Square and the surrounding areas, for Toyota, which began airing on television later that December. Woodstock was also a primary filming location for the Amazon series Night Sky doubling as the fictional Farnsworth, Illinois. Local culture Local newspaper The Woodstock Independent is the award-winning local paper of record and is delivered weekly to subscribers. Published on Wednesdays, The Independent covers community news, events as well as local government and schools. The Independent also publishes The Torch, a feature-oriented magazine delivered free to all Woodstock residents 8 or 9 times a year. Music Woodstock has become an important destination for live music in McHenry County and the region with venues featuring local, national, and international artists. A number of organizations support and promote live music in Woodstock: Liquid Blues Jazz on the Square Off Square Music Opera Woodstock RIFF Productions Woodstock Folk Festival Woodstock City Band Potts & Pans Steelband Religion Woodstock is home to many Protestant and Catholic churches, a Jewish congregation and The Blue Lotus Buddhist Temple since 2002. Education Woodstock's public schools are part of Woodstock Community Unit School District 200, which was formed in 1969. The district operates 1 early learning center (Verda Dierzen), 6 elementary schools (Dean Street, Greenwood, Mary Endres, Olson, Prairiewood and Westwood), two middle schools (Northwood and Creekside) and two high schools (Woodstock High School and Woodstock North High School). The three newest buildings, Prairiewood, Creekside and WNHS, were approved in a March 2006 referendum to address crowding in schools due to the area's growth between the mid-1990s and 2008. Woodstock is served by private educational institutions: St. Mary Catholic grade school (K-8) is located in town. Students often continue on to Marian Central Catholic High School, also located in Woodstock. Residents pursuing an associate degree normally do so at McHenry County College in neighboring Crystal Lake. Loyola University Chicago owns and operates a large property on Woodstock's eastern edge as its Retreat and Ecology Campus. Aurora University also operates its Woodstock Center downtown. Economy Top employers According to Woodstock's 2018 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city are: Transportation Public transit Woodstock's railroad station is the penultimate passenger stop on Metra's Union Pacific Northwest Line, which originates from Ogilvie Transportation Center in downtown Chicago and ends in Harvard, Illinois. At Woodstock, Metra offers passengers 9 daily trains to Chicago on weekdays, with 11 returning outbound. Between 400 and 500