What have you been thinking about these days? What do you discuss with friends in casual conversations?For many people, those subjects have changed in recent weeks.That change has been reflected […]
When voters in heavily Republican McHenry County helped Democrat Lauren Underwood win a seat in Congress in 2018, many of her party members were hopeful it signaled a shift in […]
There’s an expression, long attributed to the late Everett Dirksen, a former United States senator from Illinois: “A million here, a million there, pretty soon, you’re talking real money.” Woodstock is […]
Good news recently about downtown Woodstock developments has lifted the spirits of those of us who were bummed out by the announcements this past spring that the Public House restaurant […]
Woodstock’s Annual Resident Survey is here, for a limited time only, as the saying goes. It’s a painless way to weigh in on your priorities for the next year and […]
Maybe you avoided all of the state and national political drama that finally ended barely a week ago with no real damage from the harmless blows of typical partisan potshots.The […]
What a great time to live in Woodstock.Don’t you agree?We have a positive, progressive, safe community with many creative, imaginative people working to move Woodstock forward.In the final days of […]
Next week’s primary election ballot does not include anyone seeking the Democratic nomination for McHenry County sheriff.Democrats also failed to field a candidate for sheriff in 2018. And 2014. (An […]
As Ann Marie Lipinski, former editor of the Chicago Tribune, watched the exodus of experienced journalists when a hedge fund bought the newspaper last year, she mourned.“The scale of talent […]
Imagine the possibilities.That thought must have driven the vision for what the project underway at the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House promises for Woodstock.And as the total expense of restoration […]
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.
