Five years ago this month, the Woodstock City Council was wrestling with how to move forward with the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House. Sound familiar?You can read about the 2016 […]
Adding an estimated $5 million in costs to renovate of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House for civic and commercial tenants brought no response last week from members of the […]
Things have been falling into place that should allow Woodstock to begin work this fall on the city’s first traffic roundabout.City officials had hoped to begin construction two years ago, […]
“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 […]
Woodstock City Council hopes to resume its “enhanced street maintenance program” in 2022 and will review a plan for the work in July.While the council will have a workshop next […]
When Woodstock enacted a bag fee Jan. 1, 2020, it was a pre-emptive strike.The Illinois Legislature had appeared to be on the verge of creating a statewide fee for single-use […]
How much and how fast to improve city streets – and how much to spend – are decisions the Woodstock City Council will tackle in the coming weeks.After putting the […]
Is 50 percent cut in impact fees enough to spur new development?
Woodstock ‘well-positioned for the future,’ outgoing mayor says
When the future clashed with the past last October at a meeting of Woodstock’s Historic Preservation Commission, the past won.In a rematch last week before the City Council, the future […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
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