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Doing ‘more than you’re paid for’: Young WNHS grad owns, operates tree service, firewood business

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Alex Toepper (left) owns and operates Cross Grain Firewood, providing firewood, mulch, and tree services to customers in and around Woodstock. (Independent photo by Ken Farver)

Twenty-year-old Woodstock resident Alex Toepper says that he wants “to turn 21 for a different reason than everybody else wants to turn 21.” When he reaches legal age, Toepper can […]

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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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