Another year has come and gone with hardship and success. We at The Sopris Sun offer this brief look back at just a few of the headline happenings. January At the beginning of the year, a surge of Omicron, the prevailing COVID-19 variant, had local governments reinstating indoor mask mandates as free testing centers saw […]
2022
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Potato Day’s 2022 mash-up grows engagement
For 112 years, through two pandemics, ‘Bonedalers have harkened the fall with a celebration of spuds. At the time of the very first Potato Day, 1910, Eugene Grubb had just published his book, “The Potato” and Irish immigrant Thomas McClure’s red variety, unique to this valley, was gaining national prestige. “The Roaring Fork and Crystal […]
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Saliendo de la rutina
¿Cómo romper esta rutina? Seguir en el mismo patrón del día a día y no poder cambiar, pese a que se está cómodo en lo conocido ya lo mismo no funciona. Ya no llena el alma, ya no resuelve los problemas. Este 2022, comenzamos con todo el ánimo pero terminó el primer mes del año […]
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De hábito a estilo de vida
¡Bienvenido 2022! El Valle entero terminó el 2021 a duras penas, y para muchos darle vuelta a la página y comenzar un nuevo capítulo con 365 hojas en blanco para seguir en búsqueda de eso llamado felicidad, era ya una necesidad tremenda. Soy yo o ¿hasta el café tiene mejor sabor al comenzar el año? […]
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Year-end reflections from Mayor Dan
For as long as I can remember, my goal in life has been to change the world — for the better. I started off my career focused on clean energy and sustainability in the built environment because it was the most interesting way for me to change the world. After a couple of decades, I […]
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Basalt report: One "transparent” budget reviewed, two ballot issues approved
Basalt Finance Director Christy Chicoine presented the Town’s First Draft of its 2022 Budget at the Town Council meeting Tuesday night, detailing how Basalt would spend its combined revenues and fund balances of $49,317,017 and stay out of the red. Chicoine called the 71-page budget “a pretty robust document for the public,” and said it […]
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Carbondale Trustees presented with draft budget for 2022
Carbondale staff has been meticulously managing the finer details that make a municipal budget presentable ahead of the document becoming publicly available. Finance Director Renae Gustine reported to Town Trustees that the baseline budget represents a commitment to providing high-quality services at financially sustainable levels. Projected revenues for the general fund are $9.523 million. Setting […]