Bids are due this week for work on 17 street segments as part of Woodstock’s 2023 enhanced street improvement program.That’s in addition to three projects left over from the 2022 […]
As street construction projects around northern Illinois have been interrupted by a labor strike that has cut off supplies of materials, Woodstock has been spared – so far.“Not yet,” Christina […]
Christina Betz had good news and bad news about construction of what she called the “Madison Street” roundabout at Lake Avenue and South Street.The work, which has closed a main […]
Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.comWoodstock’s third new executive director is the city’s second internal hire under its new local government organizational chart.Christina Betz, director of Public Works since October 2020, will be the […]
Bids will be received this week for what is expected to be more than $13 million in Woodstock street improvements this year.Christina Betz, the city’s director of Public Works, said […]
Woodstock streets will get $12 million worth of work next year as the city resumes the aggressive street improvement program that was interrupted this year by the COVID-19 pandemic.And higher […]
While a “severe” drought in the Woodstock area has been hard on farms, lawns, and gardens, it has had an upside – no mosquitoes.“We have not received any complaints [about […]
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