In my experience, Woodstock is a community that comes together. Our city has been through tragedy, political strife, a pandemic, growing pains, economic crises, and loss. Through it all, when […]
We at The Independent have a policy on printing corrections when we make mistakes. That policy says simply that we take accuracy seriously, and we ask readers to let us […]
Like most Midwesterners, I enthusiastically welcome spring when the temperatures soar to 60 plus. After initially basking in the sun, indulging in some form of outdoor recreation, my seasonal bliss […]
I opened my laptop to write this column and saw the news alerts. And I knew immediately that the topic I had chosen would wait for another time. The news […]
“God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again.” – film director Federico Fellini One of my favorite games from the […]
When I retired 16 months ago, my husband, Jim, gently suggested I consider gathering my columns about family into a book. I didn’t take to the idea at first, but […]
It happened a couple of weeks ago at a four-way stop in town. The other driver and I arrived at the intersection within a few seconds of each other. Being […]
See whether you can guess what is significant about this sentence: “After a lunch of broccoli and zucchini, I started to vacuum before calling the cemetery committee about my absence […]
I was on U.S. Sen. Everett Dirksen’s Washington, D.C., staff in 1969. The honorable senator from Illinois, a Republican, was the minority leader of the Senate. As the receptionist, I […]
When I think about people – friends, casual acquaintances, or even random strangers I spent just a few minutes with – I think about how they treated me, how they […]
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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