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Fire/Rescue trustees seek to balance spending: Funds from 2019 tax referendum go to staffing, vehicle, equipment upgrades

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Brendan Parker is officially sworn in as chief of the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District by Fred Spitzer, president of the Board of Trustees. (Independent photo by Larry Lough)

In the spring of 2020, new revenue from a voter-approved tax referendum the year before was about to start coming in when the Woodstock Fire/Rescue Board of Trustees was considering […]

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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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