People who positively influence the lives of others are blessings to everyone. Jacqueline “Jackie” Dean, who died July 7 in Florida at the age of 90, taught fifth-graders at Dean Street School for decades. When she retired in 1987, she signed on as The Independent’sfirst proofreader. Before long, she also was keyboarding press releases that, in […]
No one was picking the 7 – 2 Woodstock Blue Streaks to beat the 3 – 7 Prairie Ridge Wolves despite their historically bad season. The pundits all thou…
October 31, 2026


