Independent photo by Ken Farver | The COVID-19 pandemic made for an unusual home selling and buying process for Woodstock resident Jake Bummer, wife Mary Belden, and their children, Reece, 7, and Bailey, 5. “Keeping the house immaculate was challenging” with the children learning from home, Bummer said. He and Belden did not take the children house hunting with them. “We knew we could keep our hands to ourselves,” Belden said. Although they’ve driven past the home they bought and will move into this spring, “the kids still haven’t been in the house. They’re going to get a surprise when we move in there,” Bummer said.
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Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008, returning to the paper as a writer in 2018. A 26-year resident of Woodstock, she taught English, American history, and religion to junior high students at St. Mary School for nine years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008, returning to the paper as a writer in 2018. A 26-year resident of Woodstock, she taught English, American history, and religion to junior high students at St. Mary School for nine years.
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