By Dorothea Farris This month’s columnist came to Carbondale in 1960 when there was a population of 612. Since then, she has served on no less than 40 boards, commissions, and task forces. She has taught and counseled students in public and private schools, written articles and traveled widely. Somehow, she also fit in 5 […]
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Letters – Feb. 10, 2022
Happy New Year January has already come and gone. They say time flies and we are watching it happen. Carbondale Homeless Assistance is still very active in our Community. Although “different,” 2021 still showed the need for our help. We are grateful to all of those who have contributed to our program. We could not […]
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Carbondale Report: Trustees split over yard waste collection
Tuesday’s meeting saw all trustees in attendance besides Erica Sparhawk. The meeting began with student of the month awards, approval of the consent agenda and comments by trustees. Next was a public hearing for an application for a new retail marijuana store called Goodflower, to be located at 1101 Village Road. With no comments from […]
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Carbondale intenta reflejar intereses diversas
Traducción por Dolores Duarte Al comparar los comentarios de las reuniones de participación en español e inglés, la directora de planificación de Carbondale, Janet Buck, se divirtió al encontrar entre las opiniones comunes: “¡No pongan Carbondale demasiado bonito!”. Ese comentario es sólo una pequeña muestra de los miles que se recibieron a lo largo de […]
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Carbondale recibe donación anónima de acres en el centro
Traducción por Dolores Duarte La plaza de Fourth Street (380 Main Street) y los 16 lotes que rodean el edificio del Thunder River Theatre Company (TRTC) fueron donados discretamente a la municipalidad de Carbondale a finales de 2021. La aceptación de esta asombrosa y generosa donación de más de 1.6 acres se incluyó en el […]
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More than ‘the thrift store’
If you have ever gazed up from the doorway of the building located at the corner of Third and Main in Carbondale, you will have spied a blue sign with yellow lettering that reads: Rebekah Lodge. Many locals know it as the Near New or, more informally, as “the thrift store.” This building serves as […]
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Carbondale report: Trustees narrow in on STR regs
Carbondale trustees made considerable progress during a work session on Jan. 18 toward a solution to limit the proliferation of short-term rentals (STR) within town limits, while taking into account primary residents that rely on income generated by the model. Close to 90 attendees joined the meeting, both online and in-person. It began with a […]
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Trustees dive into new pool prospects
The first regular meeting of the Board of Town Trustees (BOTT) in the new year saw the full board in attendance, masked and in-person. With the exception of one item, the consent agenda was approved with little discussion. This included accounts payable with approved community grants, authorization for the town clerk to appoint municipal election […]
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Scuttlebutt and Calendar – Jan. 13, 2022
SCUTTLEBUTT: Cannabis gives LivWell Enlightened Health, a cannabis manufacturing company, donated $60,000 to Habitat for Humanity of Colorado toward its affordable housing construction efforts. The funding came from LivWell’s customers who participated in the business’s “Round Up” campaign. Since Colorado’s stay-at-home order went into effect, LivWell has offered customers the ability to round up their […]
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The flipside to the short-term rental debate
There are two sides to every coin and, following the Carbondale trustees’ Dec. 21 work session addressing Community First Carbondale’s (CFC) proposal to regulate short-term-rentals (STR), a flip-side presented itself. In response to the work session, a contingent of people in favor of short-term rentals formed their own group in the wake of the debate. […]