Woodstock Planners find a path for Wittenberg apartment project
They even passed a resolution stating their intention to grant the Nelsons conditional approval for the plans they’ve been presenting to planners for over a year now.
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Jazmin Kay, Woodstock teen, talks about her time in the Obama White House
She worked in the Office of Digital Strategy. “We were able to draft all of the tweets for the President and the White House, as well as the Facebook posts; the funniest one was the Snapchat.”
Bill McKenna takes over supervisor role in Woodstock, Richard Heppner appointed to town board
In his first regular meeting as Woodstock town supervisor, Bill McKenna directed the Town Board in appointing Richard Heppner as councilman and Cathy Magarelli as deputy supervisor and in promoting mental health awareness.
Shandaken ambulance drivers get a raise
The minimum wage in New York State has gone up, so the ambulance drivers are getting an increase from $9 per hour, the previous minimum wage, to $9.70
Locally owned “work-and-play” outfitter Kenco thrives with attention to detail, territorial pride
Everything in this store represents a celebration of local use, which puts Kenco in a strong position to survive category-killer national competition.
The Princes of Serendip craft eclectic music with a Celtic and classical heart
The husband and wife team of fiddler/mathematician T.G. Vanini and songwriter/musician Julie Parisi Kirby will celebrate the release the first of a quartet of CD’s titled Seed-Maid: Sentimental Songs at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, January 14 at the Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, 34 Tinker Street in Woodstock.
Faso, new Hudson Valley congressman, appointed to Obamacare retooling committee
“In order to come up with a reasonable replacement, we’ll need to negotiate with Democrats. I think the biggest mistake made in 2010 was that legislation was enacted without any bipartisanship participation.”
Remembrances of Jeremy, part II
Friends, family and colleagues remember the late and longest serving Woodstock town supervisor, who passed away on New Year’s Day.
Woodstocker hopes to combat “blind hate” with dialogue
Emily Einhorn is invoking the power of communication in the wake of the presidential election, bringing the international think-tank Citizen’s Awakening to the U.S., beginning with Skidmore College, where she is in her sophomore year.
Anthony Haden-Guest artist talk
For anyone familiar with party scenes in New York City from the heady 1970s on, the name Anthony Haden-Guest — who has a new exhibit opening at Cross Contemporary on Partition Street next weekend, as well as a talk at a new performance venue and B&B on the Saugerties/Woodstock border January 14 — is instantly recognizable.