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Post-pandemic bounce: Business around Woodstock got its buzz back in 2023

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MobCraft Beer of Milwaukee opened its first microbrewery and tap room in Illinois inside the renovated Sheriff’s House and Jail. MobCraft is among seven tenants, including two incubator businesses, of the newly named Old Courthouse Center. (Independent file photo by Tricia Carzoli)

Three years after the COVID-19 pandemic inflicted interruption on businesses, shuttering some and causing others to retrench, 2023 might go down as the year when normalcy returned. New businesses debuted, […]

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Susan W. Murray

Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008, returning to the paper as a writer in 2018. A 26-year resident of Woodstock, she taught English, American history, and religion to junior high students at St. Mary School for nine years.
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Picture of Susan W. Murray

Susan W. Murray

Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008, returning to the paper as a writer in 2018. A 26-year resident of Woodstock, she taught English, American history, and religion to junior high students at St. Mary School for nine years.
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