For the past few weeks I have spent a lot of time trying to figure out what my future looks like, and how that ties into the newspaper and my overall life in the greater Peak to Peak community.

Dear Editor, I don’t have kids attending the Gilpin County School, but I think it’s extremely important that all of us who are RE-1 Gilpin County residents vote in the school board election

Dear Editor, I am writing today to share my extreme thanks and gratitude. Nederland has had many changes over the last several years yet this community and heart is still overwhelmingly

Dear Editor, On Saturday, October 7, 2023, Boulder County will host a CWPP Community Engagement open house at the Nederland Community Center (750 Highway 72, Nederland) for the 2024 Boulder County

Dear Editor, I have lived in Eldora for 44 years and feel that Eldora is a very unique place where its residents have worked hard to protect its historical and environmental heritage. Eldora is

Dear Editor, I’ve been wondering that myself. As a previous volunteer, I became acquainted with Trina and Kiwi, Aries and Sky. I even temporarily took in Lena, a feral kitty found close to the

Dear Editor, Congratulations to The Mountain-Ear and particularly to Christopher Kelley for the shower of awards received at the CPA convention on September 23. I think Christopher has probably

Dear Editor, In November, 2020, the residents of Gilpin County passed a 2.57 mill levy to reopen the Community Center with limited services and days during Covid. This tax was to sunset/expire -

[caption id="attachment_104193" align="aligncenter" width="784"] Congratulations on excellent work: Left: Christopher Kelley took home three awards from the CPA convention on Saturday, September 23,

Dear Editor, Downtown Ned’s Annual Harvest Fest is back on October 1 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. It’s Nederland Farmers Market’s last event of the season, where over 70 vendors sell food &

Dear Editor, I’ve been talking to (or forcing my opinion on) a few people recently and decided to seek a wider audience who want to do what they can to protect their property against a

The great wheel of the year has turned and now the equinox leads us into a new season. Day and night are in equipose throughout the earth. Libra, the partnership guide, is in the center of the

Tomorrow, Thursday, September 21, some of our staff will head down to Denver for the Annual Colorado Press Association convention and awards. More will head down for individual days Friday and

Dear Nederland Community, During the, September 4, BOT meeting I shared the following non agenda public comment. Since there were less than 10 non-BOT members on the call I felt it would be

Dear Editor, When the Gilpin County commissioners back in the 90s approved the building of the Community Center, they did not have a crystal ball that would tell them of the ongoing costs of

A different train of thought.. fixing town from the inside out. Yesterday, Tuesday, September 12, we watched a little bit of history slowly cascade downward with the tug of the iron bucket

[caption id="attachment_103595" align="alignleft" width="300"] The beginning of a dream: The pic is of former Sheriff Rick Albers, Helen Buck and Marty (former animal control officer) PHOTO COURTESY

What is a TEAM? This is a question I think about constantly. For over 8 months we have been building our “DREAM TEAM” at the newspaper. That’s been a goal of mine for a very long time. But

Dear Editor, We, at Christ the King Church, will be hosting a multi-family, huge YARD SALE on Saturday, September 16, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. All the proceeds will be going to Christ the King

Dear Editor, Nederland Jazz & Wine Festival organizer Stephanie Andelman hit a sour note heard by many on Saturday. A friend and I were enjoying the festival courtesy of another friend who