Editorials

In George Pattison’s interview this week, Woodstock assessor Marc Plate points out that it is best to conduct a revaluation...

There are three concerns in the decision to reconfigure its elementary school education that the Onteora Central School District board...

And we may as well embrace it. The ethical debate borne of the painting of those red goats on them...

You may have heard that Woodstock Times is 40 years old this year. I know, it says volume 39 on...

As the Bruce Ackerman cartoon above indicates, it’s been pretty quiet in Woodstock lately, a rare and welcome hiatus from...

No one, with a straight face, can really say that the new State Senate districts drawn up by…the incumbents in...

There hasn’t been a minute since I’ve lived in this area when I haven’t been represented in government by Maurice...

With talk of closing Phoenicia Elementary School and Zena Elementary School, we could be faced with two more large pieces...

The restructuring of our public schools appears inevitable. It’s happening in front of our eyes. The 2% tax cap is...

2011 was an extraordinary year — we had one of the most free-for-all-iest political seasons ever, one of the most...

We count the weeks here at the weekly newspaper. Each issue has its number (this is issue 51) and thus...

Like war, the holiday season brings out both the best and the worst in people. The best can be seen...

Get out the vote! That’s the cry, right? Boost your totals, get your people to the polls. Drive them there,...

I’ve always had a sympathy, but never a real belief, in the efficacy of third parties, usually succumbing to the...

I’ve always had a sympathy, but never a real belief, in the efficacy of third parties. After some flirtation with...

What are the things we can do without? Can we call them tax cap casualties? We can see what they...

Let’s review a few things about this 2 percent tax cap. Maybe people are tired of hearing about it. Certainly,...

They call these ‘off-year’ elections…no congressional races, no governors are elected here in New York, no presidential elections... But all...

What a funny feeling, walking into the Community Center on Rock City Road to vote and there in the lobby,...

Been bouncing this thing around and about, who to endorse for these town offices and the royal We finds that...