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. […]
How often does the Woodstock Water Works aquatic center replace its shovels? Apparently, not too often. Just ask Molly Griffin, a fourth-generation Woodstock native who discovered a 60-year-old shovel owned […]
Staff Report news@the woodstockindependent.com A newly furnished drop-in senior community center has hired a full-time manager who will start next month as the joint venture between Dorr Township and the […]
From among thousands of applicants, Woodstock is one of 10 small-town finalists for a $3 million “Hometown Techover” by T-Mobile. The city received a $50,000 check as a community project […]
Things have been falling into place that should allow Woodstock to begin work this fall on the city’s first traffic roundabout. City officials had hoped to begin construction two years […]
“Multiple” potential investors are interested in Woodstock’s plan to create new civic and commercial spaces in the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House, the City Council was told last week during […]
The Woodstock City Council is expected later this month to consider revamping city ordinance to increase the number of video gambling licenses in the city. Mayor Mike Turner, who mentioned […]
Downtown Woodstock will see some disruption this week – traffic, parking, etc. – to accommodate a film crew to shoot scenes for an Amazon Prime series. With luck, you might […]
More than 200 people and vendors converged in Woodstock Square on June 5 for Woodstock’s Food Truck Festival, kicking off the unofficial start of the summer season. The six-hour event […]
The city is in its third year of transitioning its police fleet from white sedans to silver SUVs with bold black graphics on the sides. While the vehicles are highly […]
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