
Your View: Letters to the Editor
Suggestion about city’s ‘clunky’ branding motto “Classically Different, From Every Angle.” The Independent’s Feb. 28 editorial takes on Woodstock’s new motto, calling it “clunky.” I agree. To me, the motto […]

Suggestion about city’s ‘clunky’ branding motto “Classically Different, From Every Angle.” The Independent’s Feb. 28 editorial takes on Woodstock’s new motto, calling it “clunky.” I agree. To me, the motto […]

Just call Woodstock “The City That Plans.” You can see proof via the Comprehensive Plan link on the city’s homepage, woodstockil.gov. Open that link and prepare to be impressed – […]

You ought to think about writing a letter to the editor. Everybody should. There is so much in Woodstock to write about. When people call the editor to complain about […]

Mental health problem bigger than you think Primary elections are notoriously known for low voter turnout. However – whether you vote red or blue, the primary election on March 19 […]

Comments on social media have not been especially kind to the new “branding” tools rolled out recently by the city of Woodstock. As Deputy Mayor Darrin Flynn said at last […]

Groundhog Days is one of those events where The Woodstock Independent’s reporters and photographers share our hometown news with beat reporters from all over the area – and beyond. We […]

More residential growth? Look northwest near WNHS I’ve been reading about this proposed development off Lucas Road, with all the opposition from local residents, as well as the sensitive environmental […]

In case there was any question that 10-acre property on Clay Street north of the train station is a former industrial site, the city is still negotiating with developer Chicago […]

Have you broken any laws lately? If you drive, you probably went a few miles over the speed limit, nothing that would cause your name to show up among Woodstock […]

Woodstock’s town square ‘perfect just the way it is’ I was raised in Woodstock, and after living abroad for over a dozen years, I chose Woodstock to once again […]
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.