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Plans for an 83-unit complex of assisted living and memory care housing will go to the Woodstock City Council this month. The city’s Plan Commission recommended the council approve the applications of Dover Development of St. Louis for a zoning change and special-use permit to allow construction of Cedarhurst of Woodstock, a project estimated to […]






When the new year began this week, Woodstock had no Colemans Tavern for the first time since 1996. An impromptu party Monday night marked the last day of operation for the bar and restaurant at 823 Lake Ave. “It was a great party,” owner Barry Coleman said, “with everybody reminiscing, crying. … ‘Where are we […]

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