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Woodstock City Council to consider ordinances creating 10-cent bag fee, noise limits

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Plastic bag recycling box inside the front entrance of Woodstock City Hall. (Independent file photo)

By Larry Lough larry@thewoodstockindependent Two ordinances that have been years in the making were scheduled to come before the Woodstock City Council Tuesday night. If approved, one ordinance will charge a 10-cent fee on each paper or plastic bag a shopper takes from a local store to haul out purchases. The other proposal would give […]

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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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Picture of Larry Lough

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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