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COVID-19 pandemic, loan forgiveness, small business loan program, Woodstock City Council, Woodstock Economic Development

About 55 local businesses that borrowed more than a quarter of a million dollars from the city to help them through the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic could see […]

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COVID-19 pandemic, loan forgiveness, small business loan program, Woodstock City Council, Woodstock Economic Development

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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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