Another win in court for Belleayre Resort proposal
The Catskill Heritage Alliance has lost its latest attempt to block the granting of a permit to developer Crossroads Ventures for the proposed Belleayre Resort project.
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Save the bats!
Want to help the local bat population? Put up a bat house. It won’t save the bats from white-nosed syndrome, but it ups the odds that surviving bats will reproduce.
Salute to Maurice Hinchey
Maurice took risks…In his research on mob-tinged dumping, Hinchey had to undergo a number of unpleasant confrontations. One of the more grim was the “handshake that wouldn’t end.”
Breast Cancer Options offers experience for kids impacted by breast cancer
The goal of the camp is not to have a three-day, heavy-hearted crying session. Quite the opposite. It is about making friends, contacts, helping kids build resources within themselves, and fun.
Woodstock Rite Aid pharmacy closing July 10
Pharmacy records will move to the nearby CVS.
Woodstock Film Fest presents three indies and a concert for the season
Starting Saturday, July 8 and continuing through the month, the Film Festival will be screening independent films Saturday evenings at Upstate Films on Tinker Street. The series will culminate in a benefit concert for the Festival by the Paul Green Rock Academy on Saturday, July 29 at The Lodge.
Esopus releases can be thrilling, dangerous
Several times a year, extra water is released into the Esopus Creek, causing it to move much faster— fun for experienced kayakers and tubers, but potentially deadly for the inexperienced. Remaining 2017 releases will take place July 15-16, September 2-4, and October 7-8.
Phoenicia Playhouse performs The Wedding Singer
July 7-23: The musical comedy, based on the Adam Sandler film of the same name, has been called the Grease! of the 1980s and is chock-full of singing and dancing, along with period costumes and impersonations of 80s pop singers, from Cyndi Lauper to Boy George.
New blood revitalizes Woodstock’s Creative Music Studio
CMS has a kick-ass new board, a supercharged trio of artistic directors, and the original god-parents of World Music, Karl Berger & Ingrid Sertso, imperturbably at its heart.
The promise of the seasons
Disaster can strike in a moment, but nature is full of slow-motion letdowns too. You can work with optimism and excitement all season long, only to stand by and watch the slow unraveling of all your hopeful prospects. And here we are getting into metaphor territory at last.