Opera House offers public tours to showcase history, reveal renovation plans By Tricia Carzoli news@thewoodstockindependent.com When Nicole Ouimette, former company dancer with Judith Svalander Dance Theatre and 1997 graduate of […]
Rob Mecklenburg retires from teaching, begins new career By Caryl Dierksen news@thewoodstockindependent.com Like many young men, Rob Mecklenburg dreamed of becoming a major league baseball player. He had worked hard […]
The Land Conservancy of McHenry County preserves a one-acre cemetery GlendaMaki The land Conservancy of McHenry County The Land Conservancy of McHenry County has permanently preserved Queen Anne Cemetery, a […]
Economic Development Director Garrett Anderson departs for Colorado job
Soldiers from Woodstock’s Company D deployed overseas for about 400 days ByTriciaCarzolinews@the woodstockindependent.com On June 3, approximately 50 members of Company D, 1st Battalion 178th Infantry Regiment were part of […]
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ByJanetDovidio news@thewoodstockindependent.com Lynn Ryan’s lifelong profession has been nursing since 1966. She earned her RN at St. Anne’s Hospital School of Nursing in Chicago, her BS from St. Francis College […]
Dave Zinnen retires after a long career of service to the city of Woodstock ByEileenMillardnews@the woodstockindependent.com As Dave Zinnen settles into the pace of retired life after 27 and a […]
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.
