Planning a vacation? If so, according to the people behind the TripAdvisor website, 67 percent of you will use the travel research platform to read reviews of hotels, restaurants, and […]
Build it and they will come. Some disembodied voice famously whispered that line in a fantasy movie about an Iowa farmer who, without really knowing why, tears up his corn […]
When the time is right for development of the downtown area, Woodstock will have a big place to develop. The City Council last week approved the purchase of the vacated […]
Plans have changed for that retail/residential building proposed for the northwest corner of Madison and Church streets. In fact, the project evolved into a residential/storage building with no commercial element. […]
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.
