for Recreation Center rehab By Larry Loughlarry@thewoodstockindepenDEnt.com Woodstock’s home rule sales tax will increase by 25 percent next year, but the additional 5 cents on a $20 purchase might be […]
By Larry Loughlarry@the woodstockindependent.com Downtown Woodstock will be well represented when newly elected Gregory Hanson takes his seat at the May 6 meeting. Hanson, 65, along with two sisters, owns […]
By Larry Loughnews@the woodstockindependent.com Taking care of business was the main business of last week’s meeting of the Woodstock City Council. At the request of the Food Shed Co-op grocery […]
By Larry LoughLARRY@the woodstockindependent.com Woodstock will get a downtown plan with specific “actionable” direction, the City Council was told last week. The council agreed to pay nearly $155,000 to The […]
Trying to navigate flurry of immigration directives By Larry Loughlarry@the woodstockindependent.com Local officials are weighing the implications of increased enforcement of U.S. immigration law in the early days of the […]
Search back on for space to house Rec Center programs and offices during renovation By Susan W. MurrayNews@the woodstockindependent.com After doing its due diligence, city staff will recommend to City […]
Final year of city’s enhanced streets improvement program By Larry LoughLarry@the woodstockindependent.com Woodstock enters 2025, the fifth year of the city’s five-year, $55 million enhanced streets improvement program, with a […]
Development at the former Die Cast factory site in Woodstock includes two phases of construction – and possibly three – under a redevelopment agreement between the city and Chicago Hubs […]
Work on a senior housing development at the former Die Cast factory site in Woodstock would begin by September under a redevelopment agreement approved Tuesday by the City Council. The […]
Voters throughout McHenry County are likely to have a universal voting site in Woodstock starting this year. Final approval is expected this week for the county clerk’s elections office to […]
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.
