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The free ride on Metra is over

If you boarded a Metra train in Woodstock during the past six months without a ticket to ride, you were in the clear. Union Pacific conductors on the Northwest line […]

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Marketplace: In Brief

WHS grad helps to launch new radio station brand Woodstock High School graduate Jack Berry is helping to launch a new venture, Club Soda Radio, described as a “DJ collective” […]

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Revived car wash seeks zoning variances

Who would have thought Woodstock’s zoning code did not allow exterior vacuums at a commercial car wash to be visible from the street? Owners of Swift Car Wash, who plan […]

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