The recipient of the 2022 Rotary Club Adult Vocational Scholarship says she is massaging her desired vocation. “My future plan is to own a small massage business,” Woodstock resident Samantha […]
MCC student wins vocational scholarship from Rotary McHenry County College student Christina Murphy is getting some help from Woodstock Rotary Club for her studies in the school’s occupational therapy assistant […]
A Woodstock North High School class is doing its part to bring some holiday joy to the residents of Sheltered Village by shopping for gifts and wrapping them in cooperation […]
The Rotary Club of Woodstock has again brought Santa to the center of town. People who have secured a coveted time slot at the newly refurbished Santa Hut this year […]
When Santa’s Hut, located in the Park in the Square every Christmas season, was in disrepair, the Rotary Club of Woodstock stepped up to carry out needed renovations. And the […]
By Cheryl Wormley I’m pumped. I found out about Christmas Clearing House’s product partners last week. For those of you who knew all about the effort, you are probably wondering […]
One local man celebrates 40 years of volunteering as Santa’s helper on the Woodstock Square. “Well, it’s actually 41 since I started in 1980,” John Cole said, “but I don’t […]
‘Being able to be there for people is a gift,’ Red Cross volunteer says
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.
