One of the landlords who spoke to the City Council last week against new regulations on rental properties said she opposed the “tenant tax.” That’s a term being loosely used […]
Several times a week, my daily five-minute commute between home and the office takes me through the intersection of Calhoun and Madison streets. Some days it’s four times – twice […]
Every city council or school board has issues large and small that impact the lives of the people it serves. Should residents be allowed to have chickens within city limits? […]
Woodstock residents are accustomed to a little inconvenience when the film crews roll into town to use our community as the small-town backdrop for their productions. The only thing unusual […]
By Cheryl Wormley Most of you are reading this week’s print edition of The Woodstock Independent. You include our loyal print subscribers – many of whom have subscribed for decades – […]
Hard work still ahead of us on reproductive rights On a cloudy, muggy, Saturday afternoon Oct. 2, several hundred women of all ages and some men from Illinois and beyond […]
When a van disregarded a stop sign and drove in front of an SUV shortly before noon Aug. 13 at Alden and O’Brien roads north of Woodstock, a 63-year-old passenger […]
Mary Elizabeth, our 7-year-old granddaughter, said yes to going to an Illini football game with us the first weekend of October. She was quick to ask whether she was the […]
I haven’t written a column for The Woodstock Independent for quite some time. I’ve been what you might call, “Out of Commission.” My family, close friends, and acquaintances know the details. The […]
We can understand the excitement over the potential for activity in and around – and generated by – a renovated and revived Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House. We also can […]
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.
What do legendary NFL quarterbacks Steve Young, Dan Marino and Warren Moon have in common? They have all…
Within the next month, Barrington resident Doug McConnell will attempt to accomplish something that only 47 people older…
Woodstock resident Bob Will is like many of us. He worked hard all his life, raised a beautiful…
