After an hour-long discussion, Woodstock City Council members were divided on whether to allow conversion of a former chiropractic office and home into six apartments. In a 5-2 vote, the […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Metra will add two weekday departures from Woodstock and one arrival as part of a plan to deal with commuter service during the three-year rehabilitation project underway […]
Open house offers details of Bull Valley development Woodstock Country Club of Bull Valley, 10310 Country Club Road, will host an open house this week for a village initiative called […]
“Woodstock needs a hotel.” City Plan Commission member Steve Gavers repeated those oft-spoken words last week after a developer laid out very preliminary plans that could bring a hotel to […]
Voting by mail promises to deliver McHenry County ballots for the April 4 consolidated election in a way early voting isn’t. County Clerk Joe Tirio reported more than 27,000 registered […]
City government will get a newly designed website, but the process is being complicated by Woodstock’s departmental structure. Approval of a contract for the redesign was postponed last week by […]
Moose Lodge, Opera House, Boy Scouts, and Difference Makers were donors to the Woodstock Food Pantry during the past month. “I am in awe of the generosity of our local […]
By Eileen Millard news@the woodstockindependent.com Back in March 1988, the city of Woodstock started something that was not very common at the time: a curbside recycling program, making it easier […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Applications are sought through March 31 for the inaugural group in the city of Woodstock’s retail incubation program, The 101. Under the program, a physical retail experience […]
Downtown restaurants don’t need another tax I read in The Independent that Woodstock is going to charge restaurants for their use of public sidewalks and parking spaces for outdoor dining. […]
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.
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