Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Woodstock will officially kick off the holiday season with the annual Lighting of the Square and the Christmas parade the weekend after Thanksgiving. Tens of thousands of white lights will illuminate the trees and buildings on the Square for the Lighting of the Square event. Beginning at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 25, […]
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 gift, especially compared to the snowy Halloween just three years ago. I took full advantage of the blissful days. I stood outside watching the sun […]
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 this week’s greater readership about Woodstock’s annual Christmas Parade. After I’m finished writing about the parade, I have two other topics. For the first time […]
Just after 7 p.m. Friday, the Woodstock Square was alight with the warm glow of the holidays. Daniel Campbell, Opera House managing director, led the festivities from the bandstand, mentioning in jest that, despite the chill, “the crowd looks much larger than last year,” when the pandemic changed the tradition. Last year’s pre-vaccination lighting was […]
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.
