To our Photo Detectives who have enjoyed our series taken from Gene Limbaugh’s gas station photos, we’re sorry to say that the December picture brings the gas station series to […]
For Martha Hansen, assistant director of the Woodstock Public Library, collecting history – both in physical form and in oral form – has been a generations-long passion. Throughout much of […]
Christ the King Catholic Church in Wonder Lake invites the community to experience its new prairie restoration area dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of ecology and animals. […]
By Julie Peters I was going to tell you about the Christmas gift drive for residents of Sheltered Village. Then I was going to ask whether you could find it […]
By Eileen Millard news@thewoodstockindependent.com For holiday gift-giving this year, do any people on your list want to make less of an impact on the planet or lack space in their […]
The life-sized nativity scene that once graced the Park in the Square and later nestled in front of the Old Courthouse did not make an appearance in 2020 or 2021. […]
By Eileen Millard news@thewoodstockindependent.com Julie Hybel grew up in Woodstock and went to Poland in 1998 on a short-term assignment to work with troubled youths through International Messengers, an interdenominational […]
“It is something we dreamed of, planned for, and willed into reality.” That’s how Chris Cantwell, Woodstock Rotary Club’s past youth adviser, explained the new Santa Hut at Van Buren […]
Monday deadline to file to run for office in 2024 Filing is underway through Monday for state and local offices on the ballot in the 2024 election. Candidates have been […]
Last week’s Photo Detective showed what might have been Woodstock’s smallest gas station, located at 425 Washington St.; the street address was 421 Washington St. until 1944. Today, shrubs and […]
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.
