You have only a couple of more days to respond to the survey about whether athletic programs of Woodstock and Woodstock North high schools should be combined. Need more information […]
For “The Sound of Music” director Aaron Gomez, tradition runs deep. “I think this is such a classic,” said Gomez, secretary of Theatre 121. “I think audiences tend to be […]
A polygamist, a thief, and a cheat, James Strang proclaimed himself divine king of earth, heaven, and the 78-square-mile Beaver Island, Mich., before he was assassinated in 1856. “The most […]
Magic, music acts March 27 to benefit families in need An afternoon of magic and music at the Woodstock Opera House will benefit programs of the Woodstock Area Community Ministries […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com More than 130 nominations have been made in in nine award categories for which winners will be announced this month during the 77th annal awards gala of […]
Author Stephen Coss calls the 2020 cancellation of the NCAA March Madness tournament his “Harvard commencement moment.” “Come again?” you say. Several months after it began its deadly course through […]
Staff Report news@thewoodstockindependent.com “The Creation of The Music Man,” Charles Troy’s 90-minute multimedia presentation on the making of the classic musical, will be shown at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 12, […]
When Liesl Olson delivers her presentation on the Chicago Avant-Garde at the Jan. 20 installment of the Creative Living Series, she will tell the stories of five women from the […]
The Toyota Christmas commercial filmed on the Square – featuring the Woodstock Opera House, the Thoughtfulness Shop, and My Little Bo Peeps Shop, renamed Sam’s Books for the shoot – […]
Opera House window repairs involve asbestos Emergency repairs to six windows in the Opera House will cost nearly $70,000. The City Council last week approved the expense, which is high, […]
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.
