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, […]
Last week was a milestone week for the novel coronavirus. The U.S. reported on Wednesday the highest number of deathss reported in a single day since the pandemic began. That […]
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.
