…except on holidays and weekends. It’s time to put away the skateboards, saddles, scooters and other fun toys and games, and break out the paper, pens, computers and books ‘cuz summer has come to an end and the school year is starting. Summer is over and you must go to school. No time to play […]
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Money Juice: Think of your expenses as additive
Follow the Yellow Brick Road We are taught to view our expenses as subtractive, as life obstacles to be negotiated. In terms of budgeting, we are told to trim, sacrifice and find ways to reduce our spending. Of course living within one’s means is the baseline goal, but I believe we need to think about […]
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We’re still here By Bryan WhitingGlenwood Springs Baby-boomers have a lot going for them. A few decades ago, I remember determining I would be 52 when the year 2000 arrived. My internal response: “Wow, that’s old. I wonder what it’s like? Too far in the future to matter.” Today, we hear the world belongs to […]
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Basalt Report: Basalt Center Circle apartments go condo
Conversations about affordable housing took center stage during this week’s Town Council meeting, beginning with a presentation by the Basalt Regional Library and culminating with a contentious second hearing concerning the new apartment complex coming to downtown Basalt. Basalt Regional Library At the start of the meeting, Amy Shipley, executive director of the Basalt Regional […]
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Why did the mountain lion …?By Illene Pevec Carbondale Why did the Mountain Lion climb up on our roof ?Did it want a better view of Sopris from up high?Or was it seeking solace?Solace from what?Our presence in its territory? Or was it just curious about us?Did it want to listen to us breathing below in […]
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Pages of the Past: Fire on the mountain
From the archives of the Roaring Fork Review, Valley Journal and The Sopris Sun; in collaboration with the Carbondale Historical Society and Carbondale Branch Library July 11, 1974 An application by Mid-Continent Coal and Coke to dump wastewater in Coal Creek prompted concern by the Crystal Valley Environmental Protection Association, an inspection by land management […]
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Rivers By Kitty Riley Silver ribbons tie the land togetherRushing, roaming, wandering,Always traveling To another placePassing fields and animals,People and mountainsCarrying life and sustenanceAlong the waySometimes raging, Sometimes trickling,Sometimes harming,Sometimes curingBut always traveling To another placeThese silver ribbonsThat tie the land together Scene Eight By Don Marlin I didn’t miss the cat as much as Mary did. Old […]
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Scene Seven By Don Marlin Richard and Sally didn’t return the phone call for over an hour. It was probably a good time to have more coffee, lunch, sugar and a circling of each respective wagon train in the two states. I continued to ponder the problem of why this one-way portal was present, and […]
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Letters – July 11, 2024
Sign of the times?I was broken-hearted driving through downtown Carbondale today expecting to see the gloriously big American flag proudly displayed like years past on the Fourth of July. I hope this was by mistake and is not a sign of the times. Kirk WebbCarbondale A tale of two townsJust returning from my yearly trek […]
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Letters – July 4, 2024
Clarification: In last week’s Pages of the Past, mention of the James Surls roundabout sculpture under the “June 12, 2014” heading caused some confusion. The Carbondale trustees vote was in fact taken in July 2013, though public scrutiny persisted along with paperwork. Rio Grande dangerMy husband and I are senior citizens who live in Carbondale. […]