Bad news: Woodstock’s first traffic roundabout will cost $50,000 more than expected. Good news: The city won’t have to pay all of that. The City Council last week approved a change order for the work at the five-way crossing where Lake Avenue joins Madison and South streets. The change involves upsizing storm sewer manholes to […]
Commission-level work is an important if largely ignored (by the public) function of city government in Woodstock. Volunteer members of more than a dozen advisory commissions do the dirty work in the trenches, which includes vetting petitions and applications for compliance with city ordinances and standards while challenging petitioners and applicants to fully explain their […]
Amended calendar ends school year on May 24 May 24 will be the last day of school in Woodstock School District 200 in an amended academic year calendar approved by the Board of Education. None of the five “emergency days” built into the calendar had to be used, so removing them from the schedule moves […]
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