Guest Column: Wearing a mask – Ritual or habit?
September 8, 2020
By Jan Bosman The other day I knelt to tie my running shoe. While I knotted the laces in probably less than 20 seconds, my mind was somewhere else – […]
By Jan Bosman The other day I knelt to tie my running shoe. While I knotted the laces in probably less than 20 seconds, my mind was somewhere else – […]
Nine weeks from today, we will know the results of the most memorable, perhaps most consequential election of our lifetimes. At the federal level, we will elect a president and […]
By Cheryl Wormley First of all, how can it be September already? It feels as if I’ve been treading water since late March. I’ve kept my head above water, strengthened […]
Project for Route 47 could defeat city’s ‘walkable’ goal In all the discussion about the widening of Route 47 through Woodstock, I have seen no mention of pedestrian crossings. Route […]
For all the misery it has brought, all the damage it has wrought, the coronavirus pandemic has offered us one gift: it has opened our eyes and our lives to […]
By Cheryl Wormley Swans were the start of my animal-and-vegetable week. Last Monday afternoon as I was driving north on Route 47, I spotted something white on the pond just […]
By Kenneth Stoklosa I started out as some material, oh, you know, not just any cloth but fibers with real color. Big and bold, different from all those European flags. […]
We know it’s coming. Without a doubt, it will change life as we know it in Woodstock. And there is not much we can do to prepare for it. The […]
By Cheryl Wormley Trust is earned. It can’t be purchased or negotiated. Trust develops over time as a person, business, or institution proves over and over again that it is […]
Uncertainty is the curse of this coronavirus pandemic. Many people who test positive for the virus are not sure where they were or what they were doing when they were […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
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