Coffee With Chief to host farmers market manager Kelly Kempf, manager of the Woodstock Farmers Market, will speak at the monthly Coffee With the Chief program at 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, at the Woodstock Police Department, 656 Lake Ave. She will discuss the market’s history, where’s it headed, and how to get involved. The […]
Napoli gets contract for concessions at city pool Napoli Pizza will pay the city of Woodstock $3,800 a year under a new three-year contract approved by the City Council to operate concessions at Woodstock Water Works. The city also will receive 20 percent of alcohol sales during special events at the city pool. At its […]
They’re such simple questions, almost trite in a way that makes us wonder sometimes whether they’re even worth asking. Surely there must be something bigger and more important to be done than just reaching out in such an ordinary way. For parents of children with disabilities, especially around the holidays, they could be the best […]
Sometimes I imagine parents of children with disabilities as disaster survivors, floating alone on makeshift rafts down an uncharted river. Along the way, they encounter others like them, and the isolation is momentarily interrupted. But greetings and small talk are quickly replaced by hushed, almost desperate questions: Do you know someone who can help us? […]
After a five-month state-mandated closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Independence Health & Therapy’s Adult Day and Memory Care program in Woodstock has reopened. This closure was part of the state’s quarantine orders that closed in-person programing of all such congregate day programs to avoid the spread of the coronavirus. According to a news release, […]
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