Hearthstone nearly empty; residents of independent living on uncertain ground By Susan W. Murray NEWS@THEWOODSTOCKINDEPENDENT.COM Since Aug. 5, Hearthstone’s independent living residents have known that the 135-year-old retirement community’s […]
Woodstock residents speak up about difficulty of walking around townBy Janet Dovidionews@thewoodstockindependent.com More than 25 Woodstock residents attended a presentation on Sept. 17 to provide their input about safer walkways […]
By Susan W. Murraynews@thewoodstockindependent.com If those who are once burned are twice shy, then it’s understandable that members of the Woodstock City Council repeatedly asked the two potential developers of […]
Larry Loughlarry@thewoodstockindependent.com Mixteca Restaurant and Tequila Bar has closed after 25 years in Woodstock, but its former space at 1390 S. Eastwood Drive should not be vacant for long. The […]
By Susan W. Murray NEWS@THEWOODSTOCKINDEPENDENT.COM There’s no sign on the front lawn, so the other shoe dropped quietly for the remaining residents of Hearthstone Communities as the buildings on 15 […]
By SUSAN W. MURRAY NEWS@THEWOODSTOCKINDEPENDENT.COM When the news broke on Aug. 4 that Hearthstone Manor and Hearthstone Village were closing, there was no announcement about Hearthstone’s Early Learning Center that […]
By Janet Dovidionews@thewoodstockindependent.com In 2024, the food pantry had to turn away 81,000 pounds of donated food, valued at $157,261, from local grocers and stores because of lack of inventory […]
Preventative maintenance process wins council’s vote By Larry LoughNEWS@thewoodstockindepenDEnt.com As Woodstock enters the final year of its five-year Enhanced Streets Improvement Program – about $12 million in work this year […]
by Alex Vucha On Tuesday, September 2, 2025, at 5:02 p.m., the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District responded to the 200 block of Sparrow Drive in Woodstock for a residential fire alarm. […]
By Caryl Dierksen Last week I received an email from a politician asking for a contribution. There’s nothing unusual about that. But the subject line caught my attention: “A handwritten […]
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.
