BETHEL - Another Woodstock battle. Same snit, different year.

Thursday, there were arrests (two), new signs, a hastily-convened county meeting, impassioned speeches and a waving flag. The Woodstock anniversary is two weeks away.

On Wednesday night, in support of the trespassing arrests of Abigail Storm and Daniel Eggink, half a dozen people spent the night camping on a corner of the site, with tent and fire. At one point, State Police came by to warn them to leave. They stayed.

At 11:30 Thursday morning, police came back, and arrested 20-year-old Jewel Eggink, Daniel's daughter, along with Joe Anderson , 51, of High Falls. They were released on their own recognizance and told not to return to the site.

After the arrests, workmen from site owner Granite Associates came by to install two signs at the main entrances, explaining that camping and vehicular traffic were prohibited.

''Welcome to the site of the original Woodstock music festival,'' it read in part. ''Our goal is to respect and nurture the spirit of this land.''

Standing on the opposite corner, next to a fluttering American flag, Storm said she was relieved only signs were installed. When workmen started digging postholes, she thought a fence might be going up.

''I don't see how they're going to enforce it,'' she said of the rules. ''There's already people driving on the site.''

A steady stream of visitors came to the site throughout the day Thursday. At one point, two camp counselors caught up in the spirit of the place flashed their breasts to two nearby boys.

Meanwhile, Chuck and Nancy Fredericks of Forestburgh walked the site with two friends. The couple almost made it to the original, and come back every summer to bask in the glow of history.

''People won't be reading the signs at 3 a.m. (when they arrive), Chuck Fredericks said. ''It's unfortunately the owner didn't come up with an arrangement that's a little more middle-ground.''

Meanwhile, on the request of Town of Bethel officials, County Manager Jonathan Drapkin set up an emergency meeting in his office Thursday afternoon. Joining them was town officials, State Police and District Attorney Stephen Lungen, among others.

''I have no comment on the meeting,'' Drapkin said Thursday, refusing to answer any questions.