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Jay Wenk, Jeremy Wilber, Ken Panza, winners in the Democratic primary.
Primary picks

Woodstock Democrats choose Wilber, Wenk, Panza


Former Woodstock supervisor Jeremy Wilber’s bid to reclaim his old office gained propulsion with a landslide victory in the September 13 Democratic primary, in which voters also chose Town Board ca...

September 15, 2011 01:33 PM | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Woodstock Film Festival Logo.
Shorts, to the point

Some Film Fest out of the way choices


It used to be that art films were seen in cinema society settings, where their aesthetic merits were discussed in intellectual terms. The idea of an entirely separate subset of the moving pictures ...

September 15, 2011 01:11 PM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Athena Hughes, 4, helps collect relief funds and material in Woodstock. Photo by Dion Ogust.
How they fared

Local food businesses took a hurricane hit


by Paul Smart The Irene stories coming from our local business community are many, and varied. And despite everyone losing business, in various levels, there’s a general sense of strong lessons le...

September 08, 2011 02:58 PM | 0 0 comments | 9 9 recommendations | email to a friend
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Chris Hardej today.
The lessons of tragedy

Ten years later, Chris Hardej won’t forget his 82nd floor flight to freedom


From Woodstock Times, September 13, 2001: Chris Hardej, of Bensonhurst, was sitting at his computer with his back to the window on the 82nd floor of Tower No. 1 at the World Trade Center Tuesday ...

September 08, 2011 02:51 PM | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
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The candidates make their cases. Photo by Dion Ogust.
Hopefuls hit the homestretch

Primary candidates air views at forum


Six candidates facing competition for the Democratic nomination in that party’s upcoming primary election fielded questions on town finances and other pressing local issues at a September 6 forum, ...

September 08, 2011 02:41 PM | 1 1 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Washed out railroad tracks and downed power lines in Phoenicia. Photo by Alan Carey.
On the chin

Phoenicia, Shandaken hit hard by Irene


Phoenicia is reeling from Hurricane Irene, which caused the town’s third major flood in ten months, this one the worst in recorded history, according to levels of the Esopus Creek recorded at over ...

September 01, 2011 12:13 PM | 2 2 comments | 14 14 recommendations | email to a friend
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Steven Bock at the house today.
Are you experienced? (Parts I & II

The kidnapping of Jimi Hendrix: It happened in Shokan…didn’t it?


Part I A few weeks back, in early August, a British rock writer by the name of Johnny Black made some local inquiries regarding a crime story he was working on with roots 42 years ago this summer....

September 01, 2011 10:56 AM | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Onteora Administrative Staff meet in Irene’s aftermath. Photo by Lisa Childers.
Back to school?

Storm upends plans for student’s Onteora return, but school will begin on time


August 31 was the day new teachers were scheduled to begin orientation at Onteora Central School District. Instead the whole day turned into crisis planning with administrators due to damage caused...

September 01, 2011 10:49 AM | 2 2 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Cool time in Phoenicia

Hamlet hosts 8th annual Shandaken Day


The sixth coolest small town in America (per Budget Travel magazine) will celebrate its eighth annual Shandaken Day on Saturday, August 27, from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., in the Phoenicia Park. “It’s a day...

August 25, 2011 11:31 AM | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
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Collision course

Woodstock may face tough choices on budget


As Woodstock officials begin their preparation of the 2012 municipal budget, they may confront the proverbial meeting of an irresistible force with an immovable object: the arrival of the state’s n...

August 25, 2011 11:30 AM | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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