Staff reportnews@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock residents are being asked to respond by June 1 to help the city’s new planning effort in charting the future and “shaping the vision” of its downtown. […]
In my experience, Woodstock is a community that comes together. Our city has been through tragedy, political strife, a pandemic, growing pains, economic crises, and loss. Through it all, when […]
City Council OKs new liquor licenses; one business wants video gambling, too By Larry Loughlarry@the woodstockindependent.com Woodstock now offers two more places to get a drink of alcohol along Eastwood […]
After months of dancing around the issue of Woodstock’s troubled Revolving Loan Fund, the City Council apparently will have some serious discussion about the issue next month. It is (so […]
Victor Pacini’s journey from survivor to speaker ByMariahLejman,MargueriteSchubert,andJaneMcConnell woodstock High school journalism class Victor Pacini’s life could have easily gone down a different path. A survivor of childhood sexual abuse, […]
‘In a few years, I would like to be performing stand-up at the Chicago clubs’ By Janet Dovidio news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock’s Joseph Walsdorf (Marian Central ‘21) graduates in June from DePaul […]
District 200 honors graduating seniors who plan to become teachers By Caryl Dierksen news@thewoodstockindependent.com It was just 7 a.m., but the Woodstock High School Learning Resource Center was buzzing with […]
Records, new and old, have fallen this spring in girls track and field BySandyKucharski news@thewoodstockindependent In a sport that’s all about times, heights, and distances, records are a big deal. […]
You might think this will have no immediate or direct impact on you, but Woodstock now has an ordinance that requires local massage parlors to be licensed by the city. […]
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.
