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‘Love, understanding, kindness’: Woodstock’s annual PrideFest promotes people ‘happy being themselves’

June 13, 2023

By Morgen Neuhauser news@thewoodstockindependent.com Despite a gray and dreary sky, people dressed in their best rainbow outfits and went to the Woodstock Square for the 2023 Woodstock PrideFest. Even the Square was decorated, adorned with pride flags and rainbow-colored balloon arches for the event hosted by Woodstock Pride since 2019.  Back in 2018, Woodstock Pride […]

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Pride Month: Celebrating all of us as humans

June 5, 2023

Thirty-four years ago something completely unexpected occurred. I met the love of my life. First we were friends. Then, without looking for it, love showed up. Not the tepid take-each-other-for granted love. No, this was unlike any love I had ever known. Consuming, compelling, tinged with heat, built on profound respect, and charged with boundless […]

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What kind of community do we aspire to be?

May 22, 2023

Woodstock prides itself on being a progressive, inclusive community. That description doesn’t include everyone. As he was leaving office in 2021 after 16 years as mayor of Woodstock, Brian Sager said one of the biggest challenges of his tenure was fighting a resistance to making the city “a welcoming, open, and inclusive community” in terms […]

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Your View: Roe v. Wade; PrideFest; July 4 fireworks

July 11, 2022

What happened to rule ‘by we the people’… ? Now that Roe vs. Wade has been overturned and there are more guns on the streets, more mass shootings, it makes one wonder. With a majority of the people supporting abortion and gun control, why aren’t they the law of our land? Sadly, our politicians and […]

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Your View: ‘He who abides in love, abides in God, and God in him.’

June 27, 2022

‘He who abides in love, abides in God, God in him’ I am a straight, white, long-term resident of Woodstock, and applaud your coverage of this year’s PrideFest. As I stood watching the parade line up, and talked to some of the participants, my eyes filled with tears. The St. Ann’s Episcopal Church (one of […]

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Your View: Time to celebrate all Woodstock residents; Latest blunder was PrideFest; Political endorsement inconsistent

June 20, 2022

This is a time to celebrate  all residents of Woodstock Many of you know us as owners of Read Between the Lynes, your local bookstore in Woodstock. Today we are proud residents of Woodstock. Our family moved to Woodstock in March 1997. At that time, our three children were ages 9, 6 and 3. We […]

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PrideFest gets wide support from community: Thousands in Square for parade, activities

June 13, 2022

By Julia Eastham news@the woodstockindependent.com  The sky might have been gray Sunday morning, but Woodstock Square was filled with bright and vibrant colors as the city’s third annual PrideFest got underway. The crowd began to gather on the Square ahead of the official 11 a.m. start time; the Pride parade began at 11:20 a.m. and […]

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