By Eileen Millardnews@the woodstockindependent.comAfter training is completed this summer, the Woodstock Police Department will have a new tool to improve response to events like lost persons, search and rescue, vehicle […]
By Morgen Neuhausernews@thewoodstockindependent.comPiles of clothes, jewelry, mugs, and more are being sold from driveways throughout Woodstock. Must be garage sale season.Sherry Yang and her family had their garage sale over […]
By Morgen Neuhausernews@the woodstockindependent.comFor the second year in a row, Woodstock city government is using a survey to ask residents about their satisfaction with the town’s facilities, management, and more.The […]
Staff Reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.comAfter a second arrest on a weapons-related charge in less than two weeks on Benton Street, city officials have limited outside seating along Woodstock’s dining and entertainment district.A 22-year-old […]
Favorable bids will allow Woodstock to put an additional $1 million into street resurfacing.For some City Council members, it’s still not enough.Councilman Bob Seegers Jr. said poor roads were the […]
Just doing business occupied a good part of the Woodstock City Council meeting last week.Among the business-related items the council acted on at its June 20 regular meeting were:• Approving […]
By Morgen Neuhausernews@the woodstockindependent.com Woodstock Police Officer Charles Levy, who completed his crisis intervention training three months ago, said he responds to at least one mental health situation every day.Sometimes, he […]
Renovation of the Old Courthouse Center should be complete by mid-July to allow an opening in early-to mid-August for the new commercial tenants, the Woodstock Historic Preservation Commission was told.“We’re […]
Getting rejected by the Woodstock Plan Commission might have been the best thing that could have happened to the plan to redevelop the former Die Cast factory site.That was the […]
By Eileen Millardnews@thewoodstockindependent.comPickleball was batted around during a special meeting of the Parks and Recreation Commission this month.Woodstock currently has indoor pickleball courts at the Woodstock Recreation Center, but it […]
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