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 […]
By Cheryl Wormley Benjamin Franklin supposedly said, “If you want a job done, give it to a busy person,” We at The Independent have been looking for months for a […]
By Cheryl Wormley It’s the third Wednesday of September, so this week’s issue of The Independent was delivered by mail to everyone within the 60098 ZIP code – 14,000 homes […]
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.
