From student to teacher
April 21, 2021
Week two of football found all teams playing away, at venues other than the host-team schools. The unusual spring season has prompted some teams to seek alternatives to allow proper ground preparation, especially for natural turf fields. WNHS Woodstock North traveled to Harlem High School in Machesney Park to play Harvard. North came out on […]
Students at Northwood Middle School coordinated two events for the benefit of the Woodstock Food Pantry, raising $1,250 and more than 1,100 food items. The Physical Education Department, under the direction of teacher Greg Spende, held a “Get Fit for a Cause” fundraiser for the food pantry. “We are very fortunate to have such amazing […]
by Carl W. Gilmore For 21 years, Woodstock’s taxing bodies have operated under the weight of the downtown tax increment finance (TIF) district. Now, city fathers are proposing a new, overarching TIF district (TIF 2) that overlaps and substantially increases the area currently under TIF authority. By the time TIF 2 expires, Woodstock will have labored […]
Voters had to choose from among 10 candidates in 2017 for four seats on the Board of Education for Woodstock School District 200. The choices will be easier in 2019. Only three candidates filed for election to the three seats that will be on the ballot in the April 2 consolidated election. When these same […]
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.
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