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Jun. 12, 2019
Does it matter? You get to decide.
This is a love story of sorts. About this great town and what an example it is of how — when people, organizations, businesses, and government institutions work together — amazing things can, will… and do happen.
Take this paper you are holding in your hands… read more →
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Jun. 26, 2019
A finale and a crescendo — local music scene changes overnight
The times they are a changin’ in Carbondale’s local music scene.
People spilled out onto the sidewalk outside Steve’s Guitars on June 21, which marked Pearl & Wood’s last performance — in Colorado, anyway.
“Ellie and I, we’re scheming up a tour in… read more →
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Jun. 26, 2019
Locals learn to put the “art” in business smarts
Artists in many ways wield superpowers, maintains Andrew Simonet. He just wishes more of them felt empowered to use those powers outside the studio.
“They have the ability to manifest something out of nothing,” he said. “To imagine something that doesn’t exist … that’s a complicated… read more →
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Jun. 26, 2019
How preparedness keeps kids safe
Emergency preparedness in schools is a sensitive topic since the advent of school shootings. We want our children and community to be prepared, but what are the potential costs.
When some of us were young that safety plan was mainly fire drills. However, in today’s… read more →
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Jun. 26, 2019
Trustees agree to pursue age-friendly community designation
Mayor Dan Richardson worried the final decision to pursue an AARP Age-Friendly Community designation for Carbondale might prove anticlimactic due to sheer lack of opposition, but the cheers and applause from a room full of seniors demonstrated otherwise.
The push was just part of multiple efforts… read more →
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Jun. 26, 2019
Getting the most out of an exchange
“Isn’t your life already too busy to host an exchange student?” is a question we heard over and over.
I don’t know? Aren’t all our lives eternally busy in some form or another? But our dedication to raise two boys to be globally aware… read more →
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Jun. 19, 2019
Sunfire Ranch balances history and a sustainable future
In 1893, then-President Grover Cleveland signed the homestead patent for what Crystal Valley residents now know as Sunfire Ranch. It hangs, framed, in the Sewell family’s house on the property.
Today, 126 years later, Jason Sewell finds himself faced with a sort of pioneering opportunity —… read more →
