Woodstock Library trustees debate replacement timeline
Trustees opted for a new building and to save a small historic portion that currently houses some staff office space. But there’s no design yet. That will come in the fall.
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Onteora considers reducing number of bus runs
The Onteora Central School District Board of Education is once again looking at changing the way it transports students to-and-from its buildings within its 300 square mile mountainous landscape.
Woodstock’s Dharmaware is downsizing
The shop, which has operated for 33 years, will move to a small space nextdoor.
Oscar Buitrago and the Guild’s In the AiR
Oscar Buitrago, of the New York City law firm world and Woodstock, has found great excitement, as well as something apropos to his local ties, in his curating work for the new exhibit opening at the Kleinert/James Arts Center this Saturday, April 7, entitled “In the AiR: Byrdcliffe Artists in Residence 2017.”
Ulster County program educates about youth trafficking and provides links to services
Since the 2016 the program has received 36 referrals for youth who have been trafficked or are at high risk of being trafficked.
Bank of Greene County to open branch in Woodstock
The bank will open at the former Bank of America location.
Artist Christie Scheele’s map magic on view in Chatham
There’s something magical about a map, which lifts us high above a place, revealing a view we could never see from the ground — even though we may know the area well — and linking different localities. Landscape artist Christie Scheele harnesses map magic to deepen our perception of her work and our region in “Atlas/Hudson Valley,” a show that opened at Thompson Giroux Gallery in Chatham last weekend.
State Land tax cap: From the Department of Bad Ideas
Environmentalists, local governments and landowners’ associations don’t generally see eye to eye on local land issues. It takes a truly terrible idea to get them all on the same side and sending joint lobbying delegations to Albany. Something like, say, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s budget proposal to reinvent the way state forest land gets taxed in the Catskill and Adirondack Parks.
Opening day on the streams
Opening day of another trout season is upon us, an annual rite of passage, and time to put winter behind us no matter what the weather might be.
Joyful Bookfest
Woodstock Bookfest founder and executive director Martha Frankel was ecstatic Monday morning, following completion of the annual event’s ninth outing. Attendance had been the best ever. Local restaurants and shops were chockablock with happy customers all weekend. Books were selling like generators and bottled water before a major storm front.