Taking a “pause” is how city officials have described the interruption in their ambitious plan to upgrade the condition of virtually every street in Woodstock over the next few years.Before […]
As of last Friday, the Illinois Department of Public Health had recorded more than half a million cases of COVID-19 since spring, including more than 10,500 deaths statewide.Of more than […]
McHenry County, being a reliably Republican suburb in a decidedly Democratic state, exposed its red roots last week when Democrats had little success locally in the Nov. 3 election – […]
Taxpayers must have been encouraged by recent discussions that did not include a property tax increase as part of a plan to address the $160 million bond debt of Woodstock […]
If have not yet been motivated to vote in next week’s election, you might not be able to be persuaded.Of course, thousands of you already have voted. More of you […]
That second shoe has dropped.The postman always rings twice, you know.And now we have the second wave of COVID-19.It came crashing down last week, and it might just be getting […]
Last week The Independentpublished its Voters Guide, which contains information we hope will help people to make decisions about which candidates to vote for in the Nov. 3 election.That wasn’t unusual. […]
Because this is 2020, and next to nothing has been normal this year, it makes perfect sense that Woodstock School District 200 has adopted a plan that will finally return […]
Woodstock’s Plan Commission never did like Founder’s Crossing.From the first presentation in February 2019, commissioners picked apart the single-family housing proposal – less for what it was than for what […]
How do you feel about the Fair Tax Amendment to the Illinois Constitution that will be on your ballot Nov. 3.And what about the Tax Increase Amendment that, not coincidentally, […]
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.
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