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Potato Day turns eleventy-one
Carbondale’s venerable celebration of history and agriculture gets a COVID treatment with an array of virtual and in-person festivities. This year’s theme “Spuds and Suffragists — Women Voting Proudly for 100 Years” honors the centennial of the 19th Amendment. In addition to the audio series featured… read more →
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Sharing history from a woman’s perspective
Men may have built this town, but women built the community.
That’s a lesson Sue Gray of the Carbondale Historical Society hopes will come through loud and clear across five first-person stories being recorded and shared in the lead-up to Potato Day.
“We wanted to tell women’s stories, which are… read more →
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Waldorf students resiliently face the times
“Oh to be young again,” so the sentiment goes… However, these days the youth may be less envied. Students across the nation undergo the new normal either in familiar hallways or over a computer monitor in the refuge of their homes.
The Waldorf school has set… read more →
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CMC hires former Parsons prof
When Cecilia Metheny decided to leave the New York City area for Carbondale, she knew she wanted to continue teaching.
“I don’t think anyone on Earth teaches for money,” she said. “I think your heart’s in it or it isn’t.”
After nearly 20 years… read more →
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Pandemic puts Castle back on the market
The historic Osgood Mansion is up for sale for the second time in four years — this time for $19.75 million
After multi-million-dollar total renovations, owners April and Steve Carver determined that operating the castle in the current pandemic and economic environments was not sustainable.The Carvers… read more →
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Robinson challenging Samson for commissioner
With less than 50 days left until the election, the race for Garfield County Commissioner from District 3, between challenger Democrat Leslie Robinson and four-term incumbent Republican Mike Samson, is on its final leg.
Leslie Robinson, the current Chair of the Grand Valley Citizens’ Alliance, a… read more →
While Roaring Fork students have always played on some Basalt teams, the Ram/Longhorn camaraderie is particularly strong during the pandemic.
