Last Thursday, I was happy to participate in Catholic Charities annual Spring Celebration. Unlike other years, when we were able to gather at the John F. Kennedy Library, the Spring Celebration was held online this year and was very much focused on Catholic Charities robust response to the crisis of food insecurity in our community. The video presentation featured remarks by Catholic Charities President and CEO Kevin MacKenzie, as well as the inspiring testimony of a Catholic Charities volun
When did the world change? The shutdown of our local ski resorts a year ago is the line of demarcation for most of us here in Eagle County.
When the lifts stopped spinning on March 14, 2020, just eight days after Eagle County’s first confirmed COVID-19 case, it sent the valley’s tourism-based economy into free fall. Spring break trips were quickly scrapped. Seasonal Vail Resorts workers were cast into limbo before eventually being told to vacate their housing, if able, by county order. Restaurants, hotels and local retailers saw business dry up overnight during one of the busiest months of the season.
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Sightlines have been points of contention between lakefront property owners and nature conservationists. Greenwood is now moving forward with a lawsuit against a woman for creating a sightline on city property at Greenwood Lake.
On Thursday, the Greenwood Parks Commission held a special meeting to discuss the possibility of a lawsuit against the owner of this particular piece of property and voted unanimously in favor of moving forward.
The property in question is not within city limits, but the city of Greenwood does own the property.
Parks Director Tammy Briley brought the issue before the Greenwood City Council during its monthly meeting on March 1. According to Briley, there were about 25 grown hardwood trees that were cut down and it would cost the city more than $10,000 to replace them.
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Garton s was always a party scene.
Over the years, a slew of popular bars have graced the streets of Vail. Everyone, especially in the early days, took comfort in a local watering hole to catch up, complain and and have a helluva lotta fun. At that time, being part of the bar scene was like going home after work. In fact, before everyone in town had a telephone, mothers would call the bar to speak with their kids. They knew where they could find them. Safe but, needless to say, not always sound. But in those early days, perhaps even more than now, those raucous, crowded joints were the heart and soul of the ski town scene.