By Susan W. Murray NEWS@THEWOODSTOCKINDEPENDENT.COM All places where people gather around food and drink open with great hopes for a long run. After 13 months in business, two such gathering […]
Man dies, 30+ people displaced when fire ravages northside apartments By Larry Loughlarry@the woodstockindependent.com Community efforts were organized quickly last week to help the more than 30 people who were […]
Endowment would establish a legacy for maintaining Opera House By Tricia Carzolinews@the woodstockindependent.com “We are planning for the future,” Friends of the Opera House president Peggy Hart said. On Nov. […]
By Eileen Millard NEWS@THEWOODSTOCKINDEPENDENT.COM For anyone wondering about the mysterious poles that appeared on each side of the Park in the Square last week, Woodstock Information Technology director Dan McElmeel […]
Staff Report news@the woodstockindependent.com One person died and more than 20 area fire departments helped the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District at the scene of an apartment complex fire late Tuesday in the […]
By Larry Loughlarry@the woodstockindependent.com As most election days are, last week’s was good for McHenry County Republicans. Their candidates won nearly every contested race, as well as several in which […]
New contract with waste hauler lowers toter charges for all households By Larry Loughlarry@the woodstockindependent.com All Woodstock households will see a lower monthly fee for mandatory trash toter service next […]
Six candidates will vie for three City Council seats; school board filing starts next week By Larry Loughnews@the woodstockindependent.com Woodstock Mayor Mike Turner will win a second term next year […]
By Larry LoughLarry@the woodstockindependent.com Four days after a head-on collision killed three people on Davis Road, west of Dean Street on the south edge of Woodstock, a makeshift roadside memorial […]
MobCraft says Nov. 30 is last day of serving in Woodstock, new owners possible By Susan W. Murraynews@the woodstockindependent.com In what can only be viewed as a setback for 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.
