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 Chris Council/Aspen Daily News Alfredo Sanchez, with the Aspen Parks Department, sweeps up the Hyman Avenue mall on Monday afternoon in the rain. The sun should make an appearance today along with warmer temperatures through the weekend.
by Andrew Travers, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Locals can take their skis back out of the closet this Memorial Day weekend.
The top of Aspen Mountain will be open for skiing Saturday, May 25 through Monday, May 27, the Aspen Skiing Co. announced on Monday.
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by Carolyn Sackariason, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Three finalists have been selected for a new judgeship in the 9th Judicial District that will be created this summer.
Glenwood Springs residents John Neiley, a local civil attorney, and Scott Turner, a deputy district attorney in the 9th; and defense attorney Colleen Scissors of Basalt were selected on Monday by the Ninth Judicial District Nominating Commission.
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by Chad Abraham, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer Tuesday, May 21, 2013
A Pitkin County judge has upheld the misdemeanor convictions of a former Aspen man who groped yoga students he was instructing.
Steven Roger, 51, had appealed in March 2011 after a Pitkin County jury found him guilty of two counts of unlawful sexual contact following a trial in 2010.
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by Curtis Wackerle, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer Tuesday, May 21, 2013
The thought of installing a fingerprint-scanning biometric security system at a local day care center was too much for some Aspen City Council members, who held off on making a decision Monday on a set of proposals for the Yellow Brick building.
Following the shooting massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn., parents of kids enrolled in childcare programs at the city-owned Yellow Brick building began talking about a need for better security at the facility where 150 infants, toddlers and young children attend day care each day, said Shirley Ritter, director of the city’s Kids First program.
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by Andrew Travers, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Ten years since its founding, Aspen-based American Renewable Energy Day (AREDAY) is aiming to expand beyond its one annual weekend of environmental events with high-profile panelists. And the organization’s formation, last year, of its own tax exempt charity provides a clearer picture of its finances.
“We’re expanding beyond just the AREDAY expo and summit and film festival,” said AREDAY founder Chip Comins.
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by Curtis Wackerle, Aspen Daily News Staff Writer Tuesday, May 21, 2013
A $15,000 funding request to the city of Aspen for a concert in conjunction with American Renewable Energy Day (AREDAY) was held up Monday after the event’s organizer had trouble explaining a $100,000 line item on his expense budget.
Council members told Chip Comins they needed an extra week to process his request at a work session on Monday. Comins is pitching the Sunday, Aug. 18 concert, which would feature bluesman Taj Mahal and possibly Rolling Stones keyboard player Chuck Leavell, as a bridge between AREDAY and the USA Pro Challenge bike race, which kicks off in Aspen the next day.
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Aspen Daily News Staff Report Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper has offered his support for a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate by Sen. Michael Bennet that would govern the future management for a majority of the Thompson Divide.
The divide is a 221,500-acre parcel of public land located predominantly in Pitkin, Gunnison and Garfield counties. Bennet introduced the bill in March. Full Story »
Aspen Daily News Staff Report Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Independence Pass open Thursday
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by Martin Manosevitz, Aspen Daily News Columnist Tuesday, May 21, 2013 Today we revisit a familiar topic — stress. Stress is one of the key experiences that involve both physical and mental components. It also is part of everyday life. Although the degree of stress will vary, managing it requires an important set of tools in our emotional wellness toolbox.
Stress is experienced when an emotional or physical strain occurs that is beyond what we typically experience. It has both physical and mental components such as headaches, nausea, tension or irritability. Stress can affect our sleep, as well as our eating. It can be experienced as a secondary reaction to a severe physical illness such as a stroke or heart attack. Traumatic stress is an even more extreme experience. Runners and bystanders who were at the Boston Marathon finish line when the bombs exploded experienced traumatic stress. Some stressors are acute and relatively short-term, while others are chronic and long lasting. Full Story »
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