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’Tis the season for moving and settling in By Susan W. Murray news@thewoodstockindependent.com As soon as the news broke in August that the Squire on the Square would take over […]

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‘On stage with this cool group’

Woodstock High School violinists to perform with The Piano Guys By Kevin Lyons district 200 Eight Woodstock High School orchestra students will perform Nov. 7 with an international touring act […]

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D-200 school board honors student, teacher, and associate

By Caryl DierksenLarry@the woodstockindependent.com The Woodstock District 200 school board began its Oct. 22 meeting by recognizing the accomplishments of a student, a teacher, and an associate. Woodstock High School […]

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Félicitations to Andrea Isabelli

WHS, WNHS instructor named Illinois’ French Teacher of the Year By Janet Dovidio news@thewoodstockindependent.com  District 200 teacher Andrea Isabelli has been honored by the American Association of Teachers of French […]

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My one-room school experience

I am the product of a rural, one-room school. And I’m happy that I am. My education began in Sheridan No. 9 School, on the corner of my family’s farm […]

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How many choices will you have in 2025?

If being an elected public official were easy, we would know it. Ballots in local elections would be full of candidates in contested races vying for the right to represent […]

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Mayor ‘surprised’ he’s unopposed for re-election

Six candidates will vie for three City Council seats; school board filing starts next week By Larry Loughnews@the woodstockindependent.com  Woodstock Mayor Mike Turner will win a second term next year […]

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Veterans to be honored in Woodstock Nov. 11

By Tricia Carzolinews@the woodstockindependent.com  A Veterans Day ceremony will be held at the McHenry County Administrative Building, 667 Ware Road, at 11 a.m. Nov. 11. Woodstock VFW Post 5040, Woodstock […]

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Crash victims remembered with flowers, donations

By Larry LoughLarry@the woodstockindependent.com Four days after a head-on collision killed three people on Davis Road, west of Dean Street on the south edge of Woodstock, a makeshift roadside memorial […]

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Sobering news for the Square

MobCraft says Nov. 30 is last day of serving in Woodstock, new owners possible By Susan W. Murraynews@the woodstockindependent.com  In what can only be viewed as a setback for the […]

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Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.

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Susan W. Murray wrote for The Independent, covering various beats, from 2005 to 2008.

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