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• Locations: News By Dyana Furmansky Published Mar. 9, 2022

  Working parents find few childcare options for infants and toddlers

  El Busesito is a service offered by Valley Settlement. This retrofitted mobile bus travels from neighborhood to neighborhood, bringing free, bilingual preschool education to children up and down the Roaring Fork Valley. Photo by Emily Chaplin

  After receiving their joyful news, parents expecting their first baby are initiated into another fact of life: there’s a waitlist at every licensed early childcare center between Parachute and Aspen. “People hear through the grapevine that the moment they know they are pregnant they must get on a waitlist,” says… read more →

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  Parent/Toddler Movement and ASL Class

  By 1blankuser Published Feb. 8, 2022

  Move, meet friends, learn American Sign language and have fun! Parent or care-giver required to join!…

• Locations: Columns, Opinion By Nicolette Toussaint Published May. 26, 2021

  My gift to your children's children's children

  Nicolette Toussaint

  Friday, while cheering on Roaring Fork High School’s graduation parade, I was surprised to find a lump in my throat and a tear in my eye. My emotional state was prompted in equal parts by civic pride, respect and terror. Let me explain those, one-by-one.

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• Locations: News By Raleigh Burleigh Published Apr. 21, 2021

  Lisa Dancing-Light shares "Magic"

  Author Lisa Dancing-Light shows off one of her favorite illustrations by Maggie Fricke for "A Song and Story of Magic Mountain." Photo by Raleigh Burleigh.

  “Once upon a time in one of the most beautiful parts of the world, there was a very special mountain.” Thus begins “A Song and Story of Magic Mountain,” a culmination of decades of personal work and artistic exploration by local musician Lisa Dancing-Light. Beyond the children’s book… read more →