The holidays are approaching fast, and this year you might want to consider making your celebrations more environmentally friendly. Between gift wrap, trees, decorations, food, and more, the environmental footprint […]
Contest entrants will light up Woodstock Nov. 26 People may register their home, business, or block to participate in the 2021 holiday lights contest and to light up Woodstock and […]
Woodstock VFW Post 5040 has been a fixture in town for 75 years. Committed to serving veterans, youths and families, community, and the spread of patriotism, the VFW has been […]
“Life is never really what you think it is going to be,” retired Army Sgt. Maj. Thomas M. Morrissey said. “You need to adapt.” The Woodstock man survived eight gunshot […]
For Clay Taylor, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and McHenry County Sheriff’s corrections officer, every day is Veterans Day. The Woodstock man has taken it upon himself for the past […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Essentials of eco-friendly living will be explored during a Green Living Expo organized by McHenry County College from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6. According […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Jeans and jackets replaced shorts and T-shirts Saturday for the season’s final farmers market on the Square. Sunny skies greeted shoppers downtown, but the temperature was 46 […]
It was a wet and dreary Witches and Wizards of Woodstock for the event’s in-person return Sunday after COVID-19 made the event virtual last year, but those who attended soaked […]
How does a bookstore owner keep current with new and upcoming books? At Woodstock’s Read Between the Lynes, owner Arlene Lynes relies on her staff. “All of our employees are […]
Sometimes I imagine parents of children with disabilities as disaster survivors, floating alone on makeshift rafts down an uncharted river. Along the way, they encounter others like them, and the […]
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.
