La Trinidad offers its homemade tortillas at former Pizza Hut By Susan W. Murray The Independent The familiar Pizza Hut outlines – trapezoid-shaped windows and a red roof that looks […]
Woodstock’s second Starbucks is expected to open this fall in a new retail strip in front of Blain’s Farm & Fleet on U.S. 14. Chicago-based developer Eric Dams of Troutman […]
On a long-vacant parcel on the southwest corner where Routes 14 and 47 intersect, new stirrings of retail life appeared on March 29. U-Haul Moving and Storage set up shop […]
City officials are happy with the Promote Woodstock marketing effort as its local government-funded budget approaches a quarter of a million dollars a year. But it faces two big challenges: […]
After 70 years in the automobile business in Woodstock, the Benoy family is in a “transition” that is expected to lead to a sale of the dealership this summer. Kunes […]
Ted London and Gay Stomberg, owners of the 22,000-square-foot Roscoe Antique Mall in South Beloit, Wisconsin, have more than doubled their floor space for antiques by expanding into Woodstock. On […]
While the weather remains stubbornly wintry, this spring brings a million-dollar refresh to the 15-year-old Woodstock Jewel-Osco on Eastwood Drive and a shuttering of the Shop Fresh just up the […]
Last month’s announcement that Ethereal Confections is moving diagonally across the Woodstock Square to the former Elks Lodge building generated buzz in town and much excitement on Ethereal’s Facebook page. […]
Longtime Woodstock business Peters Motors has moved operations to a new, larger facility, led by second generation owner Craig Peters and his son, Ryan, carrying the business into the third […]
As an avid jazz musician, Jim Hecht would have appreciated the standing ovation he got at the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce’s 74th annual dinner and awards presentation. The long-time Woodstock […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.
Tricia Carzoli is a freelance writer and photographer that on community news.
