Businesses along Route 47 in Woodstock will be encouraged see the pending rebuilding of the state highway “as an opportunity to grow and reinvest in façades, signage, parking areas, sidewalk […]
We expect 2024 to be an important year in giving Woodstock definition, direction, and momentum. But it won’t be without some pain. We refer particularly to the state’s extensive work […]
By Clement Clarke Moore ’Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney […]
As a family-friendly community, we wouldn’t want a visitor to be ticketed for asking someone on the street for the time if standing within three feet of the Woodstock resident. […]
City Council members recently suffered a relapse of an ailment that has plagued them for a year or more. The disorder, if that’s what it is, was given a name […]
In some ways, the COVID-19 pandemic is still with us. It’s reflected in the reading and math scores of students in the annual statewide school report card, which was released […]
In the fall of 2018, Sol America was trying to convince a skeptical Bull Village Board to approve a solar farm in a corn field across from a housing addition […]
If you were to calculate the number of volunteer hours that Woodstock residents contribute in a year, the number would be staggering. Part of that is a result of the […]
Accessibility. Newspaper writers who work in a world of one- and two-syllable words try to avoid those with six syllables. But “accessibility” seems just right to explain what McHenry County […]
Any day now, The Independent expects the latest notification from the McHenry County Substance Abuse Coalition that warns about multiple overdose deaths that have occurred recently. Those are in addition […]
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.
