By Susan W. Murray news@thewoodstockindependent.com Pawstock owner Don Buss calls the decades he spent working in the pet nutrition industry “the best part of my life.” His career began locally […]
Previewing the Cobblestone Hotel and Suites, slated for a 2026 opening By Susan W. Murray news@thewoodstockindependent.com As word leaked out that a developer wanted to put a hotel in downtown […]
High prices and interest rates, low inventory the continuing story in real estate By Susan W. Murray news@thewoodstockindependent.com Janet Lindner remained in her longtime home near the intersection of N. […]
Quick sale of renovated vintage home shows power of ‘charm and location’ By Susan W. Murray Kathleen Labude and her second husband left Illinois for Colorado in 2020, a time […]
Remodeling project at the AmericInn heads toward the finish line By Susan W. Murray news@thewoodstockindependent.com Quietly, so you might not yet have noticed it, the former Best Western at 990 […]
Alfredo’s Pizza and Pasta opened on N. Seminary in April By Susan W. Murraynews@thewoodstockindependent.com When Nishank Patel was a student at Northern Illinois University, his part-time job was answering phones […]
The McHenry County Economic Development Corp. has chosen lifelong Woodstock resident Mark Piekos as its new executive director. Piekos, 36, has served since 2021 as manager of the Illinois Small […]
By the Dozen opens its third location in former Swiss Maid Bakery By Susan W. Murray news@thewoodstockindependent.com The first customers simply could not wait for By the Dozen to officially […]
Plus two new vendors join Farmers’ Market By Susan W. Murray news@thewoodstockindependent.com With the hum of cicadas in the background, business is also buzzing in Woodstock as June heats up. […]
Back in city control, it’s full steam ahead on finding new tenant ByEileenMillardandSusanW.Murraynews@the woodstockindependent.com The Public House was a fixture in Woodstock for more than 20 years, first at 201 […]
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.
