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After a couple of pandemic-forced years off, the Vail Pioneers Weekend returns this year. The events are scaled back a bit, but interest is still high. Organizer Packy Walker has been running the event, held...
Not quite 30 years ago, Packy Walker looked at a weak attempt at a Vail Pioneers Weekend and said, “I can do better.” So that’s what he did. The Vail Pioneers Weekend, held every five...
The Vail Community Meeting in March is usually pretty upbeat, a chance for people to gather toward the end of a long winter. This year’s edition brought even more community camaraderie.
After four long years, we finally have a new president and, more importantly, new presidential pets. Usually the thrill of pets arriving at the White House is tempered by the sting of old presidential pets leaving the White House, but this year is different: Donald Trump is the first president in more than 100 years not to have a pet of any kind, so we can say goodbye to his rotten administration without stray sympathy for any blameless dogs, cats, or possums getting evicted alongside their captors. Advertisement This also means that the incoming presidential pets—the Bidens have two German...
Special to the Daily Garton's was always a party scene. Over the years, a slew of popular bars have graced the streets of Vail. Everyone, especially in the early days, took comfort in a local watering hole to catch up, complain and and have a helluva lotta fun. At that time, being part of the bar scene was like going home after work. In fact, before everyone in town had a telephone, mothers would call the bar to speak with their kids. They knew where they could find them. Safe — but, needless to say, not always sound. But in those early days, perhaps even more than now, those raucous, crowd...