On April 3, 2025, Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) representatives met with teachers, staff, and parents at Nederland Middle-Senior High School (NMSHS) to discuss the controversial decision by the district to place Nederland Elementary School...
On Wednesday, March 26, 2025, the Nederland Planning Commission engaged in a discussion regarding past amendments to Yard and Bulk requirements listed in Section 16-33 of Nederland Municipal Code (NMC) which affected the time frame for affordable...
NEDERLAND — The Nederland Middle-Senior High School girls’ soccer team, our fierce and determined Panthers, battled gusty winds and a tough opponent last week as they faced off against Campion Academy of Loveland. The match ended in a 0–0...
The Nederland Fire Protection District (NFPD) Board of Directors met on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, to hear an update from the Boulder Watershed Collective (BWC) regarding their community engagement plan for a large mitigation effort deemed the...
Grand Island Resources LLC, owners of the Caribou and Cross Mines (located roughly four miles outside of Nederland), have applied for Designated Mining Operation status for the Cross Mine. The application was submitted to state regulators on...
The Nederland Board of Trustees (BOT) met on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, to give a final review of a letter of concern to the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety. The opposition is to Grand Island Resources LLC’s submitted application for the...
NEDERLAND – A popular tourist destination year-round, Nederland still faces a shortage of youth-focused activities. Specifically, there are limited options for teenagers. Most activities in town are geared towards younger children or adults 21 and...
The fate of the Caribou and Cross Mines, located just four miles above the Town of Nederland, hangs in the balance as an upcoming public hearing of the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety (DRMS) will decide whether the Cross Mine can be...
The Nederland Board of Trustees (BOT) met on Tuesday, March 4, 2025, to discuss their official statement to the Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety, and to Colorado water court, regarding the Caribou and Cross Mine’s application to become...
NEDERLAND - This year more than 4,000 Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) employees were eligible for the Blake Peterson Lifetime Achievement Award. There are a number of nominees and the Peterson family chooses one person in BVSD to receive the...
“It’s just confidence,” said Mike Techentin, one of the 8 coaches who volunteered their time on a frigid, snowy Saturday, January 25, 2025, for the very first Nederland Repair Café (NRC). Techentin, who signed up as a coach with a...
The Nederland Downtown Development Authority (NDDA) met on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, to discuss the potential of utilizing private land as potential locations for the upcoming Summer Concert Series. Last year’s successful event was mostly...
The Nederland Board of Trustees (BOT) met on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, to learn of two major updates regarding the Town’s water and sewer infrastructure. First, Andrew Sparn and Madeline Turner, representatives for the engineering firm JVA,...
NEDERLAND - The preschoolers in Nederland Elementary’s Preschool Enrichment Program are studying feelings and how important it is to have a full bucket and help fill other people’s buckets. We do this by using kind words and actions and being...
In the house I grew up in, love was something you had to work for; it came with conditions or contingencies. In that town, Darien, Connecticut, love was a new car or a diamond necklace. And though I never fully absorbed those ideals, I still spent...
Nederland February Night Skies Frank Sanders Tungsten Valley Last month we used Mars’ currently backward (retrograde) motion, in Gemini, to pose the question of why planets sometimes go in reverse across the sky. This month, we interview our...
NEDERLAND - Water and land conservation were the prime subjects on the Nederland Board of Trustees’ agenda for Tuesday, February 4, 2025. Before the start of their meeting, the Board held a closed Executive Session pertaining to both Nederland and...
Eldora Classic Nordic Ski Race ELDORA SKI RESORT – A grateful Nederland Nordic Ski Team Coach Dan Vardamis related that “Eldora is a huge supporter of the community and youth Nordic skiing. To show that support they...
NEDERLAND - After his freshman year as a Nederland High School student Keahi Pelkum Donahue started a scientific research project. This was not a typical school research project. A scientist from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...
Last week, as Nederland experienced high winds and icy temperatures, the severe mountain weather stressed the upstairs plumbing of Blue Owl Books and Boutique. “A massive flood originating from the upstairs space of the building...