By Cheryl Wormley Are you ready for fireworks? I am! And so are the Woodstock Fourth of July Fireworks Committee and the Mad Bomber, the fireworks company that has brightened […]
I strongly object to bringing the bag tax back to Woodstock. We have lived without it for over a year and can live without it in the future. The city […]
Public thanks is due to the wise folks of Woodstock and elsewhere in Illinois who have chosen to be vaccinated against COVID-19. With age, apparently, comes wisdom, as the vaccination […]
By Larry Lough With July 4 less than two weeks away, Woodstock faces a dilemma – a true dilemma, in which both outcomes have a downside Do we hope for […]
By Paul Lockwood “Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” – Ben Franklin Was Ben Franklin right? Am I healthy? Somewhat. Wealthy? Not […]
I was deeply disappointed by your coverage, or lack thereof, of the Pride parade on Sunday [June 13]. Six small photos on page 18? This joyous event was significant for […]
Let’s think of Woodstock’s three-month-long experience last year with a single-use bag fee as a rehearsal. Now that we have experimented with encouraging shoppers to carry reusable bags, let’s do […]
About assigning worth to every human being Because of my former employment with the Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association, much of what Julie Peters writes in her columns resonates with […]
By Cheryl Wormley “The Independent is the sum total of the people working on it.” I’ve said that lots of times and in lots of different ways in the past 34 […]
We’ve been through a lot during these past 15 month. The chart above takes us back to the beginning of pandemic protocols in Illinois, which taught us a new vocabulary, […]
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.
