If you missed Sunshine Week, don’t worry; it will return next year, starting again – appropriately – with the onset of daylight saving time. Of course, we should celebrate freedom […]
Odds are that if you read newspaper editorials like this one, you’re a voter. Overwhelming odds. And readers of newspapers like The Independent trust their local publications to look out […]
Let’s say that, at the least, the optics are bad. That is, it just doesn’t look good to be spending more than $100,000 a month on unforeseen expenses associated with […]
Don’t look now, but it’s March. Spring officially arrives in less than three weeks, on the 20th. And you know what season comes next? Yep, street construction season. For those […]
February came in like a lion and, from all appearances, is going out like a lamb, despite conventional weather wisdom about that being the March meteorological pattern. But then, nothing […]
How can a community festival based on a movie that was released 30 years ago remain so popular that it attracts thousands of people every year? Of course, we’re not […]
Woodstock must have the most skillful drivers in the world. How else do you explain the way local motorists have embraced the city’s first traffic roundabout? Many skeptics had warned […]
“OK, campers, rise and shine, and don’t forget your booties ’cause it’s cooooold out there today!” At 7 a.m. Thursday, an air temperature in single digits is expected to greet […]
If you’re confused about who represents you in Congress, your confusion is understandable. In just a little over four years, Woodstock has had three different representatives in the U.S. House […]
Let’s say we have two criminal defendants, each charged with the same crime, like aggravated assault. One sits in jail for months while awaiting trial. The other goes free 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.
