Holiday traffic enforcement underway Motorists are warned that a “Click It or Ticket” traffic enforcement campaign around the Memorial Day holiday has begun with the goal of urging seat belt use to save lives. The Woodstock Police Department announced it is stepping up enforcement through May 31, encouraging drivers and passengers to buckle up. Early […]
Sometimes I imagine parents of children with disabilities as disaster survivors, floating alone on makeshift rafts down an uncharted river. Along the way, they encounter others like them, and the isolation is momentarily interrupted. But greetings and small talk are quickly replaced by hushed, almost desperate questions: Do you know someone who can help us? […]
Woodstock’s homeless assistance center, operating in the former city fire station at South and Throop streets for the past four years, will close this week. A news release from the city on Friday said OFAC – Old Firehouse Assistance Center – would end operations Thursday, Nov. 21. City Manager Roscoe Stelford said that decision was […]
Homelessness will not disappear overnight. While there is no perfect solution, several local organizations have been working to make the best of a difficult situation. Currently, agencies across McHenry County deliver services as best they can. Despite many of these agencies being located in Woodstock – the Social Security office, Department of Motor Vehicles, mental […]
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