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Whether the Woodstock Chamber of Commerce and Industry takes a position on the proposed Founder’s Crossing housing development might depend on what its board members hear in an Aug. 7 […]


Real Woodstock’s Board of Directors has been expanded to the maximum nine members with appointments by the board and Mayor Brian Sager. New community at-large appointees by the board are […]

A typically low-key summer meeting of the Woodstock School District 200 Board of Education received a jolt last week when two teachers questioned why co-curricular items that had been in […]


By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois Jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Gov. J.B. Pritzker surpassed 100 bills signed as he put his signature on more than 30 new laws last week. They […]

When the Woodstock Plan Commission was considering a new ordinance to regulate electronic signs, Building and Zoning Director Joe Napolitano admitted that most – if not all – such signs […]


Woodstock officials continue to work with Chicago developer Kenneth Rawson on his plan for Founder’s Crossing, a proposed housing development north of the Metra station. Rawson’s plan for 92 small-lot, […]
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