Downtown decorations involved community effort II would like to thank all of our new contributors to the Woodstock Square Christmas decorations from Santa’s workshop. Ali Neff designed and built a partner nutcracker for the front of the Opera House. Brett Fankhauser and the Woodstock High School woods class built and decorated the directional pole at […]
By Clement Clarke Moore ’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds; While visions of sugar-plums danced […]
By Cheryl Wormley Holidays are filled with tradition. For me, Christmas traditions top all others. In my heart and mind, Christmas starts after Thanksgiving – not before. But even as Jim and I are finishing the last of the leftover turkey, I’m ready to bring the Christmas boxes out of the garage. I’m almost childlike […]
By Jan Bosman Santa was in a hurry to get started Christmas Eve. The toys were stacked; the sleigh was packed; the reindeer hitched to leave. He should have checked the forecast, but time had ticked away, so off he flew to do his job across the USA. Somewhere above Midwest, a storm began to […]
Ceding control of the former Die Cast factory site to a developer is on a tentative agenda for the City Council meeting Dec. 20. That’s a rather ambitious timeline, considering council members had not heard details of three prospective developments until the first week of November. But considering the now-city-owned site has been mostly vacant […]
By Cheryl Wormley John Kunzie was an avid supporter of The Woodstock Independent. He died Nov. 29. His obituary in last week’s paper documented his love of Woodstock, his 25 years as a Woodstock Fire/Rescue District trustee, the lessons he taught his children and grandchildren, and his love for his family. I admired John. To […]
In 1963, I was teaching business education for my fourth year. Married about 2½ years, I lived on Randolph Street in Walworth, Wis., in a one-bedroom house that my husband and I had bought for $6,300. I was earning about $3,000 that year, and my husband, a recent graduate from Whitewater State Teachers College, was […]
Woodstock shows off its Merriest Main Street I would like to thank Kelly Afeld for watching the “Today Show” when they requested submissions for Merriest Main Street. She contacted Denise Ponstein, who contacted Cheryl Wormley. Cheryl forwarded to me, and I submitted to “The Today Show.” Woodstock is a terrific town made up of people […]
Republican Darren Bailey won more than 50 percent of the votes in McHenry County in a three-way race for Illinois governor in last week’s election.Statewide, he received only 43 percent in an unsuccessful attempt to deny Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker a second term.That perfectly illustrates the deep red political bloodline of McHenry County and the […]
Were you one of the 108,979 McHenry County residents who voted in the Nov. 8 election? Or were you among the 117,730 registered voters who didn’t cast a ballot? For all the tens of millions spent trying to get you to vote in the races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Illinois governor, and various other […]
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.
