Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock’s third new executive director is the city’s second internal hire under its new local government organizational chart. Christina Betz, director of Public Works since October 2020, will be the city’s executive director of operations, effective Monday, May 9. According to a news release, Betz will work with the City Council and […]
Help is on the way for Woodstock streets in need of repair – $1.9 million worth of help. That was the 2018 street resurfacing program approved last week by the City Council. And you can thank the increase in the local sales tax last fall for much of that money. The budget will take care […]
A boil order for the city of Woodstock has been lifted, a few hours after the order initially was issued. The boil order had been in effect for all of Woodstock as of 1 p.m. Friday, July 28, the result of a major water main break. By about 3 p.m., the leak had been stopped […]
A city-wide boil order is in effect for Woodstock as crews works to repair a major water main break. The order, issued at around 1 p.m. Friday, July 28, means all water used for consumable purposes — including drinking, cooking, brushing teeth, washing dishes and washing fruits and vegetables — must be boiled for at […]
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