
No swimming, but tennis
City delays decision on canceling many summer activities


Note to readers: This list was published in the online edition only of The Woodstock Independent on April 15. We will provide two weeks of children’s book recommendations for our […]





I have nothing to write about. Beginning in early March, shows on Broadway, faced with social-distancing guidelines enacted because of the emerging COVID-19 crisis, began postponing productions. As it became […]



Now that Gov. J.B. Pritzker has ordered the closings of non-essential businesses and directed Illinois residents to stay home, the Woodstock Public Library and Read Between the Lynes bookstore are […]
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