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By Cheryl Wormley We 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 […]
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By Cheryl Wormley We 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 […]
By Cheryl Wormley I’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 […]
By Cheryl Wormley The 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 […]
By Cheryl Wormley This 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 […]
By Cheryl Wormley The 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 […]
By Cheryl Wormley Imagine, 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 […]
By Cheryl Wormley Think 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 […]
By Cheryl Wormley Like a frog in a kettle of water is what best describes how I am feeling. I didn’t notice the fire under the kettle, and now the […]
By Cheryl Wormley Start with the headline and add “but today is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day.” Those were the first words of the text Denise Graff Ponstein, my friend […]
’Tis the gift to be simple, ’tis the gift to be free ’tis the gift to come down where you ought to be And when we find ourselves in the […]
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.