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Levon Helm, the lone American in The Band died on Thursday in Manhattan. He was 71 and lived in Woodstock, N.Y. Helm suffered with cancer for several years.
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Woodstock is a lot different than many folks imagine it. This writer likes living here because the people are nice and it is quiet.
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Rick Santorum, Henry Rollins and Ed Sanders. Unlikely bedfellows? This writer thinks not. Santorum only entered the writer's consciousness two days ago, and he seems a Tussaud's statue of himself.
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Legendary rocker Jimi Hendrix will be commemorated next year in Seattle when a park will be opened and named in his honor. Organizers hope to have the park open in time to mark what would have been the rock star's 70th birthday.
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New York -
Occupy Wall Street protesters won't be missing the traditional Thanksgiving fare thanks to a New York City chef whose promised an organic meal for 1,000 people complete with roasted turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce.
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Nobody who disagrees with the views of outspoken atheist Richard Dawkins ever seems to go to his lectures, the biologist and author has said.
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Jonathan Groff, the young stage star (Spring Awakening & Hair), stars in Ang Lee’s Taking Woodstock. Portraying promoter Michael Lang, the brainchild behind the greatest 3-day rock event in history, Groff talks about bringing the icon to life onscreen.
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Woodstock was the end of an era. Some 500,000 people attended what was to be the biggest music festival to date. Today, after 40 years, the repercussions of Woodstock are still felt.
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The Laurence Miller Gallery is showcasing iconic images of Woodstock, which celebrates its 40th anniversary on Aug. 12. Burk Uzzle's photos of the 1969 love-in will be on display until Aug. 20.
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Back in 1969 hippies by the thousands made a pilgrimage to Max Yasgur's farm in Bethel, New York. For three days music flowed and free love blossomed. Drugs were passed from one friend to the next. It was Woodstock and it has never been copied.
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 The man who was mayor of Woodstock, Ont., at the time of Victoria (Tori) Stafford's death says the small city has become a less innocent, more fearful place.
 The Japanese automakers says it will increase production at its Woodstock, Ont. facility by investing millions of dollars and adding hundreds of jobs.
 Levon Helm's Woodstock, N.Y., home, where the roots-rock musician staged his celebrated Midnight Ramble concerts, will be the setting for his memorial on Thursday.
Musicians, friends and fans travel to Woodstock, New York to pay their last respects to The Band drummer Levon Helm following his death from cancer last week.
 Jury selection begins Monday in the trial for the man accused of killing eight-year-old Victoria Stafford, who disappeared near her school in Woodstock, Ont., in April 2009.
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