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 as if it were assembled from Legos – might not catch the attention of those driving by 2085 S. Eastwood Drive. Those who zip past […]
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 & Dams said the 10,000-square-foot retail space would be turned over to tenants in September for build-outs to suit their needs for furniture, lighting, and […]
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 in a temporary aluminum trailer, while in the parking lot, eight trucks and six cargo trailers sat available for rent. The U-Haul location is part […]
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: How do you measure results, and how do you get local businesses and organizations to help cover the costs? The City Council last week heard […]
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 Country Auto Group has already started to manage the sales and service business at Route 47 and U.S. 14 as details of the acquisition are […]
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 March 1, the couple bought the former Colonial Antique Mall, 890 Lake Ave., and renamed it the Roscoe-Woodstock Antique Mall. The brainchild of the late […]
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 road after a little more than six months under new ownership. Jewel-Osco store director Jason Mancusi could not confirm a remodeling dollar amount. Woodstock’s Economic […]
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. The three-story location will include the café and chocolate production area on the first floor; a rentable commercial kitchen and event space on the second […]
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 generation. Clarence Peters had an antiques store and automotive repair shop on Irving Avenue – directly behind Bohn’s Ace Hardware. The automotive repair shop was […]
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 attorney – and a founding member of Jazz on the Square – was honored with the prestigious Harold Buschkopf Award March 8, just weeks after […]
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.
