Dear Jamie LaRue,Thank you for very nearly four years of incredibly compassionate leadership of the Garfield County Libraries! We so needed you! Thank you for listening to staff, for letting them take the ball and run with their passions, creativity and innovative ideas. Your dedication inspired so many people! Thank you for expanding the outreach […]
Ed Colby
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Letters – Feb. 19, 2026
Re: SafetyIn a few recent issues of The Sun, problems with pedestrian safety or signage or speeding were mentioned. One aspect of these issues where the Town of Carbondale could improve drastically is the marking of crosswalks. At a few busier intersections, tinted concrete crosswalks were built at considerable expense to provide permanent marking. However, […]
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Letters – Jan. 29, 2026
Correction: On the cover of last week’s paper, Sofia Webster and Matty O’Conner were mistakenly referred to as sisters, and Sofia’s last name was given to Matty. Re: GarCo ReportThis is Kristi Gill, born and raised in the Roaring Fork Valley. I worked at VVH and GRHD for 40 years. I would like to clarify […]
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Letters – Aug. 21, 2025
Corrections: A photo by Alison Osius in last week’s paper was mistakenly attributed to Laird Little. In “PEAK learning comes to Marble Charter School,” Karly Anderson was named, but she has since left Marble Charter School and Hope Dwiggins will take her place supporting the PEAK program. Lastly, in the Carbondale commercial inventory article published […]
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In memory of Roberto
By Ed Colby Always at the end of March, when the daffodils bloom in Peach Valley, I remember Roberto. His memorial plaque, pounded into the rocks by the side of a ski run, reads: In Memory of our Friend Roberto A. Gasperl. Born Feb. 22, 1941, Cervinia, Italy. Died in an Avalanche Mar. 31, 1981, […]
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Letters – Oct. 31, 2024
Correction: Last week’s cover suggested the group Protect Our GarCo Libraries organized the gathering at Centennial Park and the march to the county administration building. In fact, it was the Garfield County Public Library District (GCPLD) that spearheaded the entire event. GCPLD organized this event as part of the American’s Library Association’s Unite Against Book […]
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Letters – May 9, 2024
Conducting researchThe Carbondale Nature Park (aka the Delaney dog park) is a 31-acre piece of bottom land located about a quarter-mile north of Town Hall, where the water treatment plant currently sits. I’m researching the dog park’s history and now we are getting somewhere. The Town bought the property from Mesa Verde Associates, LLC in […]
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Planta flores y no cortes los dientes de león
Traducción por Dolores Duarte Tras 28 años de practicar la apicultura, los movimientos de Ed Colby alrededor de sus colmenas son constantes y tranquilos. En lugar de un traje completo de apicultor, lleva unos jeans, una camisa de manga corta y un velo para protegerse la cara. El zumbido constante de las abejas llena el […]
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Plant flowers and don’t mow those dandelions
After 28 years of beekeeping, Ed Colby’s movements around his hives are steady and calm. Instead of a full beekeeping suit, he’s wearing blue jeans, a short-sleeved shirt and a bee veil to protect his face. The steady hum of bees fills the air as he prys open a hive. I’ve met Colby at the […]