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‘A safe house’: Stepping Stones supports, empowers young adults in Roaring Fork Valley

It was just after 3:30 p.m. on a recent afternoon when exclamations, shouts and laughter erupted from the room of a Carbondale home. There, six teens and their campaign leader were gathered around a table...
Published: January 1, 2020

‘A safe house’: Stepping Stones supports, empowers young adults in Roaring Fork Valley

Sollett uses short-film success as stepping stone

Among the filmmakers gathering in Aspen as guests at Aspen Filmfest’s Shortsfest, Peter Sollett figures to draw a large share of the attention. For Sollett, a 27-year-old Brooklyn native, has accomplished the feat that many...
Published: April 2, 2003

Volunteers to refurbish Hanging Lake Trail

GLENWOOD SPRINGS – For a second year in a row, crews of volunteer trail builders from across Colorado will convene in Glenwood Canyon for some heavy lifting to improve the Hanging Lake Trail. The Basalt-based...
Published: September 10, 2011

Giving Thought: A haven for teens after school

When children are released from school, many of them find their way into trouble. Educators and counselors often wonder how to steer wayward children in a positive direction during those late-afternoon hours, and Stepping Stones...
Published: March 14, 2017

‘Street Symphony’: subdudes at their best

Soul seems to be the flavor of the moment. From the other side of the Atlantic, young British singers Joss Stone and Amy Winehouse are battling it out over whose soul is superior. (In the...
Published: September 6, 2007

If you’ve ever wanted to become a character on “South Park,” now’s your chance

Who among us hasn’t wanted to mercilessly mock Cartman, pull a prank on Mr. Garrison or kill Kenny? And for charity’s sake? Trey Parker and Matt Stone, everyone’s favorite Boulder-bred rabble rousers and the creators...
Published: November 30, 2017

From kitchens to bathrooms, European Stone has it covered

Gina O’Shaughnessy didn’t make a sale with one of her customers Friday – but the woman left European Stone and Bath with an armload of countertop and flooring samples to audition in her home. That’s...
Published: February 11, 2004

Andy Stone leaving news group

ASPEN ” One of the most recognizable faces of The Aspen Times is stepping down. Andy Stone, who has worked on and off at the newspaper since 1974, is exiting his job as editorial consultant...
Published: July 8, 2008

John Marvin Lorton

John Lorton is off on a new adventure, leaving us unexpectedly on Tuesday, June 21 to explore what lies on the other side. Born in Poplar Bluff, MO, his family moved west finally landing in...
Published: June 23, 2016

Stone’s ‘World Trade Center’ plays it safe

Everything changed on 9/11/01, from the way we line up at airports to the way we see ourselves as a nation. But perhaps nothing changed so much as Oliver Stone’s filmmaking.Stone’s signature work – including...
Published: August 11, 2006

Edward Durell Stone, Jr.

Edward Durell Stone, Jr., died peacefully in Vero Beach, Fla., on Friday, July 10, 2009. Ed was born in Norwalk, Conn., on August 30, 1932 to Orlean Vandiver and Architect Edward Durell Stone. He attended...
Published: July 14, 2009

Giving Thought: Beneficial guidance at the right time in life

Since 2014, Stepping Stones of the Roaring Fork Valley has been providing community-focused mentoring services for teens at their drop-in center in Carbondale. Recently, the growing organization added services for middle-schoolers. Executive Director Kyle Crawley...
Published: March 12, 2018

Joss Stone: They’re listening to her now

SNOWMASS VILLAGE Speaking about her years as a teenage soul-music star, Joss Stone reflects calmly and wisely about what was often a difficult experience. Back then, a relatively compliant artist sat back and watched as...
Published: August 29, 2007

The Inca Trail

I plod up the mountain. Every few yards, I lean on my hiking stick, wheezing. “Pass of the Dead Woman,” at 13,776 feet, looms above me on the Inca Trail. My temples and lungs ache...
Published: May 7, 2004

Gimme the Stones

In “Almost Famous,” the new movie that explores the rock ‘n’ roll world, vintage 1973, a character makes the claim that the music is for the young: “Do you think Mick Jagger is gonna be...
Published: May 8, 2003

Mayan mysteries

Walking through a river in Belize, carrying a Styrofoam takeout container that holds chicken, rice and vegetables and wearing a helmet, I feel ridiculous. It’s hard to believe that the greatest adventure on a trip...
Published: January 8, 2007

Care and concern

Dear Editor: I’d like to thank the two wonderful women (one an EMT) who came to my aid when I took a nasty spill at a local restaurant last Sunday. I missed a small step...
Published: April 14, 2010

Aspen Thrift Shop announces December grants

Each month, the volunteers of the Thrift Shop of Aspen meet to distribute grants to local non-profits. The recipients for December are: Aspen Valley Ski Club, Aspen Words, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Folklorico, Aspen Middle...
Published: December 21, 2016

More than a victory

Dear Editor:As a founder of the Junior Hockey Program, I want to add one more voice of congratulations to the Aspen High School boys hockey team and their coaches, Al Butler and Chris Lochrem. Who...
Published: March 5, 2007

A king without a throne

Dear Editor:May the Saints preserve us … Mick Ireland now wants to be His Lordship the Mayor of Aspen.Now Mick is man of old Ireland. His speech a kiss from the Blarney Stone and his...
Published: March 22, 2007

Letter: Congrats to grant recipients

Every month, volunteers of the Thrift Shop of Aspen meet to continue to accomplish our mission: to make grants to other nonprofit organizations in the Roaring Fork Valley. We are grateful to all the community...
Published: October 17, 2015

A good mayor for Aspen

Dear Editor: I could not be happier in hearing that Marilyn Marks has thrown her (figurative) hat in the mayor’s race ring. In the April 8 Aspen Times, there is a column by Andy Stone...
Published: April 19, 2009

Willoughby: A building is only as good as its foundation

I found more old houses in Leadville than in Aspen when I shopped for one, decades ago. Most of Leadville’s old houses predated Aspen’s oldest homes. Searching the Leadville listings, you’ll frequently see “date built...
Published: March 31, 2018

Angus and Julia Stone kick off ski season with ‘Snow’ at Belly Up Aspen

“Snow” is in the forecast for Belly Up Aspen on Saturday as the music club brings Australian brother-sister duo Angus and Julia Stone to town for the Thanksgiving weekend kickoff to ski season. The pair...
Published: November 23, 2017

Chance encounter

Men have destroyed themselves chasing women. Why not just let it remain company ” and let it be at that? But pick the right one, the one you want. Limited time with her is better...
Published: March 4, 2004

The book bank

When I was young, Pitkin County Library was housed in the Wheeler Opera House. Because my mother volunteered as a librarian, I spent many winter hours exploring its stacks and storage spaces, and even perused...
Published: October 15, 2010

‘Spillers and weavers’ knit garden together

From the street, your eye moves up my south slope garden from ground- to eye-level, and then on up to the house. You see the two stone walls and winding steps framed and defined by...
Published: June 1, 2007

Jammed-in and jamming

Assuming no desperate need for a beer, or a bathroom, the Jazz Aspen Snowmass Labor Day Festival last week marked a high point for music festivals in the upper Roaring Fork Valley.The lineup was packed...
Published: September 7, 2007

Challengers peg growth as top concern in Eagle County race

When Tom Stone ran for Eagle County commissioner in 1998, many observers felt he skated into office when his two liberal-leaning challengers split the opposition vote. Four years later, some observers fear it may happen...
Published: October 29, 2002

Bonspiels, hacks and hog lines: Curling slides into town

Grab your brooms: Curling may be coming to Aspen. In the wake of a highly successful “Learn To Curl” class recently at the Aspen Ice Garden, there is a move afoot to form a curling...
Published: April 17, 2006

Letter: Thanks for supporting mental health

On Aug.22, Hike Hope Heal, hosted by the Aspen Strong Foundation, took place to connect the mental health resources, promote mental hygiene and support the Mental Health Fund. Last year, this event set the groundwork,...
Published: September 25, 2015

Eagle Co. jeopardizing its support in midvalley?

The Eagle County commissioners are risking their credibility in the midvalley just when it appears they need to be on their best political behavior.The commissioners hope to convince midvalley residents in June to support their...
Published: May 8, 2003

Recycled TP for everybutty

Dear Editor: Andy Stone and I have been in Aspen for a long time, and if he could remember, he would remember me. I usually agree with him on his ramblings in his column, but...
Published: March 6, 2009

Eagle Co. looks to Basalt for tips on affordable housing

Though they may loath to admit it, the county commissioners in Eagle County are starting to sound an awful lot like their colleagues in Pitkin County, especially when they’re talking about affordable housing. As different...
Published: May 14, 2003

Food Matters: Last-minute gadgets for the cool home cook

1. CRUNCH TIME Though it’s a tall order to expect a newfangled air fryer—which circulates hot air at a rapid rate to mimic the effect of a traditional fryer, minus a messy oil bath—to turn...
Published: December 20, 2018

A three-headed commissioner

Dear Editor: I would like to congratulate Rob Ittner, Elizabeth Milias and Marilyn Marks on their victorious election to the Pitkin County commission. It’s not quite a prestigious mayoral seat, but it’s a good stepping...
Published: November 5, 2010

Glenwood Hot Springs Pool

Hit the Hot Springs on a cold day: Until you dunk your first foot into the 104-degree pool, then your second foot and then the rest of you, you won’t know what you’re missing if...
Published: February 3, 2004

Obituary: STANLEY ZELNICK

Stanley Joseph Zelnick November 3, 1929 – January 16, 2020 Stanley Joseph Zelnick passed away peacefully with his family by his side on January 16th 2020, at the age of 90 years old. Stan was...
Published: January 23, 2020

City Council blew it

Dear Editor: I’m responding to the ridiculous article written by Andy Stone dealing with the new (approved) Aspen Art Museum. Here is the real background story, which he somehow failed to divulge. A local group...
Published: October 7, 2010

Current Events

Belly Up is in one of those stretches that can trick a music lover into believing he’s not missing a thing in the big city. Start with Thievery Corporation (Saturday, July 18), whose last Aspen...
Published: July 10, 2009

Preservation by bulldozer?

Yes, folks, it’s another historic battle – a Historic Preservation battle to be exact. A steel cage match: throw ’em in, lock the cage and wait for a victor to emerge – bloody, but still...
Published: November 14, 2007

In the garden: My mother’s garden

At the heart of my mother’s life is her passion for gardening. She has been working this particular piece of ground in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada for almost two-thirds of her 90 years. I saw it last...
Published: August 3, 2009

Tribute bands cover Aspen

ASPEN Jerry, Johnny and Freddy are gone. Axls promise to get the band back together has entered its second decade, with no actual reunion in sight. Mick and Keith and the boys are certain to...
Published: March 6, 2008

Oliver Stone’s ‘W.’ earns endorsement

Oliver Stones W., a biography of President Bush, is fascinating. No other word for it. I became absorbed in its story of a poor little rich kids alcoholic youth and torturous adulthood. This is the...
Published: October 16, 2008

Redstone couple’s adoptions, foster care reunite five siblings

“I’ll Be Home for Christmas” is a song that should resonate for the Wofford family, of Redstone, this week. Mary Ann and Bob Wofford have gone to extraordinary lengths to reunite five children who were...
Published: December 17, 2014

Trafﬁc study to focus on Emma site

ASPEN – A traffic study will be the first step as Pitkin County considers what it should do with the historic Emma Store property it acquired in 2008. The Pitkin County Open Space and Trails...
Published: April 17, 2012

On the Trail: In the moment

Running has always been a punishment for me.Late for high school soccer practice and it’s “Agar, five laps!” I’d circle the field and curse the coach with every step.In my 20s I’d periodically buy myself...
Published: September 19, 2006

Aspen’s jihad and throwing stones

Aspen once hoped to become the “Athens of the West,” a town of educated, civilized citizens exchanging ideas and reaching decisions on the day’s issues with reason and fairness. Unfortunately, our local political discourse too...
Published: March 22, 2006

Giving Thought: There are many faces of homelessness in Roaring Fork Valley

When you hear the word “homeless,” what comes to mind? I’ll guess it’s a disheveled man who sleeps by the road in a makeshift shelter or asks for handouts on a street corner. “Homeless” is...
Published: October 21, 2019

Eagle County will decide the fate of open space program

A new citizens’ group contends that Eagle County needs a publicly funded open space program to help offset the explosive growth in the area. Eagle Valley Citizens for Open Space convinced the county commissioners recently...
Published: August 29, 2002

The great wall of Aspen

The politicians, artists and thinkers who meet at the Aspen Institute are going to be brought together in a most unique way next year. The Institute’s new Doerr/Hosier Center, set for completion in January, has...
Published: September 18, 2006

Mountain Mayhem: Falling for Fall

As we ease into offseason, Aspen’s social calendar doesn’t let up with a stream of special events set through October. From film festivals to cooking competitions to charitable benefits, there’s something in store practically every...
Published: September 14, 2017

Letter: Ganging up on the art museum

So I thought I just wanted to play devil’s advocate with this letter, until I saw that our former mayor was punched in the park for his support of the new Aspen Art Museum. It...
Published: August 6, 2014

Veltus Park restoration underway

The Glenwood Springs Parks and Recreation Department began shoreline restoration work Friday morning at Veltus Park. “The goal of the project is to construct riparian design elements to protect the shoreline that is receding from...
Published: August 17, 2018

Paula Stepp perfect for Garfield county commissioner

As a retired educator, I’m supporting Paula Stepp for Garfield Board of County Commissioners this fall because of her proven management skills and her years of community volunteer service. Paula has lived in Garfield County...
Published: October 2, 2018

Eagle County officials ask: Can we be any more dense?

Eagle County Commissioner Arn Menconi has been called a lot of things during his five years in office, and Oct. 4 he expects to be labeled a communist by some critics.But Menconi and Commissioner Peter...
Published: September 26, 2005

Restoration work at Glenwood’s Veltus Park starts on Roaring Fork River

The Glenwood Springs Parks and Recreation Department began shoreline restoration work Friday morning at Veltus Park on the Roaring Fork River. “The goal of the project is to construct riparian design elements to protect the...
Published: August 18, 2018

Jenkins steps down at NPR

Loren Jenkins, senior foreign editor at National Public Radio and former editor/publisher of The Aspen Times, is stepping down after 15 years leading the foreign desk at NPR. His last day at the post is...
Published: October 14, 2011

Hartley: When eggs, apples and corncobs attack

There’s an old saying that goes: “People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.” You’d think this would be obvious, wouldn’t you? I mean, I’ve never lived in a glass house, but I’d like to think...
Published: September 9, 2016

Disgust fills the air in El Jebel

Patrons and employees at the Short Stop bar in El Jebel aren’t shy about their disgust with Eagle County’s new smoking ban.”I think it’s ridiculous,” bartender Paula Romero said Wednesday night. Romero said she is...
Published: January 12, 2006

Anna Naeser: Anna’s garden

Several weeks ago, looking over the railing of my deck at the garden bed below, I had a very special garden moment. While admiring my pair of bridal wreath spiraeas, their cascading branches clustered with...
Published: June 27, 2008

USASA revamps Rev Tour pipeline to boost freestyle competition

This winter could be a breakthrough season for the three top freeskiers with Team Summit Colorado. Well before the first competition, the trio of high-level locals — Ethan Swadburg, Levi Ascher, Greg Spaulding — is...
Published: November 13, 2015

Aspen Times Weekly: Belly Up branches out into fashion

The Goldberg brothers unfolded and laid an assortment of T-shirts and hoodies onto a couch in the office above Belly Up Aspen on a recent afternoon. “This is the Belly Up Collection,” David Goldberg said...
Published: October 5, 2017

A question of age

“Islamic terrorists.”Two words linked so often that they’ve become welded into a single phrase that rolls easily off the tongue and into the mind. And the ease with which we speak that phrase makes it...
Published: October 6, 2004

Outdoor volunteers tackle trail projects

ASPEN – The extension of Aspen’s popular Hunter Creek Trail will be among Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers’ slate of projects in and around the Roaring Fork Valley this summer. The Hunter Creek project will connect...
Published: March 25, 2011

Volunteers sought for Hunter Creek project

ASPEN ” The Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers is seeking help to clean up one of Aspen’s most popular trails. The organization will hold the Hunter Creek Trail cleanup on Saturday, July 26. Volunteers are needed...
Published: July 22, 2008

Opinions differ on moratorium

Ann Wycoff isn’t a fan of the construction going on behind her home in Hunter Creek Condominiums. The noise could wake the dead, she said, as workers begin their days around 7 a.m. The fumes...
Published: May 22, 2006

MotherLode Volleyball Classic returns

ASPEN – Brace yourselves. Aspen has hit the MotherLode. The 37th annual MotherLode Volleyball Classic, the country’s largest pro-am beach volleyball tournament, returns to Aspen this weekend. The Labor Day tradition kicks off Thursday on...
Published: September 3, 2009

Peeking into ‘a private Aspen’

Jennifer Stockman is pictured wearing a $17,800 jacket and Sanela Diana Jenkins is standing on the steps of a private jet wearing a $12,000 mink poncho. These are a few of the images from “The...
Published: December 23, 2005

Artist claims deal with Breckenridge to rebuild beloved trail troll

The Town of Breckenridge has confirmed that it is in discussions with Dambo to rebuild the troll. “We are in communication with the artist about rebuilding Isak at one of some locations we had talked...
Published: November 16, 2018

Letter: Kudos on water-stingy toilets

We have enjoyed Aspen Music Festival vacations for more than 30 years. They also provide an opportunity to look around to see changes. Learning that the library had temporarily relocated due to its major remodeling,...
Published: July 14, 2015

Tribble: We need to listen

The tempo in the studio of GrassRoots Television heated up to a level three weeks ago that probably hasn’t been seen since the early 1980s – or maybe ever. It was a few minutes before...
Published: May 8, 2003

One sour note in three rockin’ days

SNOWMASS VILLAGE Jazz Aspen Snowmass’ Labor Day Festival kicked off on a near-perfect note Friday night. After a short, mild rainfall that delayed the start of the music by a few minutes, the precipitation ended...
Published: September 3, 2007

Stop the digging?

Consider these projects that currently are in progress, upcoming or on the drawing board, and imagine what it would be like – in terms of traffic, discombobulation and noise – if we could wave a...
Published: November 8, 2005

Sustainability Center alters plan

CARBONDALE ” An organization in Carbondale is working on a plan to provide office space for environmentally-friendly nonprofits and businesses by the end of this decade. The Sustainability Center of the Rockies will help the...
Published: November 8, 2007

Local feels burned

Dear Editor: I have grown up in this valley and have been skiing my whole life. I would like to thank the Aspen Skiing Co. for the slap in the face, and the death of...
Published: December 23, 2008

Agave to present The Main Squeeze, soulful funk band

The Main Squeeze, with deep musical roots sprouted in the Midwest, started out as a party band at Indiana University. Its forthcoming April 28 release “Without a Sound” illustrates the band’s increasing musical maturity and...
Published: March 11, 2019

Carbondale rodeo events will raise funds for proposed El Jebel youth house

The Carbondale Rodeo Arena will host events Saturday and Sunday to promote awareness about suicide and raise funds for a proposed midvalley youth house. The event is being organized by Temple Glassier, whose son Patrick...
Published: June 21, 2018

Basalt mom who lost son to suicide pursues vision for youth, counseling center

Six months after losing her son to suicide, a midvalley woman’s pain is still raw, the unanswered questions are still haunting and the loss borders on unbearable. Temple Glassier thinks of her son Patrick Palardy...
Published: April 25, 2018

Snowmass becomes bike central

It takes just a few hundred mountain bikers to prove that snow isn’t necessary for a good downhill course. Blast the ‘Mass, the seventh event in the nine-part Mountain States Cup, took control of the...
Published: July 21, 2002

Conundrum a hot spot for wilderness rangers

ASPEN – The crowds at the popular Conundrum Hot Springs, south of Aspen, continued to prove the biggest wilderness challenge for local U.S. Forest Service rangers this summer, but compliance with the recently imposed no-dogs...
Published: October 27, 2011

Aspen City Market to be gutted and remodeled

ASPEN – City Market is planning a major remodel in its Aspen grocery store, and when it’s completed next year, expect it to be a bit more upscale.Picture gold and brown hues in its interior,...
Published: November 9, 2009

On the Trail: Monumental seduction

GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. ” It’s easy to think of the Colorado National Monument as one of those drive-by, stop-and-gawk experiences. It’s canyon country on the edge of Grand Junction in far western Colorado, delivering a...
Published: April 21, 2008

Antero’s drilling applications alarm Battlement group

BATTLEMENT MESA, Colo. – The expectation that Antero Resources plans to drill three new well pads just outside the boundary lines of this community has alarmed some residents. A request was submitted to Garfield County...
Published: November 29, 2010

Another door

My new friend Kuichy whom I met in Los Angeles two weeks ago met me at the Royal Inti (Sun) Hosta where I am staying in Cusco the Puma City, they call it the heart...
Published: May 31, 2002

Church starts roof-repair project

Though the Aspen Community Church is well short of the overall $4.95 million fund-raising goal to shore up the 123-year-old building, work on the roof and the exterior brick walls is about to begin, according...
Published: May 7, 2013

Come out for community bike event

This Sunday, June 10, from 10:30 a.m. until 2 p.m., everyone in the Roaring Fork Valley is invited to join us for the second annual Community Pedaleando at North Face Park in Carbondale. The Aspen...
Published: June 7, 2018

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet winter season includes premiere by choreographer Jorma Elo and pianist Joyce Yang

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet will host the world premiere of a collaboration between noted choreographer Jorma Elo and superstar pianist Joyce Yang in March, the company announced Friday. The new piece by Elo and Yang...
Published: October 6, 2017

Robo-calls duel in home rule race

EAGLE COUNTY ” With just one week left until the election for Eagle County home rule, both sides of the issue are stepping up efforts to get voters on their side. Campaign signs for and...
Published: April 24, 2007

Giving Thought: Healthy Kids survey provides a window into teens’ minds

Adolescence is a complex time of life. This transitional stage from childhood to adulthood can be a time of both disorientation and discovery; as adolescents cultivate their sense of self, they may face difficult choices...
Published: September 24, 2019