MVDS gratitudeMany thanks to the generous members of our community who supported Mountain Valley Developmental Services (MVDS) at our Greenhouse Open House & Picnic on May 17. We had the best first day of sales since the Mountain Valley Greenhouse opened in 1984 as a year-round commercial greenhouse selling annual and perennial bedding plants, house […]
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Letters – May 22, 2025
Let’s dive inGrowing up in the Roaring Fork Valley, the Carbondale pool was more than just a place to cool off. It was where I learned to swim, to trust my body and to feel strong in the water. Years later, I watched both of my kids take their first strokes in that same pool, […]
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Letters to the Editor, May 15, 2025
Correction: Last week’s Garfield County Report stated Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) Chair Tom Jankovsky said the BOCC has jurisdiction over the library board and director. In fact, he affirmed the library board has jurisdiction over the library director. Thank yous, all aroundI would like to say thank you to a few people and businesses. […]
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Letters – May 1, 2025
Pool investmentLast spring, I had the privilege of participating on the Town of Carbondale’s Aquatics Center fundraising team as a grant writer. In the course of doing that work, I sought answers to three questions: 1. Why is the Town doing a fundraiser for its pool? 2. What is “building electrification?” 3. Why is the […]
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Letters to the Editor
Re: Sexual assaultThis is in response to Jeanne Souldern’s letter last week: “Sexual Assault.” I totally agree with her opinions and questions. Three weeks ago, someone tried to get in my front door after dark. Since the assault on Nov. 2, 2024, I have locked my storm door and deadbolted my front door. I called […]
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Letters – April 10, 2025
Peaceful protestWhat a great turnout at the Resist protest in Glenwood Springs on Saturday. There were hundreds of folks across Grand Avenue from me where my two signs were the only conservative opinions amongst a forest of southpaw sentiment. Yet the party of joy and inclusion was heart warmingly kind to me. I’ve never ever […]
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Letters – March 27, 2025
Green thumb soughtI’m no longer able to work my spacious organic veggie garden in downtown Carbondale, and am looking for an experienced gardener who would like to use it free of charge. The soil has been augmented with homemade compost for the past 53 years and is like a fertile feather bed. There’s an automatic […]
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Letters – March 13, 2025
Correction: Jane Taylor was mistakenly cited as Jane Smith in A.O. Forbes’ “Seeking Haystacks” column last week. Measles vaccine I was a child before the measles vaccine existed. When I was 10, I got sent home from school one day feeling worse than I had ever felt in my life with a headache that I thought […]
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Letters – Feb. 27, 2025
Re: Nearly homelessVery interesting article about the “nearly homeless” situation.There are differing numbers as far as reported income levels. The Sopris Sun article claimed average Carbondale income in the 2022 census was just over $40,000.It may be important to note that was at the end of COVID, so some folks would not have been working […]
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Letters — Feb. 20, 2025
Correction: Matt Solomon is a former Eagle town council member, not Eagle County commissioner as mistakenly stated in last week’s Garfield County Report. Straight shot nightmareAs a downvalley resident who spent years commuting from Carbondale to Aspen, I want to let my fellow travelers know that the straight shot into Aspen will not make our […]