Work should be visible soon at the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House as demolition work inside and out is begun. But the complex project is working on a flexible timetable. […]
Woodstock might have been the intended setting after all. Despite Punxsutawney, Pa., being the setting of the Harold Ramis film “Groundhog Day,” screenplay writer Danny Rubin said he had imagined […]
The Woodstock High School orchestra, choir, and band students will present holiday performances with a unique stage decoration. Parent volunteer and “music mom” Kim Sites arranged for the Woodstock Public […]
Completing renovation of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House for civic and commercial tenants is now estimated to cost nearly $5 million more than was expected. According to a staff […]
City Council members last week were generally supportive of a plan to use space in a renovated Old Courthouse for a community arts center that would host classes, exhibits, and […]
It was a wet and dreary Witches and Wizards of Woodstock for the event’s in-person return Sunday after COVID-19 made the event virtual last year, but those who attended soaked […]
“Bright and clean” is the plan for renovations that closed the Woodstock Public Library for three days last week, library Director Nick Weber said. The structure at 414 W. Judd […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com As fall approaches, think orange. Especially this coming weekend. “Orange, to me, is the fall color,” said Gayle Hoch, who again is organizing the fall plant sale […]
By Heather Vosburgh news@thewoodstockindependent.com The Dick Tracy Museum is gone, but the police detective from the comics pages lives on in a display at the Woodstock Public Library. The museum […]
“Multiple” potential investors are interested in Woodstock’s plan to create new civic and commercial spaces in the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House, the City Council was told last week during […]
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.
