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Waste not, want not, buy nothing: Trending Facebook group eagerly gives, receives – for free

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Wonder Lake resident Olivia Lay, here with daughters Lily, 5, and Lola, 3, mangos The Woodstock/Wonder Lake Buy Nothing group. (Independent photo by Ken Farver)

When we were still relatively new to Woodstock, my friend Kathy and I had regular phone conversations on the subject of sportcoats. “Do you have the size 8 (or 10, or 12)?” one of us would ask the other. Between us, we had five boys and three navy blue sportcoats that passed freely from Pleasant […]

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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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