My family’s journalism roots trace back two centuries to the National Intelligencer in Washington, D.C. and, more recently, to a multi-generational family enterprise encompassing local papers across five Midwestern and Western states. While I take great pride in my family’s legacy, our business has provided a front-row seat to the unprecedented challenges the digital age […]
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Seeking Haystacks: An Introduction
As a child, I longed to be a hero, to be seen not just as Arthur, but as King Arthur, bringing chivalry to an unchivalrous world. I had a wicked crush on my third-grade classmate, Susie Wirth, and during recess, we would ride around on the back of her broom — she was a good […]
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Scene OneBy Don Marlin My body ached along my right side and kept bleeding through the bandages. My right shin and knee had six-inch gashes that bore markings like a bear paw being slowly drawn down along my flesh. My right thigh was almost twice as big as my left, turning blue, and bore the […]
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Double Bubble TroubleBy Nancy Bo Flood I chewedAnd chewedThenBlew and blew.My bubble grew… And Grew … and … GREW until POP! Oh, No.It’s on my noseIt’s in my hairDouble Bubble everywhere. Piece by pieceI peel off pink. Ooops DROPPED D […]
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Basalt Report: Council welcomes its newest members
On Thursday night, Basalt Town Hall overflowed with applause as it said goodbye to Councilor Elyse Hottel and Mayor Bill Kane, congratulated Councilor David Knight on his assumption of the position of mayor and welcomed its two newest councilors, Angele Dupre-Butchart and Hannah Berman. Prior to swearing in its newest members, the council voted to […]
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There’s no place like home
Carbondale is a very special place. My husband, Dave, and I moved here as newlyweds over 32 years ago looking for a more affordable housing option than our basement apartment in Aspen. As we grew our family to welcome our daughter, Elizabeth, and our son, Zack, we experienced the bond of Carbondale’s community through the […]
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Pages of the Past: Celebrating 50 years of Carbondale newspapers
This look back at this month in history is drawn from the newspaper archive at the Carbondale Branch Library. Digitization efforts are underway, with 1975 through 1982 expected to be available at www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org this summer. Contact tkallassy@gcpld.org if you’re interested in supporting the project. Meanwhile, The Sun is in the process of binding issues from […]
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Letters
Correction: Last week’s feature about Mountain Valley Developmental Services mistakenly dropped the “al” from that nonprofit’s name. Re: USFSI hope the octagonal porthole window above the west entrance got saved and given to Carbondale as an historical remembrance to be displayed in the town center, but it likely wasn’t. What a shame. Nancy Morey, Glenwood […]
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Gifts to Bring Back from the Seashore By Nancy Bo Flood FootprintsFrom bare feet walking in wet sand,I would bring to you.How simply they say,Now. FriendshipWith trust that we holdFor a moment, each other’s heart,Carefully, gently,As we share. JoyOf play,Children creating castles,Digging holes the surf will soon fill,The sea will wash away. Endings and beginnings,I bring […]
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Letters
Not to burnOver a year and half ago, when I saw the obscene books in the Silt Library, I did say burn the obscene, x-rated books. I have since changed my mind. Burn no books. Put the books behind glass and require someone to be 18 or older to checkout. I did take out over […]