Dear Editor, Many of you are familiar with me through the years as the birth-mother, advocate, activist of the discussion on affordable housing for Nederland. My focus is on elder-senior-older

Dear Editor, A reminder that the USFS order which closes all camping AND bans all campfires in the immediate USFS land surrounding Nederland remains in effect. All camping is prohibited from

Dear Editor, Please join us, Sunday, June 11th at 3pm for the High Country Auxiliary’s Silent Auction. The Gilpin Art Museum is generously hosting this event in Central City. This Fund Raiser

A not quite as short one, since I started it Monday. Most of you know, this is about the last thing I do each week. I think about something that is on my mind and I share it with you, our

As summer kicks off and we begin to experience our usual increase of traffic to the mountains, it shares an influx of visitors to The Mountain-Ear website. There is a reason for this simultaneous

Dear Editor, I am writing this letter as a resident of Nederland; not as the Mayor. Community involvement. Collaboration. Some say we are “at an impasse”. Some see opportunity. What do you

Greetings Readers, The days are longer and the nights are warmer, which signals the time to get the food pantry garden up and growing. We have had many successful years with the garden supplying

Dear Editor, I was directed to your recent article about Russell Gulch cemetery by friends after our recent visit on April 30th. We have been visiting this beautiful cemetery for years. It has

Dear Editor, We hope our NMSHS staff enjoyed Staff Appreciation Week! We had lots of treats and goodies for them all week! On Monday: Yummy Bundtinis from Nothing Bundt Cakes for the staff

Dear Editor, It must be Spring! The rain has been falling, the aspens are budding and the 38th Annual Mountain Forum for Peace Yard Sale is upon us again. If you’re familiar with this event, you

Dear Editor, In your reporting “ARPA funds allocated to nonprofits” you stated that Dakota Ridge Road is a public road. If you look into it, you will find that is not true. Dakota Ridge

Sometimes it just has to be short and sweet. This week you will see a LOT of news in the paper. We covered two high school graduations, a kindergarten graduation and multiple banquet and ceremonies.

Dear Editor, With appreciation to The Mountain-Ear for running well-researched articles on this area’s mining history, there is an additional dimension that I would like to see explored. After

Design your Spring and Summer to be just the way that you want. Lively Gemini, refreshed from a recent retrograde, knows exactly where it’s going. Your conscious and subconscious minds have just

Dear Editor, I want to commend the Gilpin County students and staff for the outstanding performance of The Diary of Anne Frank. In these times, when some have the audacity to deny the existence of

Dear Editor, We want to share our thanks, appreciation and love to all the family and dear friends of Mike Hughes. My heart was so full seeing all of you who came to celebrate his life. We also

On Saturday, May 20, 2023, almost 60 students will graduate between the Nederland and Gilpin schools. Next week, another three will graduate from Chinook. The numbers up here are small compared

Dear Editor, Members of the Nederland community met for two hours on the morning of Saturday, April 29, to discuss sustainability with Bernard Amadei, professor of engineering and co-founder of

Dear Editor, The Supreme Court has lost credibility, and rightly so. Unlike elected government officials, the court has no ethics rules. They are considered above the fray, not subject to

Dear Editor, Child care is a costly expense for families especially when starting a new job, but there is a program that can help Clear Creek and Gilpin residents pay for care. Triad Early