Woodstock looks to save energy, money with LED streetlights
The Woodstock Town Board is considering replacing its street lights to yield projected savings of nearly $24,000 per year in energy and maintenance costs.
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Three designs for new Woodstock Library to be unveiled Saturday
Library trustees and the public will get their first look at proposals and models for a new library building at presentations August 25 at the Mescal Hornbeck Community Center.
Glamping, AirBnb, and now…the luxury bus
The seats are plush, there’s an attendant offering you food, there’s streaming music, WiFi and you can stretch out your legs…Welcome to LINE, the new venture from Trailways running up to stops in New Paltz, Kingston, Woodstock, Phoenicia and Hunter. It’s touted as “Bus, meet Business Class. Business Class, meet Bus.”
Woodstock Library district dissolution referendum set for general election
Woodstock Library trustees unanimously voted to hold a referendum for dissolution of the district during the November 6 election, but not without some statements in defense of keeping the current form of governance intact.
The more things change…
While there are significant differences between the U.S. and the tiny land of Wales, which has 3 million people and 12 million sheep, there are lots of similarities politically, as with Great Britain as a whole.
WAA…..M? It’s not a museum, apparently
The Woodstock Artist Association and Museum isn’t really a museum at all. It turns out that an application for such status that was on the verge of being approved by the state 13 years ago was never finalized, and is now obsolete.
A dump by any other name
Trash, when fresh, is disgusting. But with the patina of a few decades on them, those old Moxie bottles and medicine tins begin to take on something of the dignity of old Pompeii.
No way LBJ
For his remarkable funding for I Promise, a high school for at-risk students in his hometown of Akron, Ohio, LeBron James deserves universal praise, respect, and admiration. Talk about giving back!
Phoenicia Arts revival is underway
The Phoenicia Arts and Event Space opened in April. Its owners insist, contrary to reports, that straight white male artists are welcome.
Woodstock Day of gratitude, Alf award, fireworks display on Saturday, August 18
It’s that time once again when Woodstockers honor the legions of volunteers with a day of food and music, then a presentation of the Alf Evers Award at 8 p.m. and capping it all off with a the Woodstock Fire Departments phenomenal annual fireworks show at around 9 p.m. when the sun has departed for the day.