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‘It’s a beautiful little home’

Quick sale of renovated vintage home shows power of ‘charm and location’ By Susan W. Murray Kathleen Labude and her second husband left Illinois for Colorado in 2020, a time […]

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Older Woodstock hotel is new again

Remodeling project at the AmericInn heads toward the finish line By Susan W. Murray news@thewoodstockindependent.com Quietly, so you might not yet have noticed it, the former Best Western at 990 […]

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Building a name for pizza and pasta

Alfredo’s Pizza and Pasta opened on N. Seminary in April By Susan W. Murraynews@thewoodstockindependent.com When Nishank Patel was a student at Northern Illinois University, his part-time job was answering phones […]

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Doughnuts return bringing smiley faces 

By the Dozen opens its third location in former Swiss Maid Bakery By Susan W. Murray news@thewoodstockindependent.com The first customers simply could not wait for By the Dozen to officially […]

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Business Buzz: openings, closings, moves

Plus two new vendors join Farmers’ Market By Susan W. Murray news@thewoodstockindependent.com With the hum of cicadas in the background, business is also buzzing in Woodstock as June heats up. […]

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City settles with Public House

Back in city control, it’s full steam ahead on finding new tenant ByEileenMillardandSusanW.Murraynews@the woodstockindependent.com  The Public House was a fixture in Woodstock for more than 20 years, first at 201 […]

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New vendors attracted to ‘a really great market’

Woodstock Farmers Market includes new additions

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Old Courthouse launches one, loses one

The Records Department moving to Main Street, Makity Make closes

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