Tag Archives: The Pocket Guide to Woodstock

“A Walk on the Comeau” by Richard Parisio

Posted on July 4, 2012 by admin

(On Sunday, July 8th, Richard Parisio, a retired DEC interpretative naturalist who teaches at the Mohonk Preserve, will lead a “Family Nature Walk” for “kids of all ages” at 5 pm to conclude our “Woodstock Celebration” at the Comeau Property … Continue reading →

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Q & A with Woodstock Town Historian, Richard Heppner

Posted on July 3, 2012 by admin

Last winter, when I caught the history bug while writing The Pocket Guide to Woodstock, I discovered the town’s best attic, more properly known as the Historical Society’s archives housed upstairs in the Town Hall building. There’s a table where … Continue reading →

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How Fire and Ice Shaped Woodstock

Posted on June 29, 2012 by admin

On Sunday afternoon, July 8th, nature enthusiasts will have a rare opportunity to walk the Comeau Property in Woodstock with two of the Catskills’ foremost outdoor interpreters, geologist Robert Titus and forest historian Michael Kudish. One will explain how the … Continue reading →

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For Levon Helm

Posted on April 18, 2012 by admin

(Michael Perkins and I are finishing up work on The Pocket Guide to Woodstock. The sad news that Levon Helm is in the final stages of cancer means that we’ll have to drop the following passage about his Midnight Rambles … Continue reading →

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