Restaurant to residential: plan to transform Coleman’s property to Lofts on Lake By Susan W. Murray news@thewoodstockindependent.com Nearly six years after Coleman’s Tavern and Grill closed, the building at 823 […]
By Larry Loughlarry@thewoodstockindepenDEnt.com In the first year of a new five-year strategic plan, the Woodstock Fire/Rescue District has put a fifth ambulance in service for the first time to meet […]
D-200 board lays out roadmap for 2025-2026 By Eileen MillardNEWS@thewoodstockindependent.com The Woodstock D-200 School Board looked ahead to the 2025-2026 school year at its August 12 meeting, laying out financial […]
By Larry Loughlarry@thewoodstockindepenDEnt.com Woodstock’s train station should get its long-awaited warming shelter for Metra riders next year. And the new Riverwoods housing subdivision in southeast Woodstock should get more homes […]
By Susan W. Murray NEWS@THEWOODSTOCKINDEPENDENT.COM The news that Hearthstone Manor and Hearthstone Village would be closing after 122 years – the Manor on Sept. 30 and the Village on Oct. […]
Trishaw travel through Emricson Park entertains Grace Lutheran members By Janet Dovidio news@thewoodstockindependent.com The weather on Sunday, July 27, was perfect for the Grace Lutheran Church congregation’s bike ride through […]
By Tricia Carzoli news@thewoodstockindependent.com The Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture airshow in Oshkosh, Wisc. featured a local aerobatic performer and drew Woodstock residents up by plane and by car. Harvard native […]
Farmers Market invites young vendors to try out their skills By Susan W. Murray news@thewoodstockindependent.com At the Tuesday Farmers Market on July 22, one vendor was a little different from […]
Last year’s runnerup is this year’s singin’ teen champion ByRachelBrands news@thewoodstockindependent.com Stage Left Café was packed and bustling with excited patrons last week, waiting for the final night of Come […]
Late last month, my family and I attended the Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture airshow event in Oshkosh, Wis. Twenty-three years ago, I never would have dreamed I’d still be going […]
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.
