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‘Planning for the future’

Endowment would establish a legacy for maintaining Opera House By Tricia Carzolinews@the woodstockindependent.com “We are planning for the future,” Friends of the Opera House president Peggy Hart said. On Nov. […]

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Good day for the GOP

By Larry Loughlarry@the woodstockindependent.com As most election days are, last week’s was good for McHenry County Republicans. Their candidates won nearly every contested race, as well as several in which […]

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Extended trash talks help seniors

New contract with waste hauler lowers toter charges for all households By Larry Loughlarry@the woodstockindependent.com  All Woodstock households will see a lower monthly fee for mandatory trash toter service next […]

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Mayor ‘surprised’ he’s unopposed for re-election

Six candidates will vie for three City Council seats; school board filing starts next week By Larry Loughnews@the woodstockindependent.com  Woodstock Mayor Mike Turner will win a second term next year […]

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Crash victims remembered with flowers, donations

By Larry LoughLarry@the woodstockindependent.com Four days after a head-on collision killed three people on Davis Road, west of Dean Street on the south edge of Woodstock, a makeshift roadside memorial […]

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Sobering news for the Square

MobCraft says Nov. 30 is last day of serving in Woodstock, new owners possible By Susan W. Murraynews@the woodstockindependent.com  In what can only be viewed as a setback for the […]

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‘We’re going to make it’

After the Oct. 9, 2023, gas explosion – a year of remembrance and recovery – Part 4 of a 4-part series By Susan W. Murraynews@the woodstockindependent.com The gas explosion that […]

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Nicor named as respondent in legal filing

Lawsuit filed against city and Visu-Sewer in last year’s gas explosion By Susan W. Murraynews@the woodstockindependent.com  On Oct. 9, one year after a natural gas explosion shook the neighborhood near […]

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