Carbondale

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    Big Head Todd & The Monsters: ALC Foundation Benefit Concert

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    Big Head Tood & The Monsters Is coming to Carbondale! Join us for an amazing evening of music with a legendary Colorado band and support a great cause. The ALC Foundation raises money for children and families fighting pediatric cancer.…

  • Locations: Letters, Opinion Published

    Letters - June 16, 2022

    Vote Boebert out
    Americans have had enough of the carnage. 

    Nearly all of the recent horrible mass shootings have been by young men who had easy access to firearms and automatic weapons. 

    Lauren Boebert has consistently voted against every proposed logical… read more →

  • Locations: Columns, Opinion Published

    From the mayor: An update on development in Carbondale

    From the mayor: An update on development in Carbondale thumbnail Mayor Bohmfalk will be at Dos Gringos for “Coffee with the Mayor” on Friday, May 27, from 8 to 9 a.m.

    The most common questions that community members are asking me this month are about the scale and pace of development occurring along Highway 133. We each fall in love with Carbondale as it exists at a particular moment in time — often the moment you moved here or the way… read more →

  • Locations: News Published

    Mountain-made for mountain style: Mariposa Hats

    Mountain-made for mountain style: Mariposa Hats thumbnail Local milliner Susan Jordan owns and operates Mariposa Hats. Photo by Sofie Koski

    “I think everybody has the dream of doing something artistic, we all do. We all have artistic components in our lives, and they just come out in different ways,” says Susan Jordan, local milliner (hat maker) and owner of her own business, Mariposa Hats.

    Jordan has… read more →

  • Locations: News Published

    Amy Kimberly prepares for ‘rewirement’

    Amy Kimberly prepares for ‘rewirement’ thumbnail Amy Kimberly, known affectionately as "Miss Moon," carried the Carbondale Mountain Fair through the pandemic, celebrating its 50th anniversary with an epic party last summer. Courtesy photo

    Amy Kimberly is perhaps the best-known member of Carbondale’s eclectic community. She has been instrumental in carrying forth the Mountain Fair tradition since 2004, and her role as executive director of Carbondale Arts brought fresh zeal into the organization. In 2019, she was honored with the Governor’s Creative Leadership Award… read more →

  • Locations: News Published

    Taking pride in history

    Taking pride in history thumbnail Linda Criswell's home is the only private residence with a plaque in Carbondale. She had it installed 10 to 15 years ago. Photo by James Steindler

    The Carbondale Historical Preservation Commission (CHPC) wants you to take pride in your historic homes. That is why the commission is offering people who own a house deemed a “historical structure of merit” (SOM) the opportunity to call attention to its historical relevance. 

    The town will split the cost… read more →

  • Locations: News Published

    Carbondale is site of next RFSD staff housing expansion

    Carbondale is site of next RFSD staff housing expansion thumbnail Roaring Fork School District

    The Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) Board of Education unanimously approved a plan to expand its staff housing program by 30 to 60 new units in Carbondale. The proposal was presented by Jeff Gatlin, RFSD chief operating officer, at the regularly-scheduled board meeting on April 13 at the… read more →

  • Locations: Español Published

    Grupo operativo de emergencias en Carbondale va más allá del COVID

    Grupo operativo de emergencias en Carbondale va más allá del COVID thumbnail PC Drew was recognized for facilitating the Carbondale Emergency Task Force. Photo by Raleigh Burleigh

    Traducción por Dolores Duarte 

    Todos los administradores asistieron a la reunión ordinaria del 12 de abril.

    Como de costumbre, la reunión de la Junta Directiva de Carbondale comenzó con comentarios públicos de personas que no están en la agenda (no hubo ninguno), seguido de… read more →

  • Locations: News Published

    Emergency Task Force looks beyond COVID 

    Emergency Task Force looks beyond COVID  thumbnail PC Drew was recognized for facilitating the Carbondale Emergency Task Force. Photo by Raleigh Burleigh

    All trustees were in attendance at their regular meeting on April 12.

    As per usual, the meeting began with public comments from persons not on the agenda (there were none) followed by comments by the trustees.

    Marty Silverstein was sure to thank Town Clerk Cathy Derby and… read more →

  • Locations: News Published

    A.O. Forbes’ odyssey to CRMS

    A.O. Forbes’ odyssey to CRMS thumbnail A.O. Forbes reflected on his teaching career, saying, "My goal is to empower students to feel comfortable with who they are. The purpose of education is to figure out what you hold dear, what you value, and then find the courage to live within that." Photo by Paula Mayer

    A.O. Forbes is retiring from teaching, having completed his 33rd year at Colorado Rocky Mountain School (CRMS), a school he attended and graduated from in 1969.

    To encapsulate Forbes’ legacy — as a teacher, coach, mentor, husband, father and grandfather — in one newspaper article, led… read more →