Downtown Woodstock has a parking problem. Even with its nearly 1,400 parking spaces within a few blocks of the Square, the city has a problem. That problem, some city officials […]
Young Jimmy has a muscle car, and he likes to drive it fast. He cannot understand why the police tell him not to drive 90 mph on Main Street. Sure, […]
Woodstock should feel good about the recent hirings of two new executive directors for city government as the City Hall organizational chart was officially restructured. Paul Christensen, the city’s director […]
By Lou Ness Liberty. Freedom. Rights. Today, we toss these words around like so much confetti at a New Year’s Eve celebration. Suddenly after the 2020 election, COVID mandates, rising […]
We don’t have to accept gerrymandered districting I was very dismayed by the tone in “Saying goodbye to our U.S. representatives” (The Independent, Dec. 15). Let’s call congressional redistricting what […]
That special something that makes Woodstock something special was on display for much of 2021. Amazon Prime had a film crew in town for much of the summer to transform […]
By Cheryl Wormley One of the traditions at The Independent – for more than 30 years – is compiling a year-in-review paper the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day. That’s the […]
Late last month, statehouse Democrats and Gov. J.B. Pritzker enacted a new map defining the boundaries of central Illinois congressional districts for the next 10 years. Three districts cover territory […]
Campaigning to reduce the absurdly large number of government units in Illinois seems like quite the quixotic quest in a state so steeped in politics. That hasn’t deterred retired barber […]
By John T. Shaw People in government rarely have time to extract themselves from the relentless rush of daily drama and urgent deadlines to think about the future. Former North […]
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.
