By Lydia LaGue The Land Conservancy of McHenry County is celebrating its 30th year, while continuing to work toward the future. Executive Director Lisa Haderlein explained how TLC first came […]
Ticket sales now underway for July 10 Garden Walk The annual Garden Walk of the University of Illinois Extension McHenry County Master Gardeners will be from 9 a.m. to 4 […]
Ashlynn Drach, this year’s Miss Woodstock, was crowned Thursday night at the Woodstock Opera House at the 72nd annual Miss Woodstock scholarship pageant. Drach, 20, also won the Talent Award. […]
Downtown Woodstock will see some disruption this week – traffic, parking, etc. – to accommodate a film crew to shoot scenes for an Amazon Prime series. With luck, you might […]
To prune shrubbery, or not to prune shrubbery? That is the question. It has been said that pruning is both a science and an art. Pruning is used to improve […]
Fathers of special needs children don’t always get the same kind of press as special needs moms. So, this month I asked a few of them, What should people know […]
Jackie Speciale was named this year’s “Woman of the Year” award Monday night at the Woodstock Professional & Business Women’s annual presentation held in the Park in the Square. 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.
