As the calendar flips to October, pumpkins and bonfires replace sunflowers and barbecues. That chill in the air can invoke a chill down the spine, as favorite ghost stories are […]
Three tenants are now under lease for the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House after the City Council last week approved an agreement with the Woodstock Area Chamber of Commerce & […]
McHenry County College student Maggie Griffin is 2022 Miss Woodstock. Jordan Cheng won the title of Little Miss Woodstock during the 73rd annual Miss Woodstock scholarship pageant June 23 at […]
”I love Woodstock,” community volunteer Jackie Speciale said Friday night from the Opera House stage. And for the second time in nine months, Woodstock showed that it loved her. In […]
Brad Ball, the new president and CEO of the Woodstock Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry, remembers being a third- or fourth-grader when his family lived in a Maryland suburb […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com More than 130 nominations have been made in in nine award categories for which winners will be announced this month during the 77th annal awards gala of […]
A former director of the Cary-Grove Area Chamber of Commerce has been hired as the new executive director of the Woodstock Area Chamber of Commerce & Industry. According to a news […]
Woodstock should feel good about the recent hirings of two new executive directors for city government as the City Hall organizational chart was officially restructured. Paul Christensen, the city’s director […]
Two new executive directors were hired over two days last week from within two blocks of City Hall as Woodstock restructured its city government. Danielle Gulli, president of the Woodstock […]
The continuing popularity of the Woodstock Square as a filming site is good news and bad news for downtown businesses. On the one hand, filming crews mean more traffic and […]
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