Sitting in her apartment at Hearthstone Communities in Woodstock, 96-year-old Maria Bellairs recently reminisced about the good, as well as the heartbreaking, moments of her life. An active volunteer in […]
When it comes to residents of Woodstock, Don Perkins is a self-proclaimed old-timer. He’s lived in Woodstock all his life, in the same farmhouse he was born in almost 90 […]
Perhaps no one was a more familiar presence in this city than Don Peasley, a writer and photographer whose work documenting events in Woodstock and McHenry County in eight separate […]
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.
