Community Briefs
November 28, 2023
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 […]
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 […]
“It was magical,” Cherry Tree Inn Bed and Breakfast owner Lori Miarecki said of her brush with Hollywood. Her inn was a featured location for several scenes in Hulu’s new […]
Two members of Woodstock Scouts BSA Troop 329 spent 14 years in Scouting by way of Pack 350 in Woodstock, then Scout Troop 329, followed by Troop 139 in Oak […]
Woodstock Police active in holiday traffic enforcement campaign This Thanksgiving, the Woodstock Police Department is joining the Illinois State Police and other local law enforcement agencies to ensure holiday travelers […]
Each year, after Woodstock resident Diane Brokaw raises money through Stuff the Stocking for Zach, she uses some of the funds to surprise strangers in local grocery stores and pharmacies […]
This building is in the running for the smallest gas station in Woodstock. Built in 1929, it operated as a Shell station until ceasing operation in 1941. The building is […]
“We want our veterans to know that we are there for them,” American Legion Commander Louisett “Lou” Ness said. For the first time, the VFW and the American Legion teamed […]
By Mills Guanci Environmental Defenders of McHenry County The clay-colored sparrow was declared extirpated in Illinois, meaning that no more of these birds are considered to be living in the […]
For U.S. Army Vietnam veteran Dan Neely, November brings both Veterans Day and an anniversary that he never forgets. “Fifty-four years ago today I was drafted,” he said Friday, Nov. […]
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.