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Falcon Green Resources gives debris a second life

By Eileen Millardnews@the woodstockindependent.com Falcon Green Resources is a woman-owned waste removal company based in Woodstock. Its distinctive purple dumpsters can be seen around town and beyond. Years of hauling […]

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What’s your recycling IQ?

Larger containers this year will offer more room to recycle  By Eileen Millardnews@the woodstockindependent.com With the coming of larger 65-gallon recycling containers in July, there will be more room than […]

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Council focuses on downtown development

Land acquisition, rezoning, and possible new master plan occupy council meeting  By Larry Loughnews@the woodstockindependent.com Downtown development dominated discussion during the only January meeting of the Woodstock City Council last […]

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City backs off Prairie View purchase

Search back on for space to house Rec Center programs and offices during renovation By Susan W. MurrayNews@the woodstockindependent.com  After doing its due diligence, city staff will recommend to City […]

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Next step for WNHS solar: 590 kWh system

Board action leaves the door open for larger farm in the future By Eileen Millardnews@the woodstockindependent.com After a lively debate and votes on two different options, the D-200 School Board […]

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‘Undetermined’ fires not uncommon

Cause of November fatal fire still under investigation  By Larry Loughnews@the woodstockindependent.com Nearly two months after a fire killed one person and displaced more than 30 people, its cause remains […]

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$12 million earmarked for streets

Final year of city’s enhanced streets improvement program By Larry LoughLarry@the woodstockindependent.com  Woodstock enters 2025, the fifth year of the city’s five-year, $55 million enhanced streets improvement program, with a […]

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YEAR IN P/REVIEW:A year of disappointments

Die Cast development, Route 47 improvements, Old Courthouse Center failed us  By Larry Loughnews@the woodstockindependent.com Like most years, 2024 ended with some unfinished business that will be carried over into […]

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Transient charged in Woodstock stabbing

By Staff Reportnews@the woodstockindependent.com A 69-year-old transient was arrested last week on charges he critically injured another man by stabbing him in the chest at a local camp for homeless […]

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