Come next July, we’ll all be rolling our trash to the curb. The current system that allows residents an option to pay as you go, bag by bag, will be a thing of the past. We will become one of the last municipalities in our area to convert to a totes-only program, using a mechanized […]
They want to enforce only those laws they agree with I find it so incredibly humorous when anti-gun liberals write letters to the editor. Are they that clueless and do they lack such self-awareness that they cannot see the hypocrisy in their letters? To have the audacity to say we cannot pick and choose which […]
By Larry Lough When I mowed my lawn for the third time in nine days in mid-August, I knew this was an unusual summer. As the calendar turned to September, the grass was still green. Most summers find me giving the mower a rest in August as large patches of lawn turn a crispy light […]
Grumpy old man ruins couple’s shopping trip If you shop in Woodstock at the big-box stores, you might run into the grumpy old man with the mean, nasty mouth. Let me tell you about a dear friend of mine and what she went through. She and her husband went to a store in Woodstock. She […]
Will we know what “normal” looks like when it returns? Apparently, we’re going to gradually be exposed to whatever “normal” is to avoid any sudden shock to our systems. In fact, we’re now in the “bridge” phase, effective last Friday. Next – if the metrics continue to be favorable – we enter Phase 5 of […]
”A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money.” That D.C. budgetary witticism is frequently attributed to former Illinois U.S. Sen. Everett McKinley Dirksen, a Republican who served eight terms in the House and died at age 73 in the final months of his third term in the Senate. But no […]
Virus hits too close to home That was the headline at the top of the March 11, 2020, edition of The Woodstock Independent. Schools cancel international travel over spring break That was the secondary headline to explain the action by officials of Woodstock School District 200 in halting school-sponsored trips abroad. It was a sign, our […]
Messages of “thank you,” “good job,” and “welcome” are due to some good people (and animals) doing good things to make Woodstock a great community. Here are a few deserved pats on the back from recent pages of The Woodstock Independent. * Our own Woodstock Willie (at right) has no competition among the weather-forecasting rodents of the world! The […]
Did you ever hear anyone say, “What Woodstock really needs is a [name a national brand store].”? Or, “I wish Woodstock had a [name a national brand restaurant].” Maybe you’ve even said things like that yourself. Rather that just mutter to yourself or your companion, why not tell it to people who might actually do […]
As the graph above indicates, things are getting better regarding COVID-19 cases in Illinois. But don’t be fooled. We still have a long, long way to go before anything resembling normal returns. Health officials are still reporting new infections and more deaths from the coronavirus every week. We are still living with a pandemic, and […]
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.
