“I began to grow from a person filled with hate, anger, and despair into a person who believes that he, too, is responsible for the protection, preservation, and enrichment of humanity.”

Organizers say farming is well suited to people with developmental disabilities because it doesn’t depend on social cues. If they want to be alone, there’s a lot of space and solo duties to perform. If they want to interact with others, there are always farm chores to do that require more than one person.

The Geezer Corps’ motto is “Doing good things for Woodstock until we keel over.”

Sweeney, 21, grew up in the Town of Hurley and was inspired to join the Hurley Fire Department almost 5 years ago after attending a first aid class at SUNY Ulster.

Whirl the radio dial in most locales around Woodstock and Saugerties, and you’re bound to come across Woodstock 104, WIOF, the low power station many seem to know more from its trademark battle over the town’s name than its 24-hour programming.

Police estimated the number of people at 1500 to 2000, comparable to the 2017 march. Both last year and this year, women, men, and children marched from Andy Lee Field to Bradley Meadows and then back to the town green, pausing to listen to speakers and musicians and to commune with friends. “I wanted to be around people who feel like me, and to get more hope from being together,” said one marcher.

The Woodstock march was one of over 250 held a year after the inauguration of Donald Trump.

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.