Metra riders will see a little of the old Woodstock train station in the newly remodeled southeast end of the depot that was opened last week to morning commuters. Benches […]
Beginning Monday, Aug. 22, Woodstock’s train station will have the south entrance open to the public to accommodate Metra’s morning schedule. According to a news release from Kevin Newton, COO […]
Development of the long-abandoned downtown lumberyard took a first step last week when the City Council approved an inducement resolution for the new owner, MBI. That means MBI may begin […]
When the future clashed with the past last October at a meeting of Woodstock’s Historic Preservation Commission, the past won. In a rematch last week before the City Council, the […]
Information tech company settles into new location, higher profile in community
Members of the commission voted unanimously to recommend MBI Staffing not be allowed to tear down a “contributing building” of unknown age at 217 W. Judd St. in the city’s […]
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