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‘Quiet Years’ could return due to bridge
Dear Aspen: It is only a matter of time until this happens to the Castle Creek bridge and Highway 82: Highway 50 — between Gunnison and Montrose — was closed indefinitely last week due to bridge concerns. Imagine what that would do to your commute and town? The...
‘It’s total chaos. It’s awesome!’
For two hours on a cold, rainy Friday afternoon, six employees of Umbrella Roofing and 10 or so other volunteers toiled to assemble 103 blue Huffy bicycles at Basalt Elementary School — knowing the payoff at the end would make the endeavor totally worthwhile. The payout in this case...
Vagneur: A short history of Aspen’s contentious roads
It comes around, like a toothache, every-once-in-a-while when you least need it, but predictable nonetheless. The argument over and around the S-Curves and the Straight Shot. Ever hear of that? There are probably as many opinions about it as there are cars coming across the Castle Creek Bridge each day, so you don’t really need one from me, but here’s a little history.
On the Fly: Embrace the springtime fluctuations
They say the only constant in this life is change, and big changes are on the fly fisher’s doorstep for the next few months. With another year of “average” snowpack, the annual runoff is already underway (sort of). In general terms, mid-May to mid-June delivers our highest flows of the year, although some years we are getting into July before the freestones begin to clear.
Firefighters act fast to snuff midvalley wildfire
Firefighters from multiple agencies scrambled to snuff a small wildfire that broke out at the base of Crown Mountain at about 2:10 p.m. Wednesday. Firefighters from Roaring Fork Fire Rescue and assisting agencies climbed an estimated 300 feet up the steep slope directly behind Happy Day Ranch, where Hooks Lane and Emma Road converge in an elbow. The firefighters ran water hoses up the slope and established a perimeter around the fire in the shape of a large triangle.
Mountain Chalet owners have earned their turn
The Melville family for decades has contributed to Aspen in too many ways to name. The Mountain Chalet is one example — quaint and affordable with a welcoming staff, often providing housing for those in need. The family is the epitome of what Aspen was and what we so...
Heartbroken over monks’ departure, pending sale
It is with great sadness for the many friends of the monks at St. Benedict’s Monastery to learn that they will be leaving us. We longtime friends of the monks are heartbroken to learn that they will no longer reside in our beautiful Capitol Creek valley. We will always...
Umbrella Roofing founder thinks big on charitable giving
Umbrella Roofing founder and president Trevor Cannon was so impressed by the Patagonia company’s 1% for the Planet philanthropic endeavor that he started a Roaring Fork Valley variation in 2011 called 1% Close to Home. It was a challenging time to be pledging hefty charitable giving. The Roaring Fork...
Proposed Burlingame child care facility clears city hurdle
Aspen City Council advanced an ordinance to build a 94-student early childhood education center at the Burlingame Ranch affordable housing development on Tuesday. Council will vote on whether to finalize and pass the ordinance during a second reading at a future meeting. The ordinance would approve amended land-use entitlements for...
‘We should be one of the top performing academic schools in the nation’: Aspen’s next superintendent shares his approach to the leadership role
The Aspen School District is going through some big changes: The school board is wrapping up spending a $114 million voter-approved bond acquiring staff housing, teacher turnover remains an issue, and students are pushing back on a possible smartphone ban. This is all taking place while the school district welcomes...
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