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Home & Harvest photos by ANDREW ROUSEY At one end of the great room stands a bar that Jeff built over the course of two months as a COVID project. In the couple’s old house, the bar was on the screened-in porch.

Renovation updates home while preserving neighborhood charm By Susan W. MurrayHome & Harvest Out for walks in their neighborhood west of the Woodstock Square a handful of years ago, Wendy and Jeff Legare would pass a vacant house several doors down on Becking Street. The 1949 ranch had three bedrooms, one bathroom, and a manageable […]

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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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