At its July 20 meeting, the Woodstock City Council changed the city ordinance to make it easier to increase the city’s limit of 25 video gambling licenses. At its next […]
Out with an ice cream shop, in with a brewery. Prospective tenants for the renovated Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House have changed as the city of Woodstock negotiates space use […]
Many taxpayers, especially those not particularly fond of paying more taxes, wonder why the City Council needs to increase property taxes every year through 2025 to pay for resumption of […]
Reorganization of Woodstock city government hit a snag Tuesday when several people – including two city department managers – told the City Council the plan was being rushed and could […]
Just a day before the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan $1 trillion infrastructure spending bill, Congresswoman Lauren Underwood was upbeat about the proposal and a companion $3.5 trillion bill her […]
If you take a walk or drive around the Woodstock Square, your eye can’t help but be drawn to two fire-engine red banners – one in each of two vacant […]
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 […]
Miami-based Mango Publishing Group has announced the acquisition of Woo Jr. Kids Activities of Woodstock, a publisher of educational activity books. The acquisition includes Woo! Jr.’s backlist of 19 titles […]
Woodstock manufacturer M4 Factory has a new look thanks to renown muralist Lauren Asta. The Judd Street side of the female-owned and -operated manufacturing building offers edgy and urban visual […]
Just a week after deciding to lift the cap of 25 video gambling licenses in Woodstock, the City Council started the process of pushing it to 27. In a 7-0 […]
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