Bethel

August 15 2016

We’ve Got to Get Ourselves Back to Woodstock

Catskills Region Bethel, Catskills Region, Sullivan County

by Chris Clemens When Michael Lang first created the idea for a music festival in the quaint, artist-retreat town of Woodstock, New York, it was a simple concept. Just weeks before the festival was to take place, the townspeople panicked at the thought of accommodating such a huge crowd. They subsequently blocked the producers from allowing […]

This Day In Upstate History

1834 The Long Island Railroad is chartered. Today, it is the oldest running railroad in the United States to still be operating under its original name.

1848 James G. Cutler, former Mayor of Rochester from 1904-07 and most recognized for inventing the mail chute, is born in Albany.

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2019 The Syracuse New Times ceases free distribution of their print edition, opting instead to distribute directly using a paid subscription model.