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A raised median along Route 47, south of U.S. 14, is a high-profile site for solicitation of drivers who wait for the stop light at that intersection. (Independent photo by Larry Lough)

Every Woodstock motorist has had to have seen him. He stands on the raised median along Route 47, just south of U.S. 14, waiting for drivers in the northbound turn […]

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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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Picture of Larry Lough

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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