Volunteer extraordinaire Jackie Speciale was most deservedly named Woman of the Year 2021 by Woodstock’s Professional & Business Women. Her many activities in Woodstock certainly are, as the club recognized, “committed to […]
Ashlynn Drach, this year’s Miss Woodstock, was crowned Thursday night at the Woodstock Opera House at the 72nd annual Miss Woodstock scholarship pageant. Drach, 20, also won the Talent Award. […]
For the second year in a row, the contestant sponsored by Hispanic Connections has been named Miss Woodstock. 2018 Miss Woodstock Alonda Flores crowned her successor, Areli Ortiz, during the […]
A Hispanic business group is hosting a fundraiser to raise money for the Miss Woodstock Scholarship Pageant, and the public is invited. Hispanic Connections Woodstock will hold its first-ever Salsa […]
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Within the next month, Barrington resident Doug McConnell will attempt to accomplish something that only 47 people older…
Woodstock resident Bob Will is like many of us. He worked hard all his life, raised a beautiful…
