Consolidated election early voting gets underway Early voting for the April 4 consolidated election begins this week at the office of the McHenry County clerk. Starting Thursday, voters may visit the clerk’s office at the county Administration Building, 667 Ware Road, to cast a ballot during office hours, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through […]
Television’s latest loving embrace of Woodstock has come in the form of “John McGivern’s Main Streets” exploration of Woodstock. The destination travel show, a feature of PBS Wisconsin, had the “world premiere” of its segment about Woodstock on the big screen at the Opera House last Thursday night, and a few hundred of us showed […]
In a move only the Woodstock Public Library could pull off, human chess will debut at Witches and Wizards – on a grander stage. “I’m really excited about this,” library Director Nick Weber said. “I’ve wanted to include this for years, but this year we are finally able to do it.” Since 2017, the library […]
The scaled-down retail space at 203 Main St. that Casting Whimsy occupied for nearly three years developed an Alice-in-Wonderland feel that went beyond the cutout Alice and White Rabbit figures that adorned the shop. Just as the 9-foot-tall Alice was too big to navigate the hallway, Casting Whimsy’s success soon outgrew its 600 square feet. […]
Third time was the charm for property at 217 W. Judd St. to come before the Historic Preservation Commission, which has voted to recommend a certificate of appropriateness on the site where next-door owner MBI consultants had demolished an old house. Almost a year ago, the commission recommended the consulting business not be allowed to […]
The unassuming retail space at 203 Main St. in Woodstock has notched another successful launch of a local business. In the past decade, the 600-foot storefront next to Classic Cinemas served as an effective incubator for Ethereal Confections and the Sugar Circle before their moves to larger retail outlets on the Woodstock Square. Success has […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
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