Mayor Mike Turner is in Springfield this week to lobby the Legislature for infrastructure funds that he says would drive economic development in and around Woodstock. Turner and City Manager […]
Woodstock must have the most skillful drivers in the world. How else do you explain the way local motorists have embraced the city’s first traffic roundabout? Many skeptics had warned […]
By Eileen Millard We have never had a roundabout inside Woodstock city limits; now we have one. This large, very visible sign of change got me to thinking about change […]
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. […]
City Council decided in November the city budget will require a 4.15 percent property tax increase for Woodstock residents next year. Discussions at the past two meetings, however, indicate that […]
Let’s test your vision. How far into Woodstock’s future can you see? What is your vision of this city in, say, 10 years? In less than half of that time, […]
Revisions to plans for enhanced landscaping and lighting along a widened Route 47 through Woodstock have cut about $2.7 million in city expenses from the project as the city prepares […]
Woodstock has reconsidered its Cadillac plan for landscaping and lighting of an improved Route 47 through the city, but that doesn’t mean the $58 million state highway project won’t have […]
Staff Report news@the woodstockindependent.com State acquisition of land is underway for the 3-mile widening and improvement of Route 47 through Woodstock. That means the only thing standing in the way […]
Council considers Route 47 project enhancements – and their costs
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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