Tim O'Hearn

The festival was supposed to feature artists like Jay-Z, John Fogerty and Miley Cyrus, but instead it was plagued by lawsuits, mismanagement and missed deadlines.

There’s a feeling of resignation around Schuyler County after Watkins Glen International said it would not host Woodstock 50.

Tickets were set to go on sale Monday. Last week, Billboard reported that wouldn’t happen.

Towns, counties and villages in New York are looking for ways to share equipment and personnel in order to cut costs in order to reduce property taxes. There's incentive: the state is agreeing to match any savings. However, most school districts are not joining in. That's a problem because they make up the lion's share of a taxpayer's property tax bill.