By Cheryl Wormley Oh, my! We have memories of Memorial Hospital. I asked readers to share their memories, and your response has been wonderful. I promised to include your memories in Declarations. Well, it’s going to take more than Declarations – maybe on The Independent website and maybe special pages in an upcoming paper. The […]
Woodstock seems destined to have another community discussion soon on growth, not unlike we had 30 years ago during a period of unprecedented expansion of the far northwest suburbs. To say this is a debate between the traditionalists and futurists does not do justice to the complex issues involved in growing – population, tax base, […]
Newspaper content is sometimes determined by looking at three behaviors of readers to determine what is important in their lives. How they spend their money. How they spend their time. What they talk about in casual conversation. For much of the past year, many of us haven’t been able to spend much time or money […]
By Cheryl Wormley People like being in the know. They want to know what’s happening in the community – what decisions the City Council, Board of Education, and Fire/Rescue board are making. People want to know what the entertainment scene has to offer and what new businesses are opening. They enjoy reading about the opportunities […]
Problems in growth plans for Woodstock community Mayor Sager’s pro-growth prognostication for Woodstock’s future (“Is the City Poised for Growth?” TheIndependent, April 14, 2021) echoes that of former Mayor Cornue almost 20 years ago. Fortunately for residents, that did not come to pass, and we still enjoy the small-town atmosphere most of us cherish. His other […]
We need details to explain problems in counting votes Addressing the Consolidated Election Tuesday, April 6, 2021. When will the McHenry County clerk be holding a press conference about all these errors? The voting public deserves and demands to know what has happened and why it happened. The article posted on the Northwest Herald website […]
Before we put McHenry County’s 2021 consolidated election in the books, let’s remember the 2020 election still isn’t over. That’s right. Republican candidate Jim Oberweis still hasn’t conceded the 14th District congressional race to incumbent Democrat Lauren Underwood. He has gone through the motions as if he actually won the election last November. He even […]
By Cheryl Wormley If you have driven or walked on South Street past Woodstock High School, you’ve seen wrecking crews dismantling a mostly brick building that served the health needs of our community for more than 100 years. Babies were born there. Appendixes removed. Bones set. Emergencies treated. Doctors made rounds. Nurses cared for family, […]
Would it be a McHenry County election with some unnecessary drama? But how could it happen in a consolidated local election, when almost nobody votes (less than 10 percent turnout)? While the current county clerk will take some heat for this year’s problem, this county’s inability to conduct trouble-free election predates his tenure as the […]
For the past year, The Independent has been tracking new cases of and deaths from COVID-19 in McHenry County. You can find the latest numbers on Page 3 of this edition. Those numbers, taken weekly from daily reports by the McHenry County Department of Health, don’t provide a perfect apples-to-apples comparison of the week-to-week numbers. At one […]
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.
