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Woodstock man rides for respiratory health: Joe Starzynski prepares for 15th CowaLUNGa fundraising bicycle tour

July 11, 2023

Recent air quality alerts have drawn attention to the importance of respiratory health just in time for a fundraising effort that Woodstock resident Joe Starzynski is championing. The former Woodstock City Council member will ride July 29-31 in the 2023 CowaLUNGa Bike Tour, which raises funds for the Respiratory Health Association to promote healthy lungs […]

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City Nixes Landlord Registration Plan

October 13, 2017

A landlord registration program will not move forward as proposed after Mayor Brian Sager and members of the Woodstock City Council said they wouldn’t support it. More than 100 people gathered at a City Council meeting Oct. 3, many of them to voice opposition to a program that would have required residential landlords to register […]

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Candidates for City Office Face Off at Public Forum

March 29, 2017

Candidates for Woodstock mayor and City Council disagree on whether the city should raise its sales tax rate. The proposal to add a home-rule sales tax in Woodstock was a key issue at a candidate forum March 23 at the Woodstock Public Library. Three people are running for mayor in the April 4 election: incumbent […]

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City Cuts Property Tax, Mulls Sales Tax Hike

March 14, 2017

Woodstock shoppers might pay more in sales tax in exchange for a property tax cut. The Woodstock City Council voted unanimously March 7 to reduce the city’s property tax levy 10 percent, a move that will lower the tax bill on a $150,000 house by about $94 and cut the city’s revenues by $924,000. A […]

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