Looking for new and different ways to promote Woodstock, Deputy Mayor Mike Turner made a couple of requests of people appearing before the City Council for approval of their projects […]
Starting today, Bohn Ace Hardware in Woodstock is having its going-out-of-business sale. The store along Route 47 was closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare to clear out all inventory. Two […]
“Truck buddies” from Woodstock to Chicago and beyond are expected for a truckin’ good time at Woodstock’s McHenry County Fairgrounds this weekend. Joe Nanez and Erica Burke of will host […]
In the early morning of Aug. 27, in-the-know Woodstock residents gathered at Lake and Kimball avenues to take in an odd spectacle – the Pace bus stop outside the city’s […]
You could hear it in the deafening roar of motorcycles around the Park in the Square. You could see it in the dozens of empty pairs of shoes that lined […]
With weather wreaking havoc at the event itself and IT problems doing the same at City Hall for a week afterward, it’s no surprise that the after-action analysis of this […]
Anyone who has cleaned out a parent’s home after the parents have departed this life knows the feeling of distress that comes with finding a box of old photos. Unable […]
If you can sing along to “Let’s Do The Time Warp Again,” then this coming Friday is when to start. The starring track in the cult-classic “Rocky Horror Picture Show” […]
Pottery, painting, art glass, jewelry, photography and mixed media are among the wide range of media that will be featured in the fifth annual Autumn Art Tour Sept. 8 and […]
After working four months without a contract, firefighters have ratified a new 3-year contract with the financially strapped Woodstock Fire/Rescue District. The district’s board approved the contract just hours later […]
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.
