By R.M. Brands news@thewoodstockindependent.com 14-year-old Jackson Brimberry, a freshman at Marian Central Catholic High School, worked with publishi…
October 16, 2026
The creator of Woodstock’s most memorable marmot has died. Jim Pearson, a retired Woodstock High School art teacher and longtime editorial cartoonist for The Woodstock Independent, died May 19. He was 77. Pearson drew the familiar cartoon of Woodstock Willie, the buck-toothed critter whose image adorns sweatshirts, coffee mugs, hot sauce bottles, baseball caps, magnets, […]
