Greetings Gilpin County School District RE-1 electors! My name is Joe Stranaly, I would appreciate your support and vote to continue being a member of the Gilpin County School District RE-1 Board of

Dear Editor, I am not going to tell people how to vote. Ballot measures are usually far too nuanced for me to predict the unintended consequences of our community decisions. I will, however, speak

Dear Gilpin neighbors, Let’s do math. 1: Some people think that the casinos should pay for the Gilpin Community Center. Ballot issue 1A ensures that everyone will pay a share of the cost for

Dear Editor, If you could find a way to have the casinos, the quarries, the new distillery, and other industries pay 75% of the bill to keep the Rec Center open, would you go for it? If so, vote

Dear Editor, We attended one of the recent charrettes to review and comment on the proposed demolition and redevelopment of the north side of 1st Street in Nederland from Bridge Street to Snyder

This week is such a big week for us. Not only are we celebrating the first edition of our 47th year, I’m celebrating my own anniversary at the paper. On Halloween, I will celebrate 17 years

Dear Editor, The Town of Nederland is about to rubber stamp a project that will put a “pump track” in Chipeta Park. What a bad idea. The park is already small. They say that funding will come

Dear Editor, Recently, I participated in a discussion with Gilpin County officials and Colorado State Attorney General Philip J. Weiser about the problem of drugs in our communities. It was an

Dear Editor, We should question Ballot Issue 1A, particularly the organization FGCCC who are heavily involved. They are a non-profit created to provide those in need an avenue to access the

Dear Editor I want to thank Brightwood Music and PPMEA (aka NedFest) for their generous gifts of $1000 each to help the Loquations get to NYC to sing at Carnegie Hall. We are about halfway

Profound and powerful Scorpio unveils the secrets of the future. This is the juncture to apply will power to your projects. Hallowe’en, the fantastical cross fire festival, epitomizes this most

Dear Editor, There is much gnashing of teeth in Gilpin County about whether to approve Initiative 1A which will create a permanent mill levy to fund the Gilpin County Community Center. I

Dear Editor, No matter what else happens, one thing is certain in 2024. Property taxes for homeowners, and rents for renters will skyrocket. Just because market forces have increased Colorado

Something happened this week that was unexpected for me. It gave me hope and inspired me. The 10 candidates running for Boulder Valley School District’s Board of Education were invited to a

Dear Editor, It has been said that the Gilpin County Community Center is the “Jewel of the County.” A place where old and young can enjoy swimming, various types of fitness, social events,

Dear Editor, Now that the 2023 Farmers Market season has come to an end, we (the staff and board) want to recognize some of the successes of the year and thank the fantastic folks who made this

Dear Editor, The Gilpin County School receives substantial funding (7 figures) from the city of Black Hawk through food and beverage, lodging, and sales tax revenue. There is one stipulation

Dear Editor, I was overjoyed when Cracker Barrel returned to The Mountain-Ear. A column such as this is important to the continuance of smaller area groups such as our Barker Dam Brass Band, as

Dear Editor, Can you see the handicapped parking sign in front of you!? Of course you can. I reported offenders four times in one month at the grocery market, the post office, and often on E.

Dear Editor, We are writing in support of our Gilpin County Community Center, as it is truly the heart of our mountain community. We are being asked to continue to pay a small extra tax to help