Groundhog Days 2021 brought us a special coincidence – maybe even irony – amid the coronavirus pandemic. The sameness of the day-to-day routine that trapped Phil Connors on Groundhog Day […]
By Cheryl Wormley Yay! The students in our public schools are back in their classrooms for several hours a week. Imagine their joy when walking through the front doors and […]
Wanting the chance for coronavirus vaccination Re: Vaccines for the Hearthstone elderly With the vaccines soon to be distributed, I wish to point out that a significant number of elderly […]
Starting Back in June we lamented that Woodstock was stuck in the restrictive Phase 2 as part of the Northeast Region in the governor’s five-phase Restore Illinois plan to combat […]
By Cheryl Wormley Like many, maybe most, of you, I watched the inauguration of President Joe Biden last week. There was much to take in and to celebrate. Flags, the […]
By Paul Lockwood As I write this column, it occurs to me that Wednesdays this month have ranged from: Horrifying (the deadly assault on the Capitol on Jan. 6), to […]
Starting over isn’t possible. Let’s call this transition of power a change of direction – upward, we must hope. The mess we’ve been left with at the state and national […]
By Cheryl Wormley When most of you read this, it will be Inauguration Day. We didn’t send staff to cover Joe Biden being sworn in as our country’s 46th president. […]
Is this ironic or what? After reading the article on “Vaccines expand ….” and hearing it on the TV and radio that all seniors are first to get the vaccine, […]
By Lou Ness On his knees, sweeping debris into a garbage bag, New Jersey Congressman Andy Kim could simply not bear the [Capitol] rotunda looking like an abandoned parking lot, […]
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.
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Within the next month, Barrington resident Doug McConnell will attempt to accomplish something that only 47 people older…
Woodstock resident Bob Will is like many of us. He worked hard all his life, raised a beautiful…
