Woodstock Fire/Rescue District had a rare occurrence last week: an actual working structure fire. “We don’t have those too often,” Capt. Brendan Parker said of the blaze in the 800 block of West Avenue in west Woodstock. A woman, the lone occupant of the home at the time of a fire Oct. 23, escaped without […]
Members of the Woodstock Fire/ Rescue District invite the community to join them this weekend in an annual nationwide bell-ringing ceremony on the Square to honor fallen firefighters. The local Bells Across America for Fallen Firefighters ceremony will take place Sunday morning on the front steps of the Opera House, 121 Van Buren St. According […]
Six goals with objectives and tasks to achieve them are part of a new four-year strategic plan for the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District. The 34-page document was approved last week by the Board of Trustees, whose members complimented the work of Capt. Karen Bush, who led development of the plan. She said every part of the […]
Voters gave the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District the vote it needed in the April 2 tax referendum. But it will be another year before they give the emergency service the money. With nearly 65 percent of voters supporting the tax increase, the district was authorized to increase its share of local property taxes by 20 percent […]
The third seat on the Woodstock City Council apparently was decided Tuesday by only 10 votes. Lisa Lohmeyer, at 29 the youngest of five candidates running, led the vote with 1,899, more than 500 votes ahead of her closest competitor. In unofficial results, with early/absentee votes counted in all 19 precincts shortly after 9:30 p.m., […]
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