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Imagine sitting in a local taproom, enjoying a glass of cold craft beer, when in through the door comes a group of helmeted officers with police rifles and protective shields. […]
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Imagine sitting in a local taproom, enjoying a glass of cold craft beer, when in through the door comes a group of helmeted officers with police rifles and protective shields. […]
Voters in Woodstock don’t have a lot of reasons to go to the polls in the primary election March 19. That’s a good reason to apply (if you haven’t already) […]
Just call Woodstock “The City That Plans.” You can see proof via the Comprehensive Plan link on the city’s homepage, woodstockil.gov. Open that link and prepare to be impressed – […]
Comments on social media have not been especially kind to the new “branding” tools rolled out recently by the city of Woodstock. As Deputy Mayor Darrin Flynn said at last […]
In case there was any question that 10-acre property on Clay Street north of the train station is a former industrial site, the city is still negotiating with developer Chicago […]
Plans for 320 single-family detached homes and duplexes on Woodstock’s east side have finally made an appearance on the tentative schedule for City Council meetings. Lennar, the nation’s second largest […]
In keeping with the tenor of the times, some might suggest it was a conspiracy. It was all too convenient for veteran WGN weatherman Tom Skilling to be making his […]
Groundhog Day 2024 promises to provide a much more hospitable climate than last year for Woodstock Willie’s annual Prognostication. Even at 7 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 2, no portable heaters […]
Just when the Woodstock City Council will consider a TIF redevelopment agreement for the former Die Cast factory site has become something of a running joke at council meetings in […]
During a Community Creative Workshop in City Hall last April, about 30 local citizens offered suggestions about “branding” Woodstock to promote it as a good place to live and do […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.
Tricia Carzoli is a freelance writer and photographer that on community news.