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INDEPENDENT PHOTO BY LARRY LOUGH | This sign is left over from the former Old Firehouse Assistance Center at South and Throop streets in Woodstock, which closed in November.

Last week’s opening of a countywide shelter in McHenry for homeless people has left two empty buildings in Woodstock looking for new life.The Shelter of Hope, a 10,500-square-foot, 70-bed shelter […]

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Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news. He has worked for community newspapers in Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa for the past five decades, and was a college journalism instructor for 17 years.
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