‘Oh, I get The Independent’
January 16, 2023
By Cheryl Wormley “What do you say to people who say they get The Independent and you know they are talking about the one that comes free the third week […]
By Cheryl Wormley “What do you say to people who say they get The Independent and you know they are talking about the one that comes free the third week […]
Jim and I and our sons and their families love Steamboat Springs, Colo. For 24 years, some or all of us have made annual or more frequent treks to what […]
By Cheryl Wormley The week between Christmas and the New Year is unlike any other. It’s the “Monopoly free-parking space” of my life – a pause between what’s happened and […]
By Cheryl Wormley Holidays are filled with tradition. For me, Christmas traditions top all others. In my heart and mind, Christmas starts after Thanksgiving – not before. But even as […]
By Cheryl Wormley John Kunzie was an avid supporter of The Woodstock Independent. He died Nov. 29. His obituary in last week’s paper documented his love of Woodstock, his 25 […]
By Cheryl Wormley Several of you have mentioned you wished I’d write more about my grandchildren. There was a time our 10 grandchildren provided a plethora of inspiration for Declarations. […]
First, let’s celebrate the unseasonably warm, beautiful, sunny, delightful, dry weather we enjoyed the last few days of October and through Nov. 4. Halloween was a picture-perfect day – a […]
By Cheryl Wormley This week’s Declarations is primarily for our Newspaper in Education readers. But, I encourage all of you to keep reading, because there is good information for faithful […]
By Cheryl Wormley I know it isn’t even Halloween. But since this issue of The Independent is being delivered to every mailbox in ZIP code 60098, I want to tell […]
By Cheryl Wormley How can it be the second Wednesday of October already? It seems as if we are flying through 2022. Summer has come and gone. Weren’t we watching […]
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.
