Local products respond to COVID-19
October 28, 2020
If you boarded a Metra train in Woodstock during the past six months without a ticket to ride, you were in the clear. Union Pacific conductors on the Northwest line did not leave the front of the train to sell paper tickets or to validate passes purchased on the Ventra app. The free ride ended […]
The “Thanks for 24 great years” message on the sign outside the shuttered Colemans Tavern & Grill at 823 Lake Ave. has been a forlorn reminder over the past nine months of the popular restaurant’s closing on Dec. 30. But when the parking lot was resurfaced and relined last month, loyal Colemans patrons began asking […]
If you boarded a Metra train in Woodstock during the past six months without a ticket to ride, you were in the clear. Union Pacific conductors on the Northwest line did not leave the front of the train to sell paper tickets or to validate passes purchased on the Ventra app. The free ride ends […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.
Tricia Carzoli is a freelance writer and photographer that on community news.