Last year I retired from being Santa Claus on the Square after 40 years in the Santa Hut. But I didn’t get the chance to say goodbye and thank you […]
By Cheryl Wormley I know it isn’t even Halloween. But since this issue of The Independent is being delivered to every mailbox in ZIP code 60098, I want to tell […]
I moved to Woodstock in 1984 after stumbling across a real estate ad in a national magazine for an original log cabin built in 1838. I met with the owners […]
An hour was barely enough time for Woodstock Mayor Mike Turner to cover all of the topics he wanted to discuss in his recent State of the City speech at […]
By Larry Phillips Angelo’s for lunch on the Square, Blue Streak football on Friday nights; Chicago Dogs at Tommy’s Red Hots, the $3 special, Dairy Queen for summer ice cream […]
That special something that makes Woodstock something special was on display for much of 2021. Amazon Prime had a film crew in town for much of the summer to transform […]
Back in September when I photographed the filming of Toyota’s holiday TV commercial in Woodstock, I was wearing a T-shirt and jeans, but a tiny portion of the Square was […]
Woodstock shoppers will be able to “Shop, Save, and Win” again this year at locally owned independent retailers while the city tries to figure out the impact the program has […]
How should Woodstock spend the $3.4 million it is getting through the pandemic-inspired American Rescue Plan from the federal government? How about something immediately visible, like a splash pad at […]
All that flattery Woodstock is hearing from T-Mobile could go to a small town’s head. In announcing our city as the winner of the wireless company’s first nationwide “Hometown Techover” […]
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.
