Chocoholics rejoice — Carbondale has a booming chocolate industry with a new chocolate maker and two new chocolatiers. What’s the difference you ask? Chocolate makers actually make chocolate from cacao beans, while chocolatiers take that chocolate and use it to create their own chocolate confections. Mark Burrows, of KDNK Geek Speak fame, has turned from […]
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Junior docents show off the historic house down the block
What makes the Thompson House particularly special is the contents, and some of the students at Ross Montessori would be happy to tell you all about them. “Almost everything here belonged to the Thompsons, and it really gives you a better idea of how people actually lived,” Oliver, one of several students taking a junior […]
Newly-formed task force takes action on sex trafficking
In September, many were shocked to pick up a local newspaper and read about a sex trafficking sting operation that saw nine men arrested for arranging online to have sex with teenage girls. The idea that this activity is going on in the Roaring Fork Valley is a painful reality to acknowledge and understand. Many […]
‘We are still a victim-blaming culture’
Molested at age four by her babysitter’s cousin, Karen was later raped by a drunk stranger at age ten. She was raped again at age 15 at a holiday party; This time by a boy she knew. Karen slowly detailed her trauma and its impact. Before you go on, please note she is now a […]
The Contemporary to become a permanent fixture
After the experimental performing arts space, The Temporary, was closed abruptly last spring, plans were accelerated to build a larger venue as a stand-alone structure. The Arts Campus at Willits (TACAW), the nonprofit that operated The Temporary and will operate the new venue, moved forward with ambitious fundraising goals and now plans to break ground […]
Thrills and chills for a good cause
Look out! The “Thriller” Flash Mob is coming this week to any place at any time. So if you see a group of zombie-attired kid and adults performing to well-known music, don’t be scared. It’s just that wild and wacky dance group from Coredination, Bonedale Ballet and Bonedale Flash Mob, run by Anthony and Alexandra […]
Town pitches in on disposal of hazardous waste, drugs, leaves
“[Carbondale] has a good philosophy” about recycling and protecting the environment, says Laurie Lindberg of the Town’s Public Works Department. Our residents will have a chance to demonstrate that commitment at the department’s upcoming semiannual Hazardous Waste Day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26. The free event is an opportunity for […]
Conservation Colorado comes to Carbondale
Erin Riccio is passionate about protecting Colorado’s public lands. She grew up in Morrison on the Front Range and comes from a family of conservationists. “My grandfather was involved in the Colorado Mountain Club back in the [1940s] and really instilled this love of the land for me and protecting these values that we all […]
