Telluride News

" BA rbel Hacke has instant radar when it comes to detecting East Germans. "Do you know that we were on the moon?" she asks her fellow "Ossis" . "In a way, we're from another planet," says Hacke, who, upon seeing an orange at age 7, after her family's carefully planned escape to the West, asked wonderingly: " - What is that orange ball?' "There was ...

VIEW TO THE WEST In midsummer I got a call from a friend of Grace Herndon's inviting Ellen and me to Grace's 85th birthday party up at Miramonte Reservoir.

The results from its first all-mail ballot election are in and the Town of Telluride has emerged with a new and decidedly different council.

" Valiant efforts to save a century-old, single-family home located within the town's Historic Preservation Overlay District but outside of the Telluride Historic Landmark District from demolition seemed unlikely to prevail after the Telluride Town Telluride Council on Tuesday contemplated the practicality of relocating it for eventual use as ...

Gender Goals Subject of TES Nov. 4 Parent Coffee TELLURIDE - " The Telluride Elementary School will focus, during the 2009-2010 school year, on becoming "more boy-friendly," says Principal Trish Greenwood, while staff studies brain-based differences in how boys and girls learn.

Public Forum on Grant Application Set for Nov. 12 RIDGWAY - " If Ouray County receives close to $16 million in Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery grant funds to improve County Road 1 between Colona and State Highway 62, the Ouray Board of County Commissioners will then have to weigh the pros and cons of the project, which would ...

WONDERFUL COTTAGE for rent near hospital. Fenced yard for your dog. Sprinkler system for your garden.

TELLURIDE SKI RESORT PASS SALE ENDS THIS FRIDAY! New 4pass and Pass Financing Available Pass Sale runs through October 30 TELLURIDE, Colo.

Newer 1 Bdrm 1 Bath Condo on second floor. On common Pond with views. $625. plus low utilities.

MOUNTAIN VILLAGE BRIEFS In a tight economy, vending is either an economic necessity, providing the public with lower-cost food and services from crepes to ski waxing, or unfair competition to businesses that pay high rents, and which side you come down on likely depends on your perspective.

" The Town of Ridgway has joined the ranks of other municipalities, including Telluride and Montrose, by passing a moratorium on medical marijuana dispensaries while its elected officials take time to understand what the issues and concerns are surrounding dispensaries and whether further regulator measures are needed.

San Miguel County Takes Steps to Reduce Its Carbon Emissions TELLURIDE - " Telluride will be home to one of more than 2,000 rallies in more than 140 nations on Saturday in an event that is meant to urge world and local leaders to take fast and effective action on global warming.

TELLURIDE a ' Telluride lost a great citizen today, with the death of philanthropist, skier extraordinaire, and former U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic Stephen Wald.

Craftsman and Traders need for the new Ridgway Co-Op in the Old School House. Seeking vendors and/ or consigners of Antiques, Art, Furnishings, & Jewelry, etc.

" Six of the seven members of Telluride Town Council held a hastily called special meeting Monday morning about the possibility of a moratorium or, as it was described in the handout at the meeting, a "temporary suspension of building permits, land use development applications, business licenses, sales tax licenses, sign permits and any other town ...

The Free Box is a Telluride tradition dating to the 1970s. For the past few months, the Free Box seems poised for addition to Telluride's endangered-species list.

Lovely one queen 4 poster bedroom, one bath, ski-in, ski-out condo. High-end furnishings.

A fan greets Burns on the street at the indie doc Mountainfilm Festival in Telluride, Colo., in May.

Ballots for the Nov. 3 municipal election were mailed to registered voters this week.

NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Telluride Hospital District Board of Directors for the ensuing year of 2010; a copy of suc... recommend NOTICE OF BUDGET to a friend Do you know someone who may be interested in this? Just fill in the brief information below and we'll send off a recommendation.