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[email protected] ‘Life’s a voyage that’s homeward bound.’ FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2008 ‘Power of Woodstock Fair ready for Labor Day weekend the Press’ examines mid-1800s journalism NEXT PROGRAM WILL BE HELD SEPT. 17 BY MATT SANDERSON VILLAGER STAFF WRITER WOODSTOCK — Members of Roseland Cottage at Historic New ANNUAL EVENT RUNS FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY England took a great task upon File photos themselves to not only preserve the BY MATT SANDERSON XtraMart Convenience Store, Above left: An aerial view of the 2007 Woodstock Fair. likeness of Henry Chandler VILLAGER STAFF WRITER Bowen’s accomplishments for which has several locations Above: Members of the Sandtasia sculptors of the Ocean State group creating a Woodstock, but also in the past year WOODSTOCK — As Labor Day throughout Connecticut, huge sandcastle for everyone attending the 2007 Woodstock Fair. to present his intrepid prowess to Weekend creeps closer, so does Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Below: A mother cow cleans her newborn baby at the 2007 Woodstock Fair. The the publication of his New York the 148th annual Woodstock Fair. New York. In addition, these tick- baby was born minutes before this photo was taken at the Barnyard Babies weekly periodical The Independent It runs this year from Friday, ets can be found at the Putnam Birthing Center. in the mid-1800s. The publication Aug. 29, through Monday, Sept. 1, Farmer’s Co-Op, Stoggy Hollow brought to the public eye some of at the Woodstock Fairgrounds Restaurant, Sweet Evalina’s the first American objective, jour- located on Route 171 in South Restaurant and the Thimble nalistic accounts leading up to the Woodstock.