American Legion Post 100 carried out its annual 21 gun salute starting at the White Hill Cemetery bright and early on Memorial Day, honoring the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for every American’s right to freedom. From there, they went on to Evergreen Cemetery on 8th Street and then to the Veterans […]
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Memorial Day 2024
People throughout the Valley especially enjoyed their freedom on Monday, while in the name of soldiers who fought but never made it home, the American Legion Post 100 organized the annual 21-gun salute, first at White Hill Cemetery and then at Veterans Memorial Bridge, on Memorial Day. Commander David Jackson’s grandson had the honor of […]
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Pages of the Past: ‘The People’s Republic of Carbondale’
From the archives of the Roaring Fork Review, Valley Journal and Sopris Sun in collaboration with the Carbondale Historical Society and Carbondale Branch Library. May 30, 1974Regular services returned to the Episcopal Church at Marble for the first time since the 1950s. The church had been transported from Aspen by mule wagons in 1908 with […]
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Letters – May 30, 2024
Litter notMy name is Yonden Sherpa. I play sports and go to Carbondale Middle School. I am in fifth grade and I currently live in Carbondale. I wanted to let you know that there is some littering that I have been noticing and I am here to influence our Carbondale community because I have noticed […]
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar – June 1, 2023
Julia Marshall A celebration of life for Julia Marshall, founding board chair for The Arts Campus at Willits (TACAW), will be held on the Listening Lawn at TACAW on Saturday, June 3 from 2 to 5pm. On top of being an integral advocate for the arts, Marshall designed the landscape at TACAW where the celebration […]
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar – June 2, 2022
CommUnity Grant The Carbondale Creative District invites artists living in a zip code that begins with “816” to apply to create work funded by the new $5,000 CommUnity Artist Grant. All art forms will be considered, including performance, installation and experiential works. The selected project will be publicly displayed and should incorporate themes of unity, […]
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Letters – June 10, 2021
Plein Air Paint Out I wanted to thank you for the cover story in this week’s Sopris Sun, what a nice surprise! And how favorably you presented Redstone. The Quick Draw was a success, we sold all the paintings, except for one large one, amounting to just under $3,000, contributing $1,350 to the scholarships. All […]