Late last December, Editor Larry Lough invited each contributor and staff member of The Independent to make one resolution we could share with readers. In the first paper of 2023, […]
By Cheryl Wormley I’ve been writing Declarations since Jan. 13, 1988, so, I’m close to wrapping up my 36th year. I estimate I wrote 50 a year for the first […]
Monday is production day each week at The Independent. That means a sometimes-hectic start to the week as we complete editing, designing, and digitally shipping pages to the printer. When […]
By Cheryl Wormley The past 10 days proved once again the blessings of living in community. The horrific explosion on Lincoln Avenue last Monday destroyed homes and left people and […]
By Cheryl Wormley I had planned to write this Declarations about the trip Jim and I took to Colorado last week, but that can wait. Dick Butkus’ death Oct. 5 […]
By Larry Lough “I want to speak to the person who wrote the editorial in the August 16th newspaper.” That was how a woman opened her recent phone conversation with […]
By Cheryl Wormley This school year, copies of The Independent are being delivered free to 263 students at eight schools every week. The staff and I call the students our […]
By Cheryl Wormley The Woodstock Independent is Woodstock’s No. 1 source of news and information for the second consecutive year – as determined by the city of Woodstock’s 2023 community […]
Heading up to Lake Geneva a couple of weeks ago, my husband, Tom, and I noticed that Five Star Pizzeria on North Seminary Avenue had closed. When we moved to […]
In a previous lifetime, I was editor of a daily newspaper whose telephone records were secretly obtained by police as they tried to find out who talked to a reporter […]
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.
