Last weekend the community honored its past as the old-timers gathered for Memorial Day weekend and reminisced about the old days. …
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In memory…
Memorial Day is the holiday for the Crested Butte old-timers. This weekend many members of the original Crested Butte mining or …
Read More »A couple of pretty bad ideas
The exercise of brainstorming ideas is one way humans move forward. A thought is bounced around and people build on it. …
Read More »Annexation hangover
The latest twists in a proposed Crested Butte annexation bring with it a variety of immediate reactions: disappointment, bafflement, anger, cynicism …
Read More »More local housing discussion
First, we should say thanks to the volunteers who showed up and spent a long night putting out a big fire …
Read More »As local housing disappears, so does the attraction
Any other hard-working locals having trouble finding affordable housing?I just counted almost 40 “employment”’ ads in last week’s classified section, and …
Read More »Your voice still matters and Monday proved it…again
I go to a lot of government meetings. Not all of them are good. Monday’s Crested Butte Town Council meeting was …
Read More »Messages, questions and character
It seems most people understand there is a real need to give the Crested Butte Center for the Arts a facelift …
Read More »Dealing
Young death came to our high mountain valley this week. It usually surprises and always hurts.Such misfortune rips at each of …
Read More »Quick points…
Forgetting that I have friends and acquaintances who fall into both the “hippie” and “right wing” categories, I threw out a …
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