When I was growing up during the early years of the millenium, things were changing when it came to the acceptance of our LGBTQ+ community members. They were being represented in pop culture in a way they never had been before, glorifying their...
Dear Editor, Madam Lou Bunch Day 51st Anniversary Celebration and Famous Bed Race will take place Saturday, June 14, on Main Street Central City. In the mid-1800s, Madam Lou Bunch opened a brothel for the many miners looking to find gold in...
Dear Editor, Out of curiosity, I read the Board of Trustees (BOT) May 20 agenda along with the staff reports. More entertaining than one might think. It reads like a tragic comedy. Humorous momentarily with a disturbing reality. At every turn of...
Dear Editor, I am incredibly proud to share that Nederland Elementary School has received two prestigious awards from the Colorado Department of Education for the 2023–24 school year. First, NES was one of only ten schools in the Boulder Valley...
The Carousel of Happiness for my kids, Joe & Emi and for Scott Harrison and the seasons they go round and round/ and the painted ponies go up and down/ we’re captive on the carousel of time/ – Joni Mitchell, The Circle Game In Joe’s...
Dear Editor, Trump knows how to make money. Do some of his recent actions violate the “emoluments clause” of our Constitution which forbids government officials from accepting gifts from foreign governments, fearing foreign influence? Qatar has...
Dear Editor, Dozens of locals in Nederland, staffers, donors, parents, even Nederland town officials, shops and restaurant owners and patrons supported the building, fundraising, envisioning, and patronizing of the Carousel of Happiness (COH). As...
BLACK HAWK - I love graduation season. It is exciting to see the students reach a big milestone, celebrate, and be ready to move on to the next steps in life. As a middle and high school teacher I was always so proud of my students...
Dear Nederland Students, Teachers, Administration, Parents, and Community, My heart is so full of gratitude to all of you for showing me so much love and kindness these 40 years of teaching. The alumni concert, the Impact Awards and the...
Dear Editor, Chainsaws are raised in the air Elon Musk style, ready to take down the evil forests on the 323-acre Tucker County Open Space and on Park Hill at Arapaho Ranch near Nederland. What did the forests do wrong? Nothing, it’s...
Dear Editor, What could trade wars and wildfires have in common? There's been a movement in Canada to buy less American-made whiskey. But there's another threat to the whiskey industry, and that's the depletion of white oak, which is a key...
Hello dear public, Starting on Sunday May 25, the doors at the Nederland Community Center shall open once again, to allow you, the public, to drop off items for re-use, and then, for a weekend, come explore and purchase wonderful deals on those...
BLACK HAWK - This week I was lucky to sneak out of town with my husband for a date night and day out of town. I always say it takes at least two hours out of town to not run into anyone we know. Which means I can relax and “not work.” In...
Dear Editor, Staff Appreciation Week at Nederland Middle-Senior High School is a week filled with gratitude for all the staff at the school. Thank you to all the people who volunteered to make this week special for the staff and to...
NATIONWIDE - “Which came first: the chicken or the egg?” is a common riddle a majority of people have at least heard of by now. However, the topic to be addressed here—from a medical perspective—why abortion should be accessible to everyone,...
Dear Editor, A Notice of Valuation will be mailed to every personal property owner that is operating a business on June 16th, 2025. From June 16 th to July 1 st , 2025, owners of taxable personal property (e.g., business furnishings, equipment,...
Dear Editor, Due to lack of any substantial support, Bizarre Cat Bazaar 2025 is cancelled. Bizarre Cat Bazaar is a free, sober, family friendly, town business supporting, community gathering event; that offers family fun, goofy, feel good...
BLACK HAWK - Wow, another graduation season has arrived, and that means our little 32-page newspaper is literally overflowing with stories. It also means we have to decide which stories we can hold for next week, and which ones need to...
Dear Editor, Imagine buying a beautiful swath of forest in the name of conservation, and the first thing you do is figure out how many trees you can cut down. Sadly, that’s pretty much what Boulder County Open Space is hoping to do...
Dear Editor, The current conflict in the Palestinian territories (and in Ukraine) begs the question, is it a war crime to target civilian populations? Post WWII, the world came together to sign the Geneva Conventions, to guarantee basic rules for...