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Social-media driven crowds, garbage, broken glass force Woodstock’s Millstream to close for swimming

Social-media driven crowds, garbage, broken glass force Woodstock’s Millstream to close for swimming

Another popular swimming hole has fallen victim to an explosion in popularity through social media and travel websites, this time closing for good. The section of the Millstream just above the intersection where Millstream, Ohayo Mountain and Tannery Brook Roads meet, a popular summer spot for a century and more, also known to locals as Sully’s, has become too much to handle for its owners.

In Shandaken, Bodhivastu Foundation plans revival

In Shandaken, Bodhivastu Foundation plans revival

In the hamlet of Big Indian in Shandaken, the former Rudrananda ashram, a gathering place for idealistic young hippies in the late 1960s, has been coming back to life as a spiritual center since half the property was donated to the Bodhivastu Foundation for Enlightened Activity in 2014.

Rock & Snow’s Rich Gottlieb retires

Rock & Snow’s Rich Gottlieb retires

For 40 years, Gottlieb has served as the conduit for all of the electricity that has kept Rock and Snow flourishing in a climate where independent businesses struggle. It is the second-oldest climbing store in the country and one of the few remaining independent climbing stores — and one that is thriving, at that.