Rest assured, dear readers. The Independent’s editor has maintained his mental faculties … so far. During a recent annual exam, the medical folks decided it was finally time they tested […]
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 […]
By Cheryl Wormley Oops! I will never know how many of you caught the major mistake in my Aug. 31 Iceland column. Thanks to each of you who emailed or […]
By Cheryl Wormley Last week’s Declarations could have been titled Chapter 1: Exploring misnamed Iceland. I wrote it Aug. 26 as my husband, Jim, and I were flying from Kelfavik, […]
By Cheryl Wormley There’s so much to see in Iceland Volcanoes, waterfalls, lava, sheep, horses, dairy cows, whales, glaciers, boiling mud pots, and so much more. I am at 36,000 […]
Some evidence to the contrary, we have plenty of summer remaining. Sure, students are back in class, high school football will be seriously underway this coming Friday, and we’ve had […]
By Cheryl Wormley Sometimes I think of Declarations as my weekly letter to you, our readers. This week, it’s more like the stories I tell our grandchildren when they come […]
By Cheryl Wormley With temperatures in the 80s and even as high as the low 90s this past week, it seems as if summer will go on and on. But […]
When we hear from readers with complaints – about anything – we often tell them they should write a letter to the editor. If readers call with compliments – about […]
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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