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Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Mistletoe Market December 13th Get into the spirit of the season at Mistletoe Market, a Silverton Creative District holiday tradition!
2023 Community Potluck at Kendall Mountain Community Center. Photo credit DeAnne Gallegos

2023 Community Potluck at Kendall Mountain Community Center. Photo credit DeAnne Gallegos

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December and Holiday Happenings in Silverton

Deanne Gallegos
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
As we wipe the sleep from our eyes of the November “shoulder” season, December in Silverton brings in magic with every new snowstorm that rolls through, adding another layer of what looks like white cake fondant on top of a towering mountain cake.

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11.25.24 Regular Meeting Recap*

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Wednesday, November 27, 2024
4a. PUBLIC HEARING A request by Silverton Housing Authority to deviate from the Anvil Mountain Development Guide dimensional standards for the development of nine Affordable Housing units at Lots 15-17 Anvil Mountain Subdivision Approved 6-0, 1 absent 4b. 2025 Fee Schedule Approved 6-0, 1 absent 4c.

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Mountain Happenings

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Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Ongoing • Move Yoga Schedule Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5:30 pm Gym Hours: 5:30 am- 9pm, 7 days a week (closed during yoga class).Please reach out to move. silverton@gmail.com. if you would like to join the Silverton’s community gym space.

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Looking Back!

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Wednesday, November 27, 2024
21 Years Ago November 26, 2003 At the town board meeting Monday night, Public Works Director Gilbert Archuleta reminded the public that it is normal for them not to plow the side streets after the first big storm of the season.
The Casey Jones railcar on the Silverton Northern tracks in Eureka, probably in 1927. The vehicle was equipped with its two track-cleaning brooms mounted off the pilot, and it is assumed the vehicle has only its normal pilot “cowcatcher” at this time. San Juan County Historical Society photo

The Casey Jones railcar on the Silverton Northern tracks in Eureka, probably in 1927. The vehicle was equipped with its two track-cleaning brooms mounted off the pilot, and it is assumed the vehicle has only its normal pilot “cowcatcher” at this time. San Juan County Historical Society photo

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THE CASEY JONES, 1927

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Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Way Back!

Way Back!

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Way Back!

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Wednesday, November 27, 2024
135 YEARS AGO From the November 30, 1889 edition of the Silverton Standard: SHORTY DISPENSING THE CLAM JUICE. Shorty McGillan is now dispensing clam juice at Billy Koehler’s. Do not infer from this that Shorty is in the soup, because he isn’t.

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In Brief

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Wednesday, November 27, 2024
Baker’s Park Seasonal Closure Starts 12/1 Silverton Singletrack Society would like to remind the community that the Baker’s Park Trail System is subject to seasonal closures imposed by the Bureau of Land Management and Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
(L to R)- Richard Ballantine owner of Durango Herald, Former Senator Ellen Roberts and former Mayor of Durango Christine Renderlie present to crowd off of Al Harper’s private car parked in the DSNGRR Museum. Photo credit DeAnne Gallegos

(L to R)- Richard Ballantine owner of Durango Herald, Former Senator Ellen Roberts and former Mayor of Durango Christine Renderlie present to crowd off of Al Harper’s private car parked in the DSNGRR Museum. Photo credit DeAnne Gallegos

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Southwest Colorado Creates Group to Celebrate State’s 150th

Deanne Gallegos
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
On August 1st, 1876, U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signed the proclamation, turning the Territory of Colorado into the 38th state of the Union, earning the name the “Centennial State.
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