By Cheryl Wormley Sometimes I think of Declarations as my weekly letter to you, our readers. This week, it’s more like the stories I tell our grandchildren when they come for a sleepover or for Grandpa and Grandma camp. Teddy, 11, and Mary Elizabeth, 8, our two youngest grandchildren, were the latest campers. Every night […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com Judges from the Alabama Press Association liked what they saw from The Woodstock Independent in the annual newspaper contest sponsored by the Illinois Press Association. The Independent staff won 12 first-place awards – including the top prize for General Excellence – in competition with about 20 Illinois newspapers in the midsize non-daily […]
By Cheryl Wormley For many who live in Woodstock, summer starts with the first city band concert. Last Wednesday, concertgoers wrapped up in blankets and wore hooded rain gear, because it had rained most of the afternoon and the temperature didn’t rise above the low 50s. When the band struck its first chord of the […]
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.
