Preparing the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House for new civic and commercial uses is expected to cost about $17 million – a final figure will be available next month – […]
Work should be visible soon at the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House as demolition work inside and out is begun. But the complex project is working on a flexible timetable. […]
By Lydia LaGue news@thewoodstockindependent.com Holly Adkins has been involved in the arts her whole life, and now she wants to bring more of it to Woodstock. Growing up in a […]
Downtown Woodstock has a parking problem. Even with its nearly 1,400 parking spaces within a few blocks of the Square, the city has a problem. That problem, some city officials […]
Maybe Woodstock does need a downtown parking garage to ease parking problems – or at least the perception that there’s often nowhere to park during events on the Square. City […]
At mid-year, 2021 was shaping up to be the year of recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic in Woodstock. Vaccines had been available for more than six months and the weekly […]
By Lydia LaGue news@thewoodstockindependent.com In their last meeting of a tumultuous 2021, members of the Woodstock Arts Commission are looking forward to the projects they hope to accomplish in the […]
Members of the Woodstock Plan Commission love the idea of a banquet facility in a renovated Old Courthouse to host gatherings of up to 200 people. They voted 6-0 last […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com “Christmas at the Castle” by Susan Roderick Seibel won the People’s Choice Award as chosen by visitors at the sixth annual Gingerbread House Walk in the Old […]
Five years ago this month, the Woodstock City Council was wrestling with how to move forward with the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House. Sound familiar? You can read about the […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.
Tricia Carzoli is a freelance writer and photographer that on community news.
