Six years after its creation, Woodstock’s Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House Advisory Commission had its last meeting – and one final disagreement.The commission was created in October 2015 as officials […]
Winning the nationwide T-Mobile ‘Hometown Techover’ contest? $3 millionMedia exposure for Woodstock’s winning? PricelessWoodstock will be featured on NBC’s Today Show on Friday morning, the day after T-Mobile formally announces […]
Restaurants were “the first casualties of the pandemic” said Krista Coltrin, Woodstock’s Economic Development coordinator.Beginning March 21, 2020, Illinois restaurants were closed to indoor dining by state order. When McHenry […]
If you take a walk or drive around the Woodstock Square, your eye can’t help but be drawn to two fire-engine red banners – one in each of two vacant […]
New mayor sees growth, development as path out of pandemic
Except for the mask wearing and semi-social distancing, the limited-capacity crowd, the help-yourself dinner and dessert, and the springtime date, the annual awards gala of the Woodstock Area Chamber of […]
Chamber promotion promising prizes for shopping local stores
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
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