If a carbon tax of $40 a ton were levied, and every red cent of it turned over directly to every American with a valid Social Security number, the resulting incentive to lower carbon emissions would probably spur more clever efforts by power companies to green the grid than even the most stringent EPA regulations.
The guy had a vision. He came from somewhere twisted. Or maybe he came from somewhere that wasn’t twisted, and so perceived more clearly what the rest of us preferred to see as straight.
“Old age showers you with clarities and simplicities if you don’t struggle,” writes this former journalist who grew up in the Woodstock of the late 1930s and early 1940s.
The 2018 Woodstock budget presented by town supervisor Bill McKenna is under the state tax cap.
Catskill Waters, a watershed-related community art project, is holding a fundraiser on October 14 that artist Keiko Sono of Bearsville describes as a hybrid of “a multi-media art project, culinary bliss, and a social and economic experiment.”
A couple of weeks ago, somebody started duct-taping creepy white supremacist flyers over my wife’s campaign signs. “You will not replace us,” the flyers blared, over a photo of a white couple with a baby.
The neighbors of Ashokan Dreams bed-and-breakfast in West Shokan have scored another point in their efforts to tone down the venue’s wedding activities.
The festival, which runs from Oct. 11-15, features many films by local directors and shot in the Hudson Valley.
Cheryl Chandler has retired, but her house is a welcoming shrine to the preschool. “I’ve invited parents to send their kids on sleepovers,” she said.
Oct. 11-15: There are many to choose from. Here’s a start.