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T-Mobile services worked during the repairs, but Verizon customers were down most of Monday. Photo credit DeAnne Gallegos

T-Mobile services worked during the repairs, but Verizon customers were down most of Monday. Photo credit DeAnne Gallegos

T-Mobile

The Alpine Tavern painted over the Avalanche Brewery's iconic blue with a throwback brown that was previously on the building when Romero’s Mexican Restaurant was there, and the skis were removed from the front of the building. Photo credit DeAnne Gallegos

The Alpine Tavern painted over the Avalanche Brewery's iconic blue with a throwback brown that was previously on the building when Romero’s Mexican Restaurant was there, and the skis were removed from the front of the building. Photo credit DeAnne Gallegos

The Alpine Tavern

A large crowd gathered to celebrate Fr Nat. Photo credit Rose Raab

A large crowd gathered to celebrate Fr Nat. Photo credit Rose Raab

St. Patrick's Catholic Church Celebrates Fr Nat Foshage

St. Patrick's Catholic Church had a potluck dinner on Saturday, May 10, for Fr. Nat Foshage, O.S.B., to celebrate his 57th year of ordination as a priest and also his upcoming 85th birthday.
A job well done. Photo credit SSJVFD

A job well done. Photo credit SSJVFD

Fire Department

The Silverton Volunteer Fire Department completed the annual street washing and just in time for the hustle and bustle of the summer season to come.
Photo credit Doug Krause

Photo credit Doug Krause

Big ol’ lawn mower trimming

Big ol’ lawn mower trimming the Miner's Hospital yard Thursday, May 8. People are respecting their space, and our seasonal neighbors seem very comfortable milling about the neighborhood.
Amelia Edwards of Silverton preformed in Weehawken's Wizard of Oz. Photo credit Weehawken Dance

Amelia Edwards of Silverton preformed in Weehawken's Wizard of Oz. Photo credit Weehawken Dance

Weehawken's Wizard of Oz

Looking Back!

10 Years Ago May 13, 2010 Over on Blair Street, Mike Geryak has been tinkering with a demonstration model of a solar-powered street lamp with an old-fashioned look. He put much of it together from materials scavenged from the dump, and it looks pretty good.
55 Years ago: Class of 1960

55 Years ago: Class of 1960

Way Back!

130 Years ago From the May 18, 1895 edition of the Silverton Standard: PROGRESS ON EUREKA BRANCH. Great progress is being made on the Eureka branch of the Silverton railroad. It will not be long before ore hauling down the Animas will be a thing of the past.