News Briefs
June 29, 2021
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 […]
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 […]
House infrastructure bill has Woodstock rail yard Engineering costs of $4 million to move the rail yard of Metra’s northwest line from Crystal Lake to Woodstock has made the first […]
By Janet Dovidionews@thewoodstockindependent.com St. Mary physical education teacher Bob Slatter retired in May – for the second time.Slatter previously taught elementary and junior high PE in the Cary district for […]
By Janet Dovidionews@thewoodstockindependent.com Marian Central Catholic School staff and students bid farewell to physical education teacher Erin Carver, who retired after 30 years at the school.“Many students have been impacted […]
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.