Newcomers updateAccording to a recent press release, the Town of Carbondale will gradually begin reducing the services being provided to migrant newcomers over the next two months. Beginning March 8, the Town will no longer fill vacancies in shelters and will officially close both shelters on April 1. Dinner service will end on March 22 […]
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Carbondale Report: Trustees consider raising successors’ pay
The Carbondale Board of Trustees proposed an increased stipend for its future members at the end of an otherwise routine meeting on Feb. 27.Since the last increase in 2015, trustees have received $900 a month and the mayor $1,500. Mayor Ben Bohmfalk crunched the numbers and suggested an increase to $1,200 and $2,000, respectively. “I […]
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Carbondale Report: Trustees approve state sales tax collection
Carbondale will move to state-collected sales tax effective Jan. 1, the board of trustees decided in a unanimous vote on Nov. 28. The change, which reverses the town’s move to self-collected sales tax in 2006, means businesses will no longer have to obtain a sales tax license from the town of Carbondale and eliminates a […]
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Pan de Muertos
Photos and text courtesy of Will Grandbois Carbondale Community Oven Tony’s Bakery and Mini Market, Wilderness Workshop, Defienda Nuestra Tierra and Garfield County Libraries came together for what they hope will be a new local tradition: baking Pan de Muertos at the Carbondale Community Oven the day before the community’s big Dia de los Muertos […]
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Sampling some simple salads
Since soup and salad often go together, it probably shouldn’t come as a surprise that Ming’s Cafe just pulled off the first repeat victory in our taste test series. The Asian eatery’s coconut chicken soup was a hit with last year’s soup tasting panel, and their house salad was roundly praised in our latest competition. […]
