for Recreation Center rehab By Larry Loughlarry@thewoodstockindepenDEnt.com Woodstock’s home rule sales tax will increase by 25 percent next year, but the additional 5 cents on a $20 purchase might be […]
Fairground upgrades add accessibility, events offer something for everyone By Tricia CarzoliNEWS@thewoodstockindepenDEnt.com With the McHenry County Fair less than a week away, the Fair Board is wrapping up a final […]
By Susan W. MurrayNEWS@thewoodstockindepenDEnt.com Two recent proposals to build slaughterhouses in the county have pointed out that for all of the appeal of living in a bucolic setting, neighbors in […]
By Susan W. MurrayNEWS@thewoodstockindepenDEnt.com When Tom Annarella interviewed for his current position of nursing home administrator at Valley Hi 15 years ago, the subject of incorporating a memory care unit […]
By Eileen MillardNEWS@thewoodstockindependent.com Marengo Disposal Systems, the city’s waste hauler, has been delivering toters to meet the July 1 deadline for changes to the current system. Recycling toters being delivered […]
By Eileen Millardnews@the woodstockindependent.com The D-200 Board of Education approved a contract with Usource Energy at the June 17 meeting to request proposals for a community solar subscription. The solar […]
By Larry Lough larry@thewoodstockindependent.com City officials have avoided a legal fight by negotiating the purchase price of a vacant lot on Jefferson Street that the city plans to use as […]
By Susan W. Murray NEWS@THEWOODSTOCKINDEPENDENT.COM The only item pulled from the County Board’s agenda for discussion at its June 17 meeting was the one that had already generated plenty of […]
By Eileen Millardnews@thewoodstockindependent.com The city of Woodstock sent out an RFEI (Request For Expression of Interest) on Feb. 7 looking for developer interest after Chicago Hubs Realty pulled out of […]
By Eileen Millardnws@thewoodstockindepenDEnt.com Hundreds of people gathered on the Square June 8 for a “United We Resist” rally. The event, sponsored by the McHenry County chapter of NOW, was described […]
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.
