This is the season when Woodstock shines – literally. With the Lighting of the Square on the day after Thanksgiving, we officially launch the holiday season in spectacular fashion. In […]
Do you consider trash and garbage to be the same thing? They seem to have been used interchangeably during the recent public debate on Woodstock’s new 10-year agreement with refuse […]
Has our fondness for Woodstock blinded us to the realistic development potential in our community of 26,000 people? We might have had a hint a few years ago when the […]
The third cloudy, damp, and dismal day in a row in mid-November gives one time to reflect and ask oneself, “Have I finished all my garden tasks for the year?” […]
I came across the term “Third Place” recently and looked up the reference: “American sociologist Ray Oldenburg developed the notion of a ‘Third Place’ as ‘a space for informal, free […]
“It was a terrible night for women, for children, for the hundreds of thousands of hardworking immigrants who make this country go, for healthcare, for our climate, for science, for […]
I didn’t think I’d have to write about this again. But here we are. It’s time — again — to talk about using the word “retarded” as an insult. The […]
Recent travels brought my husband, Tom, and me closer to devastation than we expected. Tom and I planned a motorcoach guided tour from Oct. 13 to 25 that would visit […]
There are a lot of moms like me who had kids at a young age and then, after an extended gap, had more kids later in life. Raising my two […]
If you follow politics, and it’s been hard not to during the past few months, you know the pundits are showing off their perfect hindsight to explain why results were […]
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.
