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 […]
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Thank you, Aspen Thrift!The Roaring Fork High School baseball team is very grateful to the hardworking and super generous volunteers at the Aspen Thrift Shop for supporting our team. The Aspen Thrift Shop’s donation allowed our team to purchase a new pitching machine that will have us hitting over the outfield fence this season. While […]
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Letters – Jan. 9, 2025
Correction: There’s still time! The Town of Carbondale’s holiday tree recycling service across from Town Hall is operating through Feb. 2. Re: Ps&QsMrs. Perry opines all “Trumpublicans” foster a lack of opportunity, desperation and poverty for criminals. “They try to prevent education and acceptance.”Jeannie paints the majority of the U.S. electorate sporting horns while “following […]
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Holiday gratitudeOn Friday (the 13th!), a wonderful happening took place. As I was checking out a large order at City Market in Carbondale, the gentleman behind me paid for my groceries. I learned that he is a retired member of the Carbondale Fire Department. When I thanked him, he said, “We care about our seniors.” […]
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Letters – December 25, 2024
Summit for Life gratitudeThank you to everyone involved with the Chris Klug Foundation’s 19th Annual Summit for Life on Saturday, Dec. 7. We are thrilled by the continued support of our participants, sponsors, volunteers, fundraising donors and vendors. A massive thank you to our generous sponsors: The Aspen Times, Paradise Bakery, Aspen Square Hotel, Aspen […]
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Letters – Nov. 28, 2024
‘The Giving Tree’Editor’s note: The children’s poetry book written by Shel Silverstein resonated with Lani so much, she decided to quote a passage for her annual year-end note. And after quite a long time the boy came back again.“I am sorry, Boy,” said the tree, “but I have nothing left to give you. My apples […]
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Letters – Nov. 7, 2024
AngelsTo the woman at Carbondale’s City Market this past Sunday, I so greatly appreciate your returning my grocery cart to the store, but even more I appreciate you finding the cell phone that I accidentally left in the cart and returning it to the service desk. I was so relieved to find it, thanks to […]