How does a bookstore owner keep current with new and upcoming books? At Woodstock’s Read Between the Lynes, owner Arlene Lynes relies on her staff. “All of our employees are […]
Sometimes I imagine parents of children with disabilities as disaster survivors, floating alone on makeshift rafts down an uncharted river. Along the way, they encounter others like them, and the […]
The unassuming retail space at 203 Main St. in Woodstock has notched another successful launch of a local business. In the past decade, the 600-foot storefront next to Classic Cinemas […]
Two vastly different scenes were being filmed Friday morning on the Square, but both production companies managed to wrap up work before the Marian Central High School homecoming parade came […]
As the COVID-19 pandemic seeped into the United States, the Chicago Tribune’s chief theater critic, Chris Jones, wrangled permission from his bosses to travel to New York to see the […]
Among the new faces Marian Central Catholic High School welcomed this fall is the Rev. Charles Warren, its new spiritual director. He grew up in Rockford, graduated from Boylan Central […]
Growing up in small-town Kentucky, my brother and I were quick to notice anything unusual in food presentation at our house, be it a leaf of lettuce under the cottage […]
Older adults can find community, education, and fun at the new SOAR@Dorr Community Center in the Dorr Township building, 1039 Lake Ave. The Community Foundation for McHenry County, the city […]
Many local outreach programs serve Woodstock neighbors in need, but several recent food donations were unusual. The Woodstock Food Pantry is now distributing frozen pork from a pig that was […]
City will proceed with neighborhood upgrades Woodstock is ready to proceed with a pilot project to kick off the city’s new neighborhood improvement program. The City Council recently approved the […]
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.
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What do legendary NFL quarterbacks Steve Young, Dan Marino and Warren Moon have in common? They have all…
Within the next month, Barrington resident Doug McConnell will attempt to accomplish something that only 47 people older…
Woodstock resident Bob Will is like many of us. He worked hard all his life, raised a beautiful…
