Correction: Regarding last week’s “Swords to plowshares, turning weapons into tools” article, Western Slope Mennonite Fellowship hosted the event, and the Sandy Hook tragedy occurred in 2012. Also, Roaring Fork High School junior Chase Fenton was mistakenly referred to by his older brother’s name. Re: The SmithyIt was no longer a blacksmith shop the first […]
Robyn McBurney
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Palestinians’ sumud, a lesson Americans urgently need
Editor’s note: Robyn McBurney is a Roaring Fork Valley local who recently visited Palestine. In October and November of 2025, she spent 40 days in the occupied West Bank with the International Solidarity Movement, witnessing and documenting the conditions Palestinians face. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Middle Eastern and North African studies and shared […]
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Letters – July 31, 2025
Re: Crystal Theatre AllianceI think (since the Crystal Theatre is now a kind of museum), that the way to preserve it and convert it into a money-making entity again would be to feature classic movies from the silent movie days, then the “talkies” and then the first technicolor movies — and, finally, classics of the […]
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Letters – May 29, 2025
Speak up!June 5, at 2pm at the Carbondale Library, the library board of trustees discusses if it is their role as trustees to restrict access to books found objectionable by a small group of people based on a political or religious ideology. Censorship is to restrict or impede access to information. This past year, this […]