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Resident Starts Push to Bring Backyard Hens to Woodstock

A Woodstock woman may ruffle some feathers as she seeks to allow backyard chickens within city limits. Like many area municipalities, the city of Woodstock does not allow residents in nonagricultural areas to keep chickens in their yards, treating them like other farmyard animals. But a burgeoning urban chicken movement has led some Chicago suburbs […]

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City Rezones Property on Judd Street

A building owner is one step closer to opening a banquet hall on Judd Street after the city of Woodstock rezoned his property, but some neighbors are worried about how the business could impact their neighborhood. Rodney Poore owns a warehouse at 333 E. Judd St. that he wants to transform into a banquet hall. […]

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