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In the wake of furloughs, closings, suicides, a mountain town businessman searches for balance

BRECKENRIDGE | Dick Carleton came to Breckenridge from Virginia when he was 24. He had a business degree from Virginia Tech, a ‘69 Volkswagen bug, $100 and three friends willing to share a crappy two-bedroom condo with no insulation. It was awful. It was glorious.

Dick Carleton, 64, of Breckenridge is a Breckenridge Town Council member and owns two restaurants in Summit County including the Hearthstone Restaurant in Breckenridge. New rules in Summit County have…