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Harry Force, the owner of O'Bannon’s Irish Pub in Telluride, Colorado, died on August 19th, 2010 after showing signs of being beaten twice within seven days. He was 67 years old. My friendship with the “old man” dates back nearly two decades and we both watched as Telluride destroyed itself wi...
Mar 07, 2011 | 0 | 27 |
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Madison, Wisconsin has become the new ground zero in the fight for the soul of our country. As Mark Twain reminds me on my screen saver each day, the difference between the right word and the almost right word is “the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” What word would bes...
Jan 05, 2011 | 0 | 45 |
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The current economy is very hard on everyone, including local food banks and homeless shelters. Those charities are receiving a lot less donations, yet the request for their services has gone up significantly. Often, those they are serving are the very same ones who once supported them. You can...
Dec 30, 2010 | 0 | 52 |
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TFP Note: It's time to drug test ALL Telluride Town employees; most importantly the members of the Telluride Marshals Department on a regular basis. Or do we need to wait until "Roid Rage" takes an innocent life?
by A.J. Perez
The badge and a steroid-filled syringe -- it's not the typic...
Dec 13, 2010 | 0 | 73 |
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I have tried to warn Internet users about the new software developed that can harvest billions of tiny bits of information on you and then compile a detailed dossier - all legally.
http://skimall.net/FreeHosting/TellurideFreePress/
The Internet knows what Poppy Harlow keeps ...
Dec 09, 2010 | 2 | 66 |
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By Rich Miller -
Dec 8, 2010 10:00 PM MT
More than 50 percent of Americans say they are worse off now than they were two years ago when President Barack Obama took office, and two-thirds believe the country is headed in the wrong direction, a Bloomberg National Poll shows.
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Nov 23, 2010 | 0 | 82 |
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By Michael Snyder The Economic Collapse November 22, 2010 19:15 PM
Black Friday - the day after Thanksgiving when millions of Americans line up before the crack of dawn at retail stores across the nation hoping to find great deals on cheap plastic stuff made outside the United St...
Nov 21, 2010 | 1 | 89 |
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Being against the Bush/Obama wars is no longer a fashionable endeavor in Telluride. Like most "movements" it was never about the wars, but was about the person, GW. Now that Obama (who Telluride adores) is increasing troop strength, sending new tanks and defending the Don't Ask, Don't Tell poli...
Nov 09, 2010 | 0 | 20 |
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It was a countdown to turn on the TV on Tuesday. I knew that this midterm election was going to be a disaster for Democrats. That this so called “wave” of Republican victories may give conservatives control of both House and Senate. This wasn’t something I wanted to see yet I couldn’t wait to b...
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ALL AMERICA CITY MANAGER – Montrose City Manager Bill Bell flourished the award Sunday evening in Denver. Montrose was awarded the title of All America City this weekend. (Photo courtesy Scott Shine)
TELLURIDE ACADEMY STAFF – Gathered for a pre-season photo just prior to the Monday, June 10, launch of its 33rd Summer Season. (Courtesy photo)
PRODIGAL DAUGHTER – Trish Greenwood, Ridgway Elementary School’s new principal (here with husband Jim Nowak), is returning to the school where she began teaching, in 1989. (Courtesy photo)
HEALTHY FAWN – Leave them alone, even if they seem to be abandoned. They more-than-likely are not. (Photo courtesy of David Hannigan, Parks and Wildlife)
HIGH TIMES – The Gold Belt Theatre was part of the “small empire” of vice developed by the brothers Vanoli in late Victorian Ouray. The Ouray County Historical Society Evenings of History presentation next Tuesday (June 18) will look at artifacts from the Vanoli Block, and what it all means. (Courtesy photo)
BEN WAYNE LILLARD, 1957 - 2013
DIXIE KEITHLY, April 3, 1931 – June 9, 2013
TROUT LAKE is currently being drained in order for Xcel Energy, which owns the recreational area, to complete work on the output of the lake’s dam. (Photo by Brett Schreckengost)
AZTECA DANCERS will be in Ridgway this weekend. (Courtesy photo)