, when he was 8.  “I was pretty happy growing up […]

Carbondale’s venerable celebration of history and agriculture gets a COVID treatment with an array of virtual and in-person festivities. This year’s theme  “Spuds and Suffragists — Women Voting Proudly for 100 Years” honors the centennial of the 19th Amendment. In addition to the audio series featured on this page, events include:  Virtual contests (through Oct. […]

Men may have built this town, but women built the community. That’s a lesson Sue Gray of the Carbondale Historical Society hopes will come through loud and clear across five first-person stories being recorded and shared in the lead-up to Potato Day.  “We wanted to tell women’s stories, which are a side of history we […]

Tuesday night’s trustee meeting saw a rare 4-3 vote as the board considered whether to bend the rules for one unit in the Thompson Park development. The Development Improvement Agreement requires that affordable housing be completed before the Town will issue a Certificate of Occupancy (CO) for any free market units. But Haley Carmer of […]

The John M. Fleet Pool probably won’t be replaced by a year-round water park, but a vision for a ground-up overhaul is beginning to take shape. The result of a two-day design charette with a working group of users was presented to trustees on Sept. 15, with Design Workshop’s Darla Callaway encouraging them to see […]

Running enthusiasts, mark your calendars and get set to cheer on Ascendigo’s Life Enrichment Program Manager Justin Garrard as he attempts to run a speedy down valley marathon on Sunday, Sept. 13 to raise awareness for Ascendigo. On May 5, 2019, Garrard ran an impressive time of 2:45 at the Lincoln Marathon, effectively qualifying him […]

The Sopris Sun is conducting a series of interviews with folks you may not have seen in the paper before – a sort of introduction to your neighbors. This week, we caught up with Mariah Foley, the vegetable lead for the Aspen Center for Environmental Studies  (ACES) Rock Bottom Ranch — and a familiar face […]

For 25 years, locals have known Chris Wurtsmith primarily as a leader within the Carbondale Police Department. But after his retirement as a lieutenant this week, they’ll have to get acquainted with him as an amateur prospector, or perhaps an automobile pinstriper. And while he’s planning an extended road trip around the country with his […]