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‘Thank you for the magic of movies’

By Cheryl Wormley Imagine, or for some of us remember, Main Street with a theater with just two screens instead of eight and a parking lot instead of the pedway […]

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The water is heating up

By Cheryl Wormley Like a frog in a kettle of water is what best describes how I am feeling. I didn’t notice the fire under the kettle, and now the […]

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‘I don’t know whether you heard …’

By Cheryl Wormley Start with the headline and add “but today is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day.” Those were the first words of the text Denise Graff Ponstein, my friend […]

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If we confuse or confound you, please ask

Newspapers are not always good at explaining why they do what they do. Because a newspaper is unlike any other business in the community, people sometimes don’t understand the decisions […]

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‘‘Tis the gift to be simple’

’Tis the gift to be simple, ’tis the gift to be free ’tis the gift to come down where you ought to be And when we find ourselves in the […]

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Lessons from summer in Woodstock

By Morgen Neuhauser Working at The Woodstock Independent is a bit like jumping into the deep end of a pool: you better know how to swim. My first day here […]

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Your chance to have the last say

By Cheryl Wormley Paul Lockwood’s column in the June 28-July 4 edition of The Woodstock Independent tickled my funny bone and was music to my ears. If you missed “The […]

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Readers love us! (Most of the time)

We at The Independent love that readers love their newspaper. Nearly all of them, anyway. Nearly all of the time. That’s pretty clear when the postal service fails to get […]

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Dazzling, booming ‘illuminations’ – July 4

By Cheryl Wormley What John Adams called illuminations, we call fireworks. The day after the members of the Second Continental Congress declared American independence, John Adams wrote to his wife, […]

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Larry Lough

Larry Lough

Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.

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