By Julia Eastham news@thewoodstockindepenDEnt.com Flowers, hugs, and cheers greeted Terry Willcockson as she approached the podium to receive her award as 2022 Woman of the Year. “Wow! I mean just […]
By Cheryl Wormley I awoke June 21 with what I thought was a summer cold – a hoarse voice, drippy nose, dry cough, and a bit of a headache. My […]
Ever have one of those months where you have a lot of things on your mind and on your schedule, and you need to share several quick thoughts before they […]
By Cheryl Wormley Like the stars aligning, two happenings last week led to this week’s Declarations. The first was reading Jan Dovidio’s delightful article “Meet Joseph George Cerny(s)” in The […]
By Cheryl Wormley For many who live in Woodstock, summer starts with the first city band concert. Last Wednesday, concertgoers wrapped up in blankets and wore hooded rain gear, because […]
By Cheryl Wormley “The Independent is the sum total of the people working on it.” I’ve said that lots of times and in lots of different ways in the past […]
By Cheryl Wormley Congratulations, Woodstock North, Woodstock, and Marian graduates!Graduating from high school is a significant moment in each graduate’s life. It’s a time of celebration for each graduate’s family […]
By Cheryl Wormley The talk of the town this past week has been the switch from sweatshirts to sweating. Last week as I was writing Declarations, the daytime temperatures were […]
By Cheryl Wormley I usually check the plethora of daily emails I receive twice a day – mid morning and after supper. Ninety percent of what arrives in my inbox […]
By Cheryl Wormley More than a month ago, the March 30 Declarations, to be exact, I included a paragraph about our farmer neighbors being eager to start planting. Well, our […]
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.
