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 […]
Manufacturer moving corporate HQ quickly to Woodstock facility By Larry LoughNEWS@thewoodstockindependent.com Action Packaging, a 45-year-old company with more than 5,000 products, plans to invest $7 million to consolidate its corporate […]
Like everyone else, we were saddened and dismayed that financial troubles at Hearthstone Communities, Woodstock’s largest senior housing complex, will soon cause the scheduled closures of Hearthstone Manor and Hearthstone […]
By Larry Loughlarry@thewoodstockindepenDEnt.com In the first year of a new five-year strategic plan, the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District has put a fifth ambulance in service for the first time to meet […]
D-200 board lays out roadmap for 2025-2026 By Eileen MillardNEWS@thewoodstockindependent.com The Woodstock D-200 School Board looked ahead to the 2025-2026 school year at its August 12 meeting, laying out financial […]
By Larry Loughlarry@thewoodstockindepenDEnt.com Woodstock’s train station should get its long-awaited warming shelter for Metra riders next year. And the new Riverwoods housing subdivision in southeast Woodstock should get more homes […]
By Susan W. Murray NEWS@THEWOODSTOCKINDEPENDENT.COM The news that Hearthstone Manor and Hearthstone Village would be closing after 122 years – the Manor on Sept. 30 and the Village on Oct. […]
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.
