
After a year, we proved we can live without a bag tax
I strongly object to bringing the bag tax back to Woodstock. We have lived without it for over a year and can live without it in the future. The city […]
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I strongly object to bringing the bag tax back to Woodstock. We have lived without it for over a year and can live without it in the future. The city […]
Let’s think of Woodstock’s three-month-long experience last year with a single-use bag fee as a rehearsal. Now that we have experimented with encouraging shoppers to carry reusable bags, let’s do […]
City to reinstate single-use bag charge Aug. 1 Woodstock’s fee on disposable bags at large local retailers will be reinstated under a proposal approved Tuesday night by the City Council. […]
Two months before it goes into effect, Woodstock’s tax on single-use bags has been amended. The City Council approved the 10-cent fee Sept. 17, and last week carved out another […]
Woodstock has a new objective limit on noise for police to enforce, and come January the city will have a 10-cents-a-bag tax on single-use bags to get local retail customers […]
By Larry Lough larry@thewoodstockindependent Two ordinances that have been years in the making were scheduled to come before the Woodstock City Council Tuesday night. If approved, one ordinance will charge […]
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.