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Like any graduation ceremony, there was plenty to cheer about Saturday morning when the AHS Class of 2021 was honored. There was the typical affair, such as recognizing the teachers who are retiring and celebrating a significant milestone in the students’ lives, but it also included an element no other recent graduating class had, for better or worse.
Alex Appleby, right, hugs Principal Sarah Strassburger after being presented with the Principal's Award during the Aspen High School senior awards and local scholarship ceremony on Monday, May 24, 2021, on the AHS turf field. Photo by Austin Colbert/The Aspen Times. It may well be the marquee event of awards season at Aspen High School: Monday night’s senior awards and local scholarship ceremony recognized the accomplishments of the class of 2021 with dozens of honors and funds for college. All told, 81 seniors walked away with more than $350,000 in college scholarships from nearly 40 local...
The deluxe version of Rightfield’s stellar LP, One , is out now for fans new and old to jam to, ponder over, and feel musically hypnotized by. Not a lot of people can say that the pandemic came at the perfect time in their lives, but, surprisingly, genre-bending alternative rock band Rightfield can. Last April, when the world was shutting down, the Rightfield duo buckled in, made a life-changing decision, and went full steam ahead creatively. Sure, their online college classes were put on the backburner more often than not, but they released an album this year. Yes, quite a few of their pro...