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Medical marijuana’s uses continue to grow

Medical marijuana’s uses continue to grow

The drug is an effective replacement for opiates and was recently approved for treatment of PTSD. New York State’s law is restrictive, allowing limited dispensaries and requiring the drug to be ingested in a distilled oil form rather than smoked. Still, there are over 30,000 regular users.

Tom Pacheco at the Colony

Tom Pacheco at the Colony

Tom Pacheco will perform Saturday, May 27 at The Colony, 22 Rock City Road, Woodstock. Doors open at 7 p.m. Joseph McNulty opens at 8 p.m. Pacheco will be joined on stage by Brian Hollander on guitar and Dobro, and Bruce Milner on keyboards. Tickets are $15 and $18.

Organ donation — the gift of life

Organ donation — the gift of life

Because of an organ donor I am writing this article today. In October of 2005 I was informed by my gastroenterologist that if I didn’t have a liver transplant within three to six months I would be dead.

Kinky Friedman to play Bearsville Theater

Kinky Friedman to play Bearsville Theater

Thursday, April 20: Nobody could invent a character quite like Kinky Friedman, the stogie-waving, black-hat-wearing self-proclaimed Texas Jewboy singer, storyteller, tequila purveyor, animal rescuer, sometime political candidate and full-time iconoclast.

Guitarist Adrian Legg to perform at St. Gregory’s in Woodstock

Guitarist Adrian Legg to perform at St. Gregory’s in Woodstock

“There are guitarists, there are axe-wielding maniacs, and then there are wizards. Adrian Legg is one of the wizards,” says the Philadelphia Enquirer, of the “Guitarist of the Decade” (Guitarist Magazine — for four consecutive years) who will perform at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 19 at St. Gregory’s Episcopal Church, the A-frame house of worship at 2578 Route 212, Woodstock.