Woodstock is a cultural hub – home to a plethora of festivals, fairs and art tours, an award-winning farmers market, venues, locally owned businesses, filming sites, family farms, and so […]
You read our community’s weekly newspaper last week, and here you are reading it again this week. Welcome! So far this year, the teachers of 241 students – fifth-graders to […]
Imagine the loneliness of a 9-year-old girl whose mother is wrongfully incarcerated. That was Dr. Amanda Allard. She faced the depths of loneliness and found a way through it. Now, […]
It’s August, which in Edinburgh means that the city’s population doubles. The streets overflow with locals and tourists from all over the world. The racket of loud crowds, bagpipes, and […]
“Starting this fall, we have 100 students.” Those were Clint Gabbard’s first words when we greeted each other at the University Center ribbon cutting Aug. 1. Clint Gabbard is Dr. […]
I haven’t experienced a first day of school since I retired 23 years ago. A lot has changed since then—a different calendar, new teaching methods, the integration of technology into […]
It’s always fun to add someone new to The Woodstock Independent team. New faces come with new ideas, new perspectives, and new enthusiasm and this helps keep us current and […]
Let me tell you something that is 100 percent accurate: The Woodstock Independent makes mistakes. Each Tuesday morning when the printer delivers the papers to our office, the editor knows […]
By Brigid McCormack I arrived in Edinburgh, Scotland, on Sept. 14, 2022, exactly a week after Queen Elizabeth died. The previous year, I had moved away from Woodstock, my home […]
By Cheryl Wormley As I write, it’s March 8 – day 7 of a 12-day trip to Brazil. My traveling companions are my husband, Jim; my sister Nann; and 23 […]
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.
