Gov. Bruce Rauner arrived in Woodstock the morning of April 8, about nine hours after the end of a raucous City Council meeting that drew so many opponents to the governor’s agenda that City Hall proved too small to contain the crowd. The audience, which numbered in the hundreds, was mostly on hand April 7 […]
If drivers in Lake Shore Business Park can’t find their way to the former Bridge Lane, it’s not because they’re lost. The street, one of the main thoroughfares in the business park located off Highway 14, was rechristened Galaxy Way following the approval of an ordinance by the Woodstock City Council March 17. The name […]
As election results slowly trickled in late Tuesday night, it was clear incumbents Mark Saladin and Maureen Larson would retain their seats on the Woodstock City Council. However, the fight for the third seat between two political newcomers may come down to only 30 votes. Woodstock businessman Daniel Hart, who owns D.C. Cobb’s restaurant on […]
The Woodstock Square’s oldest resident received a makeover April 7. The sentinel soldier statue commemorating the Civil War was lifted from its post, lowered to the ground and repaired as part of a $30,000 capital improvement project aimed at restoring the memorial. The granite soldier, weighing an estimated 1,000 pounds, has never been removed from its post […]
A revised lease deal for the Woodstock train depot could see a pair of business owners receiving rent concessions from the city of Woodstock in exchange for redesigning their floor plans and completing extra renovations to the building. Dan Hart, a candidate for Woodstock City Council, and his business partner Christopher Gienko signed a lease […]
A juvenile male accused of sexually assaulting a young family member on the southeast side of Woodstock has been charged as an adult in the crime. Woodstock Police said the boy, under age 17, is accused of sexually assaulting a family member who is younger than 9 years old. The suspect originally was charged […]
A Woodstock City Councilman is touting his proposal to contribute city funds to an artificial turf project at Woodstock High School as a way to improve the town’s image and grant residents access to better infrastructure, while detractors say the plan is too expensive and could set a bad precedent. Councilman Mike Turner has proposed […]
Virgil Smith was called “Mr. Woodstock” by the staff at Valley Hi Nursing Home, where he lived for the past two years. The name was fitting, symbolic of Smith’s love for the city and the contributions he made to Woodstock for more than 60 years. Since 1952, Smith lived, worked and devoted himself to multiple […]
Part of the sprawling campus of a shuttered commercial printer will reopen as a paper company this summer, and the city of Woodstock could offer financial incentives to the business taking over the property. Guy’s E.Paper, Quality Converting and Spectr Jet, three interconnected businesses currently located in Huntley, will move into an 80,000-square-foot building at […]
A revised lease deal for the Woodstock train depot could see a pair of business owners receiving rent concessions from the city of Woodstock in exchange for redesigning their floor plans and completing extra renovations to the building. Dan Hart, a candidate for Woodstock City Council, and his business partner Christopher Gienko signed a lease […]
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.
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