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May 9, 2024
The Blue Lotus Temple plans festivities for Vesakha Day May 11
The Blue Lotus Temple plans festivities for Vesakha Day May 11
BySusanW.Murray news@thewoodstockindependent.com For the 41 members of Southwest Tour and Travel’s spring mystery tour, the clue to one of their Day Two destinations was the movie chosen for their motoring […]
For the first time in six years, the McHenry County Farm Bureau Ag in the Classroom Ag Expo returned to its a
By Tricia Carzoli news@the woodstockindependent.com Something looks amiss in the façade of the Woodstock Opera House. “The windows are being taken out to be restored,” Opera House Director Daniel Campbell […]
BySusanW.Murray The Empire State Building, the Eiffel Tower, … Woodstock’s Old Courthouse Center? On March 21, which was World Down Syndrome Day, landmarks on six continents were bathed in blue […]
At 4:45 on a Thursday afternoon, two dozen residents strolled through the Community Room in the Woodstock Opera House, taking advantage of a two-hour open house to review draft documents […]
I celebrated a birthday last Thursday – I won’t say which one, but it wasn’t a “milestone.” It was on March 14, one day shy of the dreaded “Ides of […]
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.