Woodstock
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 22, 2010 - 10:06 am
Constance McMillen's hometown in Itawamba County, Mississippi may not have wanted her at their party, but Woodstock thinks she's a rock star. McMillen, who made national headlines earlier this year when her school canceled their prom rather than let her... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 16, 2010 - 12:35 pm
Councilman Jay Wenk took heat from an audience member at a meeting of the Woodstock Town Board last night for his longstanding habit of sitting during the recitation of the pledge of allegiance, the Daily Freeman reports. According to Wenk, he's not going... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, May. 28, 2010 - 11:57 am
The legendary 80s band is playing a benefit for the Woodstock Day School at the Bearsville Theater tonight. In anticipation, the Daily Freeman interviewed Chris Stein, the band's guitarist:
The band’s connection to Bearsville comes from Stein, who lives... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, May. 9, 2010 - 3:09 pm
Surefire way to arouse the righteous ire of a newspaper type, in three easy steps:
1. Commit some mildly salacious act.
2. Make a ham-fisted attempt at covering it up.
3. When caught by a reporter, (a.) beg them not to write a story, and when that doesn't... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, May. 3, 2010 - 12:54 pm
A Woodstock yard abloom in bugleweed. (We think.) Photo credit:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kjs76/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
By WP Newsroom on Saturday, Apr. 17, 2010 - 4:37 pm
Nearly 50 years (and four grandchildren) after the fact, a Woodstock local reflects on her 1962 illegal abortion:
They brought me to another doctor to verify that I had just had an abortion. Then they put me in a jail cell in the Bronx with a box of Kotex... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Apr. 8, 2010 - 4:29 pm
The Woodstock Times reports:
According to Woodstock Arts Board President Joan Roberts, who has been the public face for the struggling cultural venue in the town's gateway district - established to help protect the site of the town's key theater since... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Mar. 30, 2010 - 8:46 pm
For pay, even. Check it out.
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Mar. 22, 2010 - 11:38 am
Shouting Thomas, a nurse and EMT-in-training from Woodstock, had to spend yesterday's gorgeous weather sitting inside, taking a class on how to drive an ambulance. Luckily, the class was held at Woodstock's Fire Department, so he got an up-close look at a... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 - 9:53 am
The New York Times's Property Values real estate column features a house in Woodstock today: a converted 1861 church on the market for $879,000.
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