Bids are expected to be received in June for the widening and improvements of Route 47 through Woodstock.Mayor Mike Turner told City Council members last week the highway improvements from […]
Four lanes of Route 47 through Woodstock.Three roundabout intersections.10-foot-wide path along the east side of the highway.And two construction seasons of major inconvenience.2024 should be the year that decades-long planning […]
Mayor Mike Turner is in Springfield this week to lobby the Legislature for infrastructure funds that he says would drive economic development in and around Woodstock.Turner and City Manager Roscoe […]
Woodstock must have the most skillful drivers in the world.How else do you explain the way local motorists have embraced the city’s first traffic roundabout?Many skeptics had warned us on […]
By Eileen MillardWe have never had a roundabout inside Woodstock city limits; now we have one.This large, very visible sign of change got me to thinking about change in general […]
What does the new year promise for Woodstock?Lots, it seems.Based on what happened – and didn’t happen – in 2022, several things could come our way in 2023.Some projects are […]
City Council decided in November the city budget will require a 4.15 percent property tax increase for Woodstock residents next year.Discussions at the past two meetings, however, indicate that the […]
Let’s test your vision.How far into Woodstock’s future can you see?What is your vision of this city in, say, 10 years?In less than half of that time, our Old Courthouse […]
Revisions to plans for enhanced landscaping and lighting along a widened Route 47 through Woodstock have cut about $2.7 million in city expenses from the project as the city prepares […]
Woodstock has reconsidered its Cadillac plan for landscaping and lighting of an improved Route 47 through the city, but that doesn’t mean the $58 million state highway project won’t have […]
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