It’s time to get excited for Carbondale’s 55th annual Mountain Fair! This year’s theme is Camp Bonedale, a tradition originating in 1981 from the graduating class of Roaring Fork High School. Camp Bonedale nostalgically embraces the heart of the fair being about connection and community. “We were very close, so when we got out of […]
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River Valley Ranch golf club teed up for sale
A Carbondale golf club is on the verge of changing ownership, according to an official. River Valley Ranch (RVR), an 18-hole championship public course built east of Highway 133 in 1998, is currently listed online for sale at $24.5 million by a real estate agency based in Greater Northdale, Florida, called Leisure Investment Properties Group. […]
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Pulling up roots: The Good Seed community garden makes way for housing needs
Daniel Self, the lead pastor at The Orchard Church in Carbondale, isn’t much of a gardener. But at work, he’s surrounded by them — around 30 to be exact. At The Good Seed, the community garden on the northern flank of the church’s property, one of the longtime gardeners told Self recently that he finally […]
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The ‘Stairway to Heaven’
The origin story of Staircase Park has always been a little hazy — fitting, perhaps, for a hidden riverside spot that for years felt more like a local secret than an official Town park. The diminutive pocket park, accessible from Oak Run Road and nestled next to the Crystal River, has been beloved by Carbondalians […]
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Historiography: ‘Touch Not Yon Dandelion!’
Historically, Carbondale was known for its fine and abundant potatoes. What is less known is that the dandelion was responsible for the transition from grain crops to potatoes, according to premier spud grower Eugene Grubb in “Carbondale Pioneers, 1879-1890” by Edna D. Sweet: We grew alfalfa and our land was worth only $50 per acre, […]
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No Script, No Exit: ‘The Long Conversation’ comes to Carbondale
On Sunday, May 3, two people will walk onto the stage at the Crystal Theatre with no moderator, no set topic, and only one instruction: pick up where the last conversation left off. Then they’ll talk for 30 minutes, step off, and hand it to the next pair. Over 12 hours, that relay will repeat […]
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“¿Cómo será la vida de nuestro hijo?”. Para Amelia Dotzenrod, decidir tener un hijo significó lidiar con muchas incertidumbres
La tasa de fertilidad de Estados Unidos ha caído a su nivel más bajo, ya que las mujeres tienen menos hijos, o ninguno. En el valle de Roaring Fork, las tasas de fertilidad en los tres condados alcanzaron su punto máximo en 2007 y han ido disminuyendo desde entonces. Parte de esa tendencia se debe […]
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El plan de 10 años del RFSD busca cubrir el 75 % de las necesidades de vivienda
El Distrito Escolar Roaring Fork (RFSD) completó la mudanza a Meadowood Drive en Carbondale en octubre de 2024, finalizando su mayor proyecto de vivienda para personal hasta la fecha. Ahora, el distrito ha aprobado un plan de vivienda a 10 años, con el objetivo de cubrir el 75 % de las necesidades futuras del personal, […]
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‘Eso es realmente lo que hace que un periódico local sea grandioso: la gente’
El periodismo comunitario ha sido la misma definición de mis más de tres décadas en el oficio. Y no podría amarlo más que en mi función actual como uno de los muchos corresponsales independientes de The Sopris Sun. Mi primera firma, aparte de las publicaciones estudiantiles, llegó cuando era un joven estudiante de periodismo en […]
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Sprazzo se prepara para abrir pronto en 689 Main St
Sprazzo, un nuevo restaurante de temática italiana, abrirá en Main Street (con suerte) “a tiempo para las fiestas”, dijo Justin “Chester” White a The Sopris Sun. El restaurante operará bajo el mismo paraguas empresarial que Main Line Social, otro nuevo restaurante actualmente en construcción en la Highway 133. Chester, el propietario de ambos proyectos, es […]