One year after lifting the lid on video gambling permits in Woodstock, the city has not been swamped with requests. But a few more local businesses are offering gambling terminals than would have been allowed before the City Council eliminated the limit of 25 in July 2021. Since 2017, Woodstock ordinance had limited the number […]
Just a week after deciding to lift the cap of 25 video gambling licenses in Woodstock, the City Council started the process of pushing it to 27. In a 7-0 vote last week, council members increased the cap to 27 to allow applications from Lucky Café, 460 S. Eastwood Drive, and Mariscos El Poka, 84-88 […]
The Old Farmer’s Almanac lists five harbingers of spring: singing birds, running tree sap, the peeping and croaking of tiny frogs, the morning earthy smell, and the return of butterflies and bumblebees. A year after the COVID-19 pandemic began, people are looking beyond spring to signs of a return to normal life. News of a […]
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