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‘A return to the nation’s original principles’

Marian senior wins local Voice of Democracy essay contest By Janet Dovidio news@thewoodstockindependent.com Marian Central senior Jennifer Galvin is the 2024-25 winner of Woodstock’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5040 […]

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A plea to help our most vulnerable citizens

“Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone?” Those lyrics are fun to sing until they apply to you. Until last week, […]

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Daily Road Closures at Franklinville Rd, South St, Collins Rd and Hobe Rd starting February 18th.

Netflix ‘Monster’, Season 3 Begins Filming

The third installment of the popular Netflix true crime series ‘Monster‘ is scheduled to begin filming at locations in the Chicago area, including Woodstock, starting February 18th. The production is […]

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McHenry County Episcopals unite 

New Trinity Episcopal Parish includes St. Ann’s Episcopal church By Janet Dovidio news@thewoodstockindependent.com Trinity Episcopal Parish McHenry County was formed on Jan. 1 as a consolidation of St. Paul’s Episcopal […]

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On another note…

Groundhog Day,’ the musical, premieres here with hints of Woodstock By Tricia Carzoli news@thewoodstockindependent.com “Groundhog Day,” the musical, is here! Coming off a stellar nearly sold-out weekend, Theatre 121 has […]

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School board OKs new track at WHS

By Eileen Millard news@thewoodstockindependent.com  Much-needed new surface will benefit athletes at WHS The D-200 Board of Education voted unanimously at its Jan. 28 meeting to install a new running track […]

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Stephen Tobolowsky back again, new duties

By Tricia Carzoli news@thewoodstockindependent.com A Woodstock favorite, actor Stephen Tobolowsky, is set to make a return to the city that he said put him on the Hollywood radar. “Woodstock is […]

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St. Mary, Marian celebrate Catholic schools

By Janet Dovidio news@thewoodstockindependent.com  National Catholic Schools Week began in 1974 as an annual celebration of Catholic education in the U.S. Woodstock’s Marian Central Catholic High School and St. Mary […]

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‘It was hard to have just one’

Woodstock breakfast options multiply for post-Prognostication ByTriciaCarzoli news@thewoodstockindependent.com After many years, the Groundhog Days Committee decided to do away with the “official” pancake breakfast following this year’s Prognostication on Feb. […]

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Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.

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Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.

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