When the short film “The Wanting” premieres at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 30, at the Woodstock Opera House, it will represent a confluence of dreams in filmmaker Marty McGinley’s life. […]
During a 10-day period in early May, the Woodstock Police Department reported making 16 arrests. The home address for eight of them was listed as “transient.” In a word more […]
Last July, Woodstock surprised itself with a new lightning-rod attraction, transforming itself overnight into the Midwest’s biggest hub of magic and fantasy aficionados outside the Bristol Renaissance Faire. Youth librarian […]
Northern Illinois denizens will attest, through chattering teeth, that the window of nice weather near the 42 North latitude line is a short one. As soon as warm, sunny days […]
“[Walking through those doors] always feels like home,” said Lt. Andrew “A.J.” Harrison of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps after having visited St. Mary Catholic School. “I’ve literally […]
Dog owners in the Woodstock area have a new option for keeping their animals safe and entertained while the family is unable to. Recently opened, Woodstock Canine Clubhouse offers daycare, […]
Woodstock finally gave adopted son Orson Welles a permanent seat. And it came as the latest addition to the Woodstock on Film and on the Stage Mural and Sculpture Garden, […]
Help is on the way for Woodstock streets in need of repair – $1.9 million worth of help. That was the 2018 street resurfacing program approved last week by the […]
La Trinidad offers its homemade tortillas at former Pizza Hut By Susan W. Murray The Independent The familiar Pizza Hut outlines – trapezoid-shaped windows and a red roof that looks […]
Each February, with a four-day festival to celebrate “the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather,” the town of Woodstock relives the making of “Groundhog Day,” the film […]
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.
