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Council OKs noise limits, bag tax

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This “heat map” from the Woodstock Police Department shows where noise complaints came from between 2014 and 2018. Most involved outdoor music venues downtown and near Lake Avenue and Route 47.

Woodstock has a new objective limit on noise for police to enforce, and come January the city will have a 10-cents-a-bag tax on single-use bags to get local retail customers […]

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Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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