By Cheryl Wormley The week between Christmas and the New Year is unlike any other. It’s the “Monopoly free-parking space” of my life – a pause between what’s happened and what’s to come. I enjoy the pace of the last week of the year. In the past when happenings were recorded on film and printed […]
By R.M. Brands news@thewoodstockindependent.com Ben’s Tree Farm, the only Certified Naturally Grown Christmas tree farm in the Midwest, is set to open…
October 22, 2026


