A seedy affair
The seed catalogs have arrived. It is time for a bout of self-examination: Are we up to this?
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Reggie Earls is Woodstock deputy supervisor
Woodstock’s newest deputy supervisor has only been in town 12 years. But he’s already a familiar face.
Photos from the Woodstock Women’s March
The Woodstock march was one of over 250 held a year after the inauguration of Donald Trump.
Onteora budget proposal will need some trimming
The 2018/19 preliminary Onteora district budget was unveiled, revealing that school officials will have their work cut out for them in trying to keep the budget within the allowable tax cap.
Woodstock to rejoin county drug task force
The Town Board renewed Woodstock’s participation in a countywide drug task force, but only after serious discussion about protecting child informants and addressing asset forfeiture.
Film production dollars spent in Hudson Valley up 300%
An increased number of big-budget film productions in the mid-Hudson region in 2017 have resulted in a 300 percent increase in direct spending, according to the Hudson Valley Film Commission.
Forest ranger Patti Rudge teaches Backwoods Basics and Winter Survival
“Backwoods Basics” will be Saturday, Jan. 20, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and “One Night Alone: Winter Survival” on Saturday, February 24, 1 p.m.-3 p.m., both at the Phoenicia Library.
Women’s March returns to Woodstock
Among the 250-plus women’s marches and events around the U.S. planned for Saturday, January 20, demonstrators will again take to the street in Woodstock, echoing the protest expressed last year on the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration as president.
Town now owns Woodstock Cemetery
Faced with declining revenue and rising expenses, the Woodstock Cemetery’s governing board had no choice but to dissolve and relinquish control to the town.
When news breaks
Two senseless accidents claimed the lives of local men in the last several weeks. There’s no one to blame, no one to rage at. Unless you count the local paper, which is taking ferocious heat all over town for publishing a Facebook post about one of the deaths on Friday morning, just a couple of hours after it happened, before all family members could be informed.