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‘Stress, anguish, sleepless nights’

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INDEPENDENT PHOTO BY ANDREW ROUSEY A full dumpster sits next to Hearthstone Village, the assisted living res- idence that will close for good on Oct. 30. One family member of an independent living resident said that a Hearthstone staff member told him that only four residents remain inside.

Hearthstone nearly empty; residents of   independent living on uncertain ground By Susan W. Murray NEWS@THEWOODSTOCKINDEPENDENT.COM Since Aug. 5, Hearthstone’s independent living residents have known that the 135-year-old retirement community’s days were numbered. A letter to the Prairie Home and Garden Home residents from Cynthia Palao Suarez, the campus administrator, announced that “due to their […]

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Susan W. Murray

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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Picture of Susan W. Murray

Susan W. Murray

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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