Five years ago this month, the Woodstock City Council was wrestling with how to move forward with the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House. Sound familiar? You can read about the […]
By Cheryl Wormley It’s switchover week. The annual Lighting of the Square Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Christmas parade Sunday left no doubt Thanksgiving is behind us and Christmas is […]
By Tammy Sloup FARM WEEK Thanksgiving dinner is expected to cost 14 percent more this year, with higher turkey prices pulling up that percentage. American Farm Bureau Federation’s 36th annual […]
If you are an avid reader of public notices in The Independent (who isn’t, right?), you might have noticed a different kind of legal advertisement among the name changes, new […]
The recent election of Republican Glenn Youngkin to be governor in Democratic stronghold Virginia displays emphatically that Trump conservatism fares better – without Trump. The conundrum for Republican Party leaders, […]
Passing legislation has often been compared to making sausage: No matter what the end product looks like, you probably don’t want to know everything that’s in it. That’s pretty much […]
Woodstock is in a seasonal transition week. Halloween is right behind us, the farmers market has moved inside, and the loss of daylight saving time looms this coming weekend. The […]
Questions about abortions and our national priorities An answer to Carol Obertubbesing in “Your View” portion of Opinion [Oct. 20]. When I think about the more than 62.5 million abortions […]
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 […]
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.
