Let us give thanks
In the spirit of the holiday, and in defiance of the greater narrative, here are a few of the things I’m grateful for this year.
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Perry takes Hurley’s top spot, Defeats Kellogg by 13
John Perry, his town’s former assessor and a longtime fixture for his coaching of local kids’ sports teams, will be the new town supervisor in Hurley after the counting of absentee ballots on Monday, November 20 gave him 13 more votes than former Woodstock supervisor and now West Hurley resident Tracy Kellogg, who was making her third run for the position on Democratic, Green and Working Family party lines.
Woodstock prepares for Family’s Thanksgiving Feast for all
Where will you be spending Thanksgiving dinner this year? If you’re a Woodstocker, in any timeline or form, you must be considering involvement in what will be the 42nd Annual Family of Woodstock Thanksgiving Feast at the Woodstock Community Center on Rock City Road Thursday, November 23, from 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
Rock Academy will go on without Paul Green
The Paul Green Rock Academy is about to become Rock Academy, at least in Woodstock and the rest of the Hudson Valley.
Gratitude in troubled times: Woodstock’s Interfaith Thanksgiving service
The public is invited to the Woodstock Interfaith Council’s Thanksgiving service on Monday, November 20, at 7 p.m., at the Woodstock Jewish Congregation (WJC). Leaders of local religious institutions — Buddhist, Christian, and Jewish — will offer thoughts, readings, and music on the theme of “Practicing Gratitude in Troubled Times.”
Shandaken budget passes with lesser tax hike
The Shandaken town board voted on November 8 to accept a town budget with the tax increase reduced from the preliminary figure of 7.4 percent to a final hike of 5.45 percent, still higher than the state’s two percent tax cap.
Facebook, I wish I could quit you
Quitting social media means losing touch with friends and family and missing out on local news, especially in rural areas.
Slatkin’s Correspondences opens at WAAM
It’s easy to overlook the power an artist has when she’s able to move between genres with ease.
Woodstock’s Carbon Neutral initiative is lauded
Ten years ago, the town set out to reduce its emissions to zero. That goal has been achieved.
There go the rails: Ulster County legislature votes to rip up tracks along Ashokan Reservoir
The legislation fulfills a December 2016 compromise which allowed Catskill Mountain Railroad to operate its tourist trains from Kingston to West Hurley while the county moved forward with plans to establish the Ashokan hiking/biking trail.