Newly rebuilt Dean Street will become something of a pilot project for Woodstock as it starts to realize goals of a 2009 Bicycle Master Plan and other later strategies for […]
By Morgen Neuhauser news@the woodstockindependent.com Scam artists recently convinced a 77-year-old woman from Woodstock to send a $40 gift card to country music star George Straight. As soon as she […]
By Morgen Neuhauser news@the woodstockindependent.com Loud applause and shouts of “Keep Digging” rang out as Food Shed Co-op’s board of directors ceremoniously shoveled into the chosen site for its new […]
Old Courthouse Center is still seeking that elusive “substantial completion” date. “We’re very close,” Woodstock Mayor Mike Turner said last week before the start of a 90-minute media tour of […]
By Eileen Millard news@the woodstockindependent.com After training is completed this summer, the Woodstock Police Department will have a new tool to improve response to events like lost persons, search and […]
By Morgen Neuhauser news@the woodstockindependent.com Restoration is underway at the Still Farm property east of Woodstock in an attempt to turn back the clock. About 7 acres of the farm […]
By Morgen Neuhauser news@the woodstockindependent.com For the second year in a row, Woodstock city government is using a survey to ask residents about their satisfaction with the town’s facilities, management, […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com After a second arrest on a weapons-related charge in less than two weeks on Benton Street, city officials have limited outside seating along Woodstock’s dining and entertainment […]
“You have a mass.” “I’m afraid it’s cancer.” “Did you bring someone with you today?” No matter how a cancer diagnosis is delivered, the reaction in the patient is the […]
Woodstock residents were among more than 80 million people from the Midwest to the East Coast who were affected by air quality alerts last week as smoke from Canadian wildfires […]
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.
