By Niki DelsonAge-Friendly Carbondale Editor’s note: Age-Friendly Carbondale will present an analysis of its community survey regarding Highway 133 to Carbondale’s Bike, Pedestrian and Trails Commission on May 6 at 6pm. It was a beautiful afternoon. The offshore weather was mild. I had a few hours for a late afternoon bike ride before the Pacific […]
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VOICES Radio Hour: ‘Theater Magic’
Gabrielle Bailes is a theater artist from Louisiana and has lived in the Roaring Fork Valley for eight years. She has performed and designed with TRTC and VOICES. Gabrielle holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theater from Marietta College and is a Board Member of VOICES. She is a big believer in the arts. When […]
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Moving abroad alone
By Annalise Grueter I didn’t study abroad in college. Instead, I spent three months in the woods playing “escape from the technological world,” similar to Henry David Thoreau (but more on that another time). I had dreamed of living in another country before then, and dreamed of it again after. But it took another seven […]
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Ps&Qs: Sink or swim
Mike Pence won’t endorse Trump for president — it’s like Darth Vader standing up to the Emperor! Is it because Trump tried to have him hanged on the steps of the Capitol? Fair enough. I’ve held a grudge over much less … So, I guess the question is, will the GOP split in half like […]
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Monopoly money and a weighted dice
A few weeks ago, my 6-year-old son asked me to play the 2017 Monopoly Aspen Special Edition game. During setup, I marveled at how the game’s landmarks still stood in a city that wealth has obliterated. My son caught onto the game swiftly, and I soon found myself in a position of being land-rich and […]
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CVEPA Views: Safe passage for all on Crystal River Road
By Suzy Meredith-Orr Twelve minutes of my drive to work takes me through the scenic north end of the Crystal Valley on Highway 133. It’s an opportune time to get centered; to plan the day; to observe nature’s beauty and the changing of the seasons; and, sometimes, to curse out the driver who just passed […]
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Keeping it local — do we?
There’s a plethora of local Facebook posts denigrating Donald Trump. Posts critical of the Supreme Court are also popular, as are posts about a certain congresswoman’s intelligence and passions. There are complaints about our local government too. Carbondale Marketplace and other developments are favorite targets. Unfortunately, relevant decisions about those developments were made 10 or […]
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VOICES Radio Hour: Newcomers think of home
The following excerpts are from “VOICES Radio Hour’s” episode aired on March 8 on KDNK, featuring stories from three Venezuelan newcomers. Visit voicesrfv.org/voices-radio-hour to listen to the full bilingual episode and all previous “VOICES Radio Hour” episodes. Argenis Argenis is 40 years old and is a lawyer. Every day he is working toward a better […]
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A tale of the last good real estate deal
Surmise to say, I might have snagged the last good real estate deal in Carbondale in 1987. It was a 7,200 square-foot residential building site in the old part of town — at 756 Sopris Avenue, to be precise — for $16,000 cash. By 1988, a developer offered me $20,000 for it. The south-facing lot […]
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Phase 3 of Carbondale’s response to unhoused migrants
Since November, the Town of Carbondale has been responding to an unprecedented influx of unhoused migrants — specifically addressing housing needs during the winter months. We are now transitioning to our third and final phase of this response which involves gradually phasing out emergency services while participating in a coordinated regional approach to homelessness throughout […]