With an air of mystery analogous to a theatrical opening night, the Arts & Culture for Woodstock Fund will kick off its fundraising endeavors Nov. 6 at the Woodstock Opera […]
Third time was the charm for property at 217 W. Judd St. to come before the Historic Preservation Commission, which has voted to recommend a certificate of appropriateness on the […]
Woodstock’s 22-month-old Arts Commission has canceled more meetings than it’s conducted.In fact, its members have never met face-to-face as a commission.That should change with the appointment of a new chairwoman […]
As the Woodstock Police Department continues the long process of obtaining crisis-intervention training for its officers, the addition of a social worker to the department has been discussed. Local police have […]
D-200 board to consider back-to-school protocols”Progress of the … plan to return to school on Aug. 16” was scheduled for discussion Tuesday night by the Woodstock School District 200 Board […]
Three months after the more than $200,000 restoration of the Metra station in Woodstock was dedicated during a ribbon-cutting ceremony, the city’s Historic Preservation Commission voted 5-0 to deny the […]
A recent strategic planning workshop of the Woodstock City Council revealed numerous complications within the city’s Arts Commission, which is still searching for an identity 19 months after its inception. The […]
When the future clashed with the past last October at a meeting of Woodstock’s Historic Preservation Commission, the past won.In a rematch last week before the City Council, the future […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
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