Compiled by Eileen Millard We thought we’d revive an old tradition of The Independent this year by sharing some of our favorite holiday recipes with you. Read below as newspaper staff members […]
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 […]
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