When Cheryl Smith was growing up on a dairy farm in Oswego, her parents read the newspaper every day.Two newspapers were delivered to the farmhouse: the Aurora Beacon News – […]
The Woodstock Independent’s staffers received word of the paper’s new ownership on New Year’s Day when Cheryl Wormley shared the “Declarations” column that appears in this issue with them via […]
On Dec. 31, The Woodstock Independent acquired a new owner in the form of a familiar face, satisfying former owner Cheryl Wormley’s desire to sell the paper she published for […]
By Cheryl WormleyWe lit the Square Friday night. We shopped on Small Business Saturday. The Christmas Parade made its way to and around the Square Sunday. The nutcrackers are stationed at the Opera […]
By Cheryl WormleyI’ve been writing Declarations since Jan. 13, 1988, so, I’m close to wrapping up my 36th year. I estimate I wrote 50 a year for the first 35 […]
By Cheryl WormleyThe past 10 days proved once again the blessings of living in community. The horrific explosion on Lincoln Avenue last Monday destroyed homes and left people and families […]
By Cheryl WormleyThis school year, copies of The Independent are being delivered free to 263 students at eight schools every week. The staff and I call the students our NIE […]
By Cheryl WormleyThe Woodstock Independent is Woodstock’s No. 1 source of news and information for the second consecutive year – as determined by the city of Woodstock’s 2023 community survey.If […]
By Cheryl WormleyImagine, or for some of us remember, Main Street with a theater with just two screens instead of eight and a parking lot instead of the pedway enlivened […]
By Cheryl WormleyThink of the barrage of news you dealt with this past week.What news would you say was most important to you?For me it was the first day of […]
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.
