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    A&T "enhancements" causing spotty coverage

    If your AT&T cell phone has been having trouble making or receiving calls the past few days, you're not alone. According to spokesperson Suzanne Trantow, Ma Bell is making enhancements to its network in the Carbondale area, which could cause reception issues in the short term. read more →
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    Mary, John Matchael reflect on Bandar project

    Mary Matchael had to sign a confidentially agreement when Saudi Prince Bandar Bin Sultan’s people hired her to design, create and install artistic windows, doors and other glasswork in his 56,000-square-foot mansion in Starwood in 1991. In other words, she couldn’t grant interviews with the press, or release other information, about her involvement in the project. read more →
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    Dandelion Day plans underway, volunteers needed

    Plans for Dandelion Day 2017 are still evolving, but this much we know: Carbondale’s celebration of one of nature’s most useful plants will take place on May 13 and the Parade of the Species will probably march, slither, hop, stride and clip-clop down Main Street as it has in previous years. As for the ever popular beer garden? read more →
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    Farrar signs on as interim Basalt town manager

    Davis Farrar knows more about local history, and government history, than just about anyone around. That knowledge could come in handy, after Farrar accepted the job of interim Basalt town manager on Tuesday. Basalt’s town manager shuffle started last year when Mike Scanlon left his post. Farrar told the Basalt trustees he has lived in the Roaring Fork Valley since 1979 and served as Carbondale’s town manager for 13 years. read more →
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    Let the sun shine: Fat Friday returns

    Carbondale folks learned something important during the first Fat Friday Mardi Gras parade in 2013. The late afternoon sun in early February funnels itself right down Main Street, shining a spotlight on everything it illuminates and casting long shadows in an almost magical way. read more →
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    Carbondale Fire works to correct diesel spill at Marble station

    An agreement is nearly complete between the Town of Marble and the Carbondale & Rural Fire Protection District that will allow work to get underway to clean up what fire officials believe is a relatively small diesel spill from tanks at the Marble fire house, according to fire district officials. read more →
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    Roaring Fork High holds second annual Girls’ Summit

    While a blizzard buffeted Carbondale on the evening of Jan. 25, Roaring Fork High School art teachers Leslie Keery and Cathleen McCourt, as well as students in the Girls’ Summit Club, greeted approximately 30 girls of various grades as well as three quarters of the female staff of RFHS in front of the warm fireplace at the Orchard Church for the annual Girls’ Summit. read more →
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    Jeff Jackel pedals through final week as rec director

    For nearly 16 years, Jeff Jackel has been the figure most closely identified with recreational programs run by the Town of Carbondale, but that is about to come to an end. Jackel, 65, is retiring from his $95,000 post as director of the town’s recreation department as of Feb. 3, having overseen projects valued at more than $6.6 million, paid for by a carefully managed combination of local taxpayer funds and grants from a variety of regional and state agencies and entities. read more →
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    New principal sought at RFHS as Adams seeks new horizons

    Roaring Fork School District is accepting applications for a new Roaring Fork High School principal after Drew Adams announced he will be leaving the position at the end of the school year. Adams took the helm at RFHS five years ago. In an email to community members on Jan. 11, he explained that he had previously contemplated working abroad and felt that the time had come to pursue his options in that regard. read more →
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    Community responds to Crystal trail plans

    The Pitkin County Open Space & Trails department last week got its first look at public preferences regarding plans to build a bicycle trail from Carbondale to Crested Butte (a former mining town turned ski resort in Gunnison County), following open-houses that drew more than 130 people to two meetings in Redstone and Carbondale. The county has about $300,000 to work with in the trail-planning task — $100,000 from Great Outdoors Colorado (GoCo) and $200,000 from the Open Space & Trails (OS&T) itself. read more →