Woodstock is looking for two new executive directors after a divided City Council Tuesday night voted to add those positions to a restructured city government.In the second meeting in three […]
By Michael A. TurnerRecently, signs stating “No Tenant Tax” have appeared in the city of Woodstock. The apparent reason for their appearance is due to a few landlords attempting to […]
Woodstock is the winner of T-Mobile’s “Hometown Techover,” which will provide the city with $3 million for connectivity enhancements in the downtown and lots of other technology goodies.After being announced […]
Woodstock officials call it a “performance-based property management program.”Yard signs around town call it a “tenant tax.”Whatever it is, City Council members are tentatively scheduled to consider it at their […]
Reorganization of Woodstock city government hit a snag Tuesday when several people – including two city department managers – told the City Council the plan was being rushed and could […]
Dress for the job you want, not the job you have.Woodstock City Council has borrowed that concept in its recent discussions about the structure of city government, to wit:Create an […]
César Artemio González-Navarro, mayor of Guadalupe, Zacatecas, in Mexico, extended an invitation to Mayor Mike Turner and the Woodstock City Council to attend his inauguration next month. Navarro visited Woodstock the […]
New mayor sees growth, development as path out of pandemic
Dr. Brian Sager won’t soon be forgotten in Woodstock.People will be able to drive down Main Street, which now bears the honorary name of Dr. Brian Sager Way, as they […]
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