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For Pete’s sake … a tribute

Peter Anderson would admonish me for writing about him instead of focusing this column on the start of the 2025 –’26 school year. But I will accept Peter’s scolding from […]

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Events bring us together, require work

Late last month, my family and I attended the Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture airshow event in Oshkosh, Wis.  Twenty-three years ago, I never would have dreamed I’d still be going […]

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Thank you, Mailman Jim!

Jim Weith’s first day as a mail carrier for the U.S. Post Office in Woodstock was Jan. 5, 1987. At that time, Denise Graff Ponstein and I had plans to […]

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So long, retirees; thanks for everything

For the past 35 years, The Woodstock Independent has been publishing articles about local educators who are retiring. We ran our first one in 1990, when reporter Lisa Kelly profiled […]

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Modes of transit during transition

Writing this on the train from London to Edinburgh, Scotland, I feel I finally have a moment to catch my breath. During June, I made four work trips – three […]

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On Memorial Day, Woodstock remembers

In my experience, Woodstock is a community that comes together. Our city has been through tragedy, political strife, a pandemic, growing pains, economic crises, and loss. Through it all, when […]

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Of policies, errors, and fear

We at The Independent have a policy on printing corrections when we make mistakes. That policy says simply that we take accuracy seriously, and we ask readers to let us […]

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The season of ambitions

Like most Midwesterners, I enthusiastically welcome spring when the temperatures soar to 60 plus. After initially basking in the sun, indulging in some form of outdoor recreation, my seasonal bliss […]

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Breaking news: Another school shooting

I opened my laptop to write this column and saw the news alerts. And I knew immediately that the topic I had chosen would wait for another time. The news […]

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A worthwhile, yet Trivial Pursuit

“God may not play dice but he enjoys a good round of Trivial Pursuit every now and again.” – film director Federico Fellini One of my favorite games from the […]

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