Back for a second year, the Spring Fiber Fling offers something for extreme fiber fanatics and fair-weather fans alike. The event – featuring all things fiber from harvesting raw materials […]
Most people in the Woodstock community know Joann Randall as the co-owner of the Animal Hospital of Woodstock, which she has run for the past 25 years with her husband, […]
Two years ago, “Chicago’s Breakfast Queen’ Ina Pinkney closed her famous restaurant in Chicago’s West Loop Market district after working 33 years in the business. It seemed an appropriate […]
The McHenry County Historical Society will mark its 40th year with a celebration of an American staple: beer. According to Kurt Begalka, administrator of MCHS, the society has created an […]
Stepping through the front door of Randy and Becky Beck’s log home in Bull Valley, you are greeted by dual staircases and a two-story vaulted ceiling reminiscent of a mountain […]
Adult & Child Therapy Services traditionally hosts a golf outing fundraiser every year. This year, the Woodstock-based nonprofit is adding a new twist to the event and bringing it indoors. […]
For the second year, local artists and animal lovers have rallied to help pets in need by participating in Art for the Paws 2016, a fundraiser to benefit Helping Paws […]
Off Square Music will kick off its 2016 concert series with a performance by world-class mandolin player Don Stiernberg, playing with Andy Brown and Jim Cox, who comprise the Don […]
“It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength.” – Maya Angelou What do the Three Stooges, Mickey […]
One of Woodstock’s newest restaurants is eschewing the Square for the hustle and bustle of Highway 14. Coleman’s Rendezvous, 2400 Lake Shore Drive, is a stone’s throw from Centegra Hospital-Woodstock […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
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