As he opened his State of the City speech last week, an “energized” Mayor Mike Turner couldn’t help but brag about the venue – Ethereal’s Courthouse Square banquet hall in […]
After touring the Opera House last week before their meeting, members of the Woodstock City Council gave nodding approval to $3.8 million in renovations to the 133-year-old theater.Eight projects were […]
Woodstock residents want better streets.That’s a clear message from responses to the city’s annual community survey that drew feedback from 1,567 people, nearly 200 fewer than answered the first survey […]
Visitors to the city of Woodstock website will get a glimpse of the downtown on several pages.A photo in the background shows Van Buren Street, with Papa G’s restaurant on […]
Work progresses on a new comprehensive plan for growth and development in Woodstock.But the process has been “somewhat delayed,” City Planner Darrell Moore reported last week.“It’s still on track,” Moore […]
Staff Reportnews@the woodstockindependent.com Increases in revenue from the state income tax and home rule sales tax helped to keep the city budget in balance during the last fiscal year, the Woodstock […]
Outside the west entrance of the Old Courthouse Center, the American flag has been flapping in the breeze atop a pole that also flies the flag of the state of […]
Woodstock is dipping its toe into water issues caused in part by aging lead pipe water lines that will cost the city millions.Two years ago the City Council awarded a […]
Newly rebuilt Dean Street will become something of a pilot project for Woodstock as it starts to realize goals of a 2009 Bicycle Master Plan and other later strategies for […]
Old Courthouse Center is still seeking that elusive “substantial completion” date.“We’re very close,” Woodstock Mayor Mike Turner said last week before the start of a 90-minute media tour of the […]
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.
