To create a comprehensive plan for growth and development in Woodstock for the next 20 years, the community will have to reconcile related but competing issues. Resources will need to […]
Woodstock’s 133-year-old Opera House will see major improvements sooner than expected after the city learned last week it would receive a $3 million state grant. Woodstock is the only community […]
Knocking down walls and tearing up concrete at a 165-year-old building can yield surprises. Some of those unexpected discoveries added almost $250,000 that was approved last week by the Woodstock […]
Apple Creek development off Dean Street in south Woodstock will get an extreme weather warning siren, the city’s sixth. The City Council last week approved the sale and installation of […]
Beginning Monday, Aug. 22, Woodstock’s train station will have the south entrance open to the public to accommodate Metra’s morning schedule. According to a news release from Kevin Newton, COO […]
Major improvements to Woodstock’s 133-year-old Opera House are the focus of a nearly $3 million state grant the city received this week. Woodstock is the only community in McHenry County […]
Development of the long-abandoned downtown lumberyard took a first step last week when the City Council approved an inducement resolution for the new owner, MBI. That means MBI may begin […]
Happy first anniversary to SOAR@Dorr! The acronym – which stands for Serving Older Adult Residents – is a community program started as a collaboration of the city of Woodstock and […]
By Lydi LaGue news@thewoodstockindependent.com With the Benton Street mural under their belt, members of the Woodstock Arts Commission are moving steadily forward with more initiatives. At its monthly meeting July […]
One year after lifting the lid on video gambling permits in Woodstock, the city has not been swamped with requests. But a few more local businesses are offering gambling terminals […]
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.
