By Eileen Millard news@the woodstockindependent.com The makeup of the Woodstock City Council changed last week, reflecting the results of the April 4 elections. The gender balance stayed the same. Council […]
“Culture wars” didn’t break out in Woodstock, but a skirmish was reported in the matter of LGBTQ students in School District 200. Several parents and patrons showed up at the […]
When the March 31 application deadline arrived for businesses to occupy the two new incubator spaces inside the renovated Old Courthouse, the city of Woodstock had received three applications. All […]
Counting of late ballots didn’t change the results of the April 4 consolidated election in Woodstock area races, but it seemed to indicate a trend toward voting by mail. As […]
You could say firefighting is a tradition in Brendan Parker’s family. Parker, 46, was named chief of the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District April 27. He had been acting chief since the […]
The first indication that something was not quite right in the Ryders Woods pond came on April 11 from a neighbor who frequently walks the park’s 17 acres of trails. […]
Circle July 15 on your calendar. That’s the date city officials expect the $22 million restoration and remodeling of the Old Courthouse Center to finally be finished. Mayor Mike Turner […]
A special use permit to allow Woodstock’s first cannabis-dispensing business to operate a 1411 S. Eastwood Drive, the site of the former Golf & Games, won a recommendation last week […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.ocm Woodstock firefighters needed only one minute to get to a Dean Street house fire Friday night, but it took them 35 minutes to get the smoky blaze […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Two occupants of an SUV were taken to the hospital late Wednesday after they survived a fiery crash south of Woodstock. Woodstock Fire/Rescue District reported two seriously […]
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