Dear Editor, My (mild) admonishment to my seven and ten-year-old grandsons is the same time-honored refrain uttered by my Grampo Garcia:  “Asi, asi mi hijo – cayadito y despacio” – “This is the way, my son – quietly and slowly.” It was the...

Dear Editor, On an ebony evening in June, 1985, I climbed down off my horse-drawn carriage, handed in my tips and fares to the night manager at Coach Horse Livery in Chicago, and walked my Percheron down the aisle. My coworker, Jedd, came loping...

Dear Editor, Sean O'Hara is asking the community for help after his aunt, Kat, lost her life in an apartment fire this week. Kat, a beloved and long-time employee at Annie Oakley's Emporium in Central City, was taking care of her two brothers who...

Dear Editor, There is increased interest in wetland restoration and beaver reintroduction in the Boulder Creek watershed. Ecological restoration could be a part of Nederland purchasing the ski area. Beavers were once present in the Peterson...

Dear Editor, Nederland passed, with great fanfare and mutual back slapping, the Rights of Nature ordinance, promising to protect our watersheds, waterways, stream side habitat and fauna, in 2023. However, as soon as the consequences to building...

Dear Editor, Supposedly, one of the reasons that the election was narrowly won by Trump was the cost of living including gas, rent, and grocery prices. Suddenly, we are focused on a narrow agenda mandating “Drill baby drill,” even though the US...

Dear Editor, Over a bowl of chicken noodle soup and a “New Yorker” sandwich, a friend and I were trying to come up with a solution to Schrödinger's cat thought experiment and on a lighter note, an answer to the perpetual, (no longer rhetorical)...

Dear Editor, I'm thrilled and filled with gratitude to let you know that our award winning documentary, Gabriel’s Daughter, The Life and Legacy of Clara Brown will have its Network Television debut on Rocky Mountain PBS Sunday, February 16, 2025,...

Dear Editor, I encourage younger folks in Nederland, especially women, to visit with Barbara Hardt sometime and discuss with her the thrills and challenges of helping shape a community. She has served Ned itself well by sitting on the Nederland...

Dear Editor, In a time of threats, theft of our national resources and risks not only to our national security but our personal lives, Senator Bennet is stepping up. Last week’s confirmation hearings of Russian sympathizer Tulsi Gabbard and...

Dear Editor, Donald Trump’s impulse to politicize the tragedy from the airplane collision with the Black Hawk helicopter at Reagan International Airport is sad, yet predictable. He blames others, but there is evidence that he is at least...

Dear Editor, We are at 94% of our $5,000 goal! We are asking the community and local businesses to help us raise the last $300. There are two days left! The fundraiser ends at midnight on February 7. What is After Prom? Nederland “After Prom” is...

The party of law and order? Dear Editor, The latest outrage by the new administration is the pardoning of 1500 rioters who stormed the Capital on January 6. About 600 of these rioters were convicted of serious crimes of violence against the...

Dear Editor, Climate change is putting our health at risk, and we are feeling its effects now. Have you ever felt the fear and helplessness of not being able to breathe during an asthma attack? I did just this weekend - and found myself in the...

Dear Editor, The overwhelming generosity of the people of Nederland​, helped provide joy to children in need through Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts this season. Across the U.S., the Samaritan's Purse project collected 10.5 million...

Bring Blue Owl back Dear Editor, Blue Owl Bookstore in Nederland lost two thirds of its inventory last week when a water issue on the floor above them caused flooding throughout the store. It's a devastating blow to the small, family-owned and...

Dear Editor, We hope the first few weeks of your new year have been filled with love, laughter, family, and joy. As we continue to hold on to these blistering cold temps here in Coal Creek Canyon. We thought what better way to warm you up than by...

Dear Editor, In your coverage of the meeting of the DDA, the headline read that emotions ran high at the DDA meeting. I did miss part of the discussion about the concert series. Perhaps emotions ran high during the part of the meeting I missed....

Dear Editor, Kudos to Denise Boehler. I'd like to acknowledge her contributions to The Mountain-Ear, and to our community. We all love our four legged companions, both domestic and wild, and Denise has long been a fierce advocate for the rights...

Dear Editor, I wonder if all the hoopla about the US talking Denmark into giving us Greenland or taking the Panama Canal is just a smoke screen, designed to deflect Americans attention away from the outrageous cabinet picks Trump has made, or the...