It was a boisterous and buzzing evening at The Pour House as candidates, supporters and curious denizens wandered in on election night, April 5. In previous years, John Foulkrod would have shushed the crowd before announcing the news, hand-delivered from Town Hall. This year, the results arrived via text messages to numerous cell phones within […]
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A big phat buy in Bonedale
On Jan. 1, 2022, a year of talks culminated in the sale of Mark Fischer and Lari Goode’s Phat Thai restaurant to local Eric Mitchell and his talented but silent business partner. An alluring anchor on Main Street since December 2003, Phat Thai has long been a congenial, social crossroads; a place to gather over […]
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Carbondale Report: Crystal Outdoors LLC threatens litigation
The most momentous occurrence at Tuesday’s regular meeting was not on the agenda. All trustees were present with the exception of Ben Bohmfalk. Representatives of Crystal Outdoors LLC, Dave Myler and Andy Peters, alerted the trustees to what they consider a problem with the town’s unified development code (UDC). Crystal Outdoors LLC purchased the River […]
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El asunto A de la papeleta de votación
Traducción por Dolores Duarte Además de elegir a tres administradores y al próximo alcalde de Carbondale, los residentes de la ciudad tienen la oportunidad de aprobar el reemplazo de la piscina John M. Fleet, llamada así en honor de un antiguo alcalde de Carbondale, para una nueva instalación acuática en el mismo sitio. La nueva […]
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Carbondale report: Housing crunch fought on several fronts
All trustees were in attendance at the regular meeting on March 8. During trustee comments, Lani Kitching gave an update on Crystal River restoration work at Riverfront Park. Based on the limited window for working in-stream with minimal disruption to aquatic species, the project is forecasted to begin in August and conclude in October. The […]
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A transplant’s tale from Florida-land
Last autumn, my partner and I said goodbye to Carbondale. We packed our belongings into a rental trailer and began the long drive to Florida. We left Carbondale at 3 a.m. Glenwood Canyon had just been cleared of fallen rock and the pavement was still a broken mess, but there was virtually no traffic on […]
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Our Town: Mountain Maes, a fifth-generation Carbondalian
You may have heard the dulcet tones of 16-year old Mountain Maes spinning some jazz sides on KDNK last Saturday night. Or perhaps you’ve heard his stories, public affairs shows and music sets on the Andy Zanca Youth Empowerment Program (AZYEP) for almost a decade. Mountain’s dream, to be a tech engineer, emerged from AZYEP […]
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Pages of the past: Carbondale carries the torch
Feb. 18, 1982 Though they hadn’t been through two years of intermittent social distancing, folks still got cabin fever — so the Journal sought advice from Glenwood Springs psychologist Jerry Weinstock. He noted that the phenomenon was particularly prevalent in rural areas (which Carbondale certainly still was), since cities provide plenty of year-round diversion. He […]