Dorr Township residents will have the chance to review and vote on plans to demolish the 6,000-square-foot highway garage and replace it with two buildings of about 10,000 combined square […]
Moose Lodge, Opera House, Boy Scouts, and Difference Makers were donors to the Woodstock Food Pantry during the past month.“I am in awe of the generosity of our local organizations […]
The activities director of a local senior center has received a statewide award after serving only one year in her Woodstock job.Laura Wassinger, director at SOAR@Dorr – Serving Older Adult […]
Tour construction zone inside Old CourthousePlan to get a little dirty at the Dusty Boots Tour at the Old Courthouse, 101 N. Johnson St., from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. […]
Steady growth and development in the Woodstock area has allowed local taxing units to cut their tax rates while increasing property tax levies.And those government units will get a bonus […]
Older adults can find community, education, and fun at the new SOAR@Dorr Community Center in the Dorr Township building, 1039 Lake Ave.The Community Foundation for McHenry County, the city of […]
Staff Reportnews@the woodstockindependent.com A newly furnished drop-in senior community center has hired a full-time manager who will start next month as the joint venture between Dorr Township and the city of […]
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This space in the Dorr Township building, 1039 Lake Avenue, will be furnished and equipped with grant funds to become a staffed, drop-in community center for Woodstock residents 60 and older.
Although the main attractions on the consolidated election playbill April 6 will hold no drama, you will find competing characters elsewhere on the 2021 ballot.Woodstock has just one candidate for […]
Woodstock might have a race for mayor in 2021.Deputy Mayor Mike Turner filed his candidacy for mayor Monday, along with two candidates for three seats open on the City Council.Mayor […]
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