Songwriter Randy Newman composed a heartwarming song for the movie “Toy Story” titled “You’ve Got a Friend in Me.”Woodstock is blessed with several major “friends” who have worked long and […]
What does the new year promise for Woodstock?Lots, it seems.Based on what happened – and didn’t happen – in 2022, several things could come our way in 2023.Some projects are […]
What a great time to live in Woodstock.Don’t you agree?We have a positive, progressive, safe community with many creative, imaginative people working to move Woodstock forward.In the final days of […]
Restoration and renovation of Woodstock’s 133-year-old Opera House should be underway by the time a similar project is wrapping up at the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House, themselves 19th century […]
How the space designated for an arts center will be developed in the Old Courthouse is scheduled to be decided by the City Council at its Dec. 6 meeting.But that […]
Recent change orders for renovation of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House have added nearly $700,000 and two months to the project.The City Council last week authorized Bulley & Andrews […]
Woodstock’s fourth microbrewery has signed a lease for space in the historic Sheriff’s House starting next spring – or whenever construction manager Bulley & Andrews completes renovations to Old Courthouse […]
If you failed to take advantage of either Dusty Boots Tour of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House – soon to be the Old Courthouse Center – you might have […]
Farmers market hours now into fall, planning for winterGet the fresh sweet corn and just-picked tomatoes while you can.Woodstock Farmers Market has its final Tuesday market of the season this […]
Given the chance to make it easier to put a cannabis dispensary in Woodstock, the City Council decided not to do it.Despite a unanimous vote earlier of the Plan Commission […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
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