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Planning underway for Square haunted house

Organizers planning to host a haunted house on the Woodstock Square this fall are asking businesses and residents to help make the major fundraiser — the first of its kind […]

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When the Woodstock City Band kicks off its concert season Wednesday, June 12, it will be building on a Woodstock tradition that started more than 100 years ago. Originally organized […]

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At new Woodstock bar, hard work pays off

Nikolos Dantino has been pulling 60-hour work weeks at Main Street Pour House, but he isn’t complaining. That schedule is an improvement. “When we were getting ready to open, we […]

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Farmers market returns to the Square

The Woodstock Farmers Market is back on the Square for the 2013 season with more than 40 vendors selling produce, meats and dairy and handcrafted items. Market days are from […]

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For downtown cinema project, it's almost show time

The first new auditorium of the Woodstock Theatre expansion project is expected to open this weekend. Classic Cinemas, Woodstock Theatre’s parent company, initially expected six new auditoriums to open this […]

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At Opera House, tales from the farm

Michael Perry is a rural Wisconsin man through and through. He raises chickens, plows snow, volunteers for the fire department and knows which part of the cow to avoid (the […]

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Play gets foxy at the Opera House

The Woodstock Musical Theatre Company will bring Ken Ludwig’s comedy “The Fox on the Fairway” to the Woodstock Opera House stage this month. The WMTC’s version will be produced through […]

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