Dear Editor, This is in response to a letter published in The Mountain-Ear on August 14th. The writer acknowledged an understanding of the disappointment in the results of the 2024 election, but questioned why democrats, although there are many...
Dear Editor, Thank you for covering the Cold Springs burn tour (The Mountain-Ear 8/14/25). I have been involved with forest management issues in Boulder County since the early 1980s and have found it to be a very important but difficult matter to...
Dear Editor, The Hilltop Guild’s free Fall Festival takes on September 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A homemade chili lunch will be served beginning at 11 a.m. For $10 you will get chili, cornbread, chips and a drink. And a smile! The...
Dear Editor, I want to thank you for the article on ending the stigma around mental health titled “Optimal Mental Health” by Christopher Kelley. I work on the mental health side at Clinica Family Health & Wellness as a Peer Support...
Dear Editor, The Texas attempt to gerrymander ever more voting districts ensures that the most extreme candidates will get voted in. Moderation, political discourse, compromise and dissent are suppressed. This is a naked power grab by...
Dear Editor, To the democrats in our area. I do undestand your disappointment in the results of the 2024 election. What I don’t understand is your extreme anger and hatred of President Trump and all Republicans. Your anger is affecting...
Dear Editor, Three Saturdays remain for members of the public to visit the Bunce School Museum in Allenspark. Hours for each date will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and include August 16, August 30 (Labor Day weekend), and September 20 (Hilltop Guild's...
Dear Editor, In response to Mr. Clower from Texas: Your Indian name should be Storm Cloud. The Indian Interpretive Dance Team that Gilpin county so graciously invited to their fair are a group of young people from the Jefferson County...
Dear Community, The Nederland Area Historical Society is transitioning into a new chapter, and we need YOUR help! We recently elected a new board of both returning members and new faces! The board consists of:
Dear Editor, One of Allenspark’s favorite summer traditions is back! The 13th annual Run Like the Wind 5K and Walk Like the Breeze 2K is set for Saturday, August 30, offering participants a scenic course through this charming mountain town....
Dear Nederland neighbors and friends, Why vigils, you may ask and wonder. Since before 1985 when the Nederland area Mountain Forum for Peace became a bona fide 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, we have been supporting peace and justice causes. Initially...
Dear Editor, I can still see him lying there. My friend was late coming up Boulder Canyon for a weekend hike. The Canyon was eerily silent, empty of the usual vehicular melee. I walked up my driveway and down the Canyon for about a mile. A...
Dear Editor, There have been a number of decisions made by the Trump administration that make me scratch my head. Closing Voice of America, firing all the Inspector Generals whose job it is to ferret out “waste, fraud, and abuse,” pardoning the...
Dear Editor, On Sunday, August 10 at 10 a.m. in the pavilion at Chipeta Park in Nederland a Community-wide Church Service will be held honoring local students and educators, just three days before the new school year begins in Boulder...
Dear Editor, During the month of August, the Nederland Community Presbyterian Church is once again coordinating the Love Your Neighbor Cereal Drive to benefit the Nederland Food Pantry. Members of the community are invited to...
Dear Friends, Please, join us at our monthly gathering at the Mountain Forum for Peace Sculpture Garden, Highways 119 and 72, on August 2, from 10 - 11 a.m. We are asking our government and all governments to FEED GAZA and so much more. We...
Dear Editor, Advocates for Recovery Colorado Foothills Program now offers FREE Peer Recovery Coach services for anyone in Gilpin seeking help with substance use recovery. Services include 1-on-1 coaching, peer-led All Recovery Meetings, and...
Dear Editor, What on Earth is an “Indian Interpretive Dance Team”? The company that provided the “Western” entertainment at the Gilpin County Fair last week began its work for the County after I moved away, so I was not familiar with their...
Dear Editor, Now that the dust has settled we wanted to thank all who came to the third 4th of July Barn Dance and Community Celebration and made it such a success. We awarded the Gilpin County School music department a $1000 grant for new...
Dear Editor, In the years I have lived in Nederland I have noted a remarkable decline in birds, butterflies, insects and especially ladybugs, which are so beneficial. That is disturbing to me! I encourage our mountain community to stop using...