Cathy Britt sliced apples on her kitchen counter and looked at an ironcast wood stove in an adjoining living room. It’s a Norwegian-made Jotul. The kind with a nostalgic swinging door and a black stove pipe. “We can’t imagine not having it,” she said. “It’s just so part of the house.” Cathy, a former Carbondale […]
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Carbondale Report: Rates increasing and public infrastructure improving
All Carbondale trustees were present for their final meeting of September, addressing several items indicative of an evolving town. First, a consent agenda was approved that included approval of minutes, special event permits for the Carbondale Historical Society (Membership Drive, Oct. 3 at True Nature) and English In Action (Fiesta de Tamales, Oct. 25 at […]
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Colorado’s geothermal aspirations persist
A thermal energy network (TEN) is a geothermal heating and cooling system that uses shallow wells and pumps to circulate water between buildings and the earth. Using the earth’s consistent temperature as a heat sink, water is pumped from underground into buildings for cooling in the summer and heating in the winter. After absorbing or […]
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Carbondale’s 2nd Street braces for summer construction
On March 25, the Carbondale Board of Trustees (BOT) approved a bid for replacing about 1,000 feet of the sewer main pipe beneath 2nd Street, from Capitol Avenue south to Snowmass Drive. The infrastructure has been noted as “significantly degraded” during annual operations and maintenance work. Excavation Services Inc. was awarded the bid for $1,192,325, […]
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Holy Cross rate restructuring sparks controversy
On March 1, Holy Cross Energy (HCE) informed its customers that the Glenwood Springs-based cooperative’s electricity-rate structure was being significantly modified. The first round of the new rates, which are to be rolled out over a period of three years, are set to take effect starting Sept. 1. In addition to an overall increase in […]