By Ruth Raubertasnews@thewoodstockindependent.comImagine being in the spotlight, maybe in front of an audience, with hardly any idea of what you are going to say next.That sounds scary to most people, […]
One electronic system will control access to several city government buildings, and an interior surveillance system could be linked to it.The City Council last week approved a contract for about […]
By Eileen Millardnews@thewoodstockindependent.com“I was thinking about doing a book about the fabulous dressmaking during the Gilded Age,” said Alison Hawthorne Deming, award-winning poet, essayist and nonfiction author. “I cared about […]
Television’s latest loving embrace of Woodstock has come in the form of “John McGivern’s Main Streets” exploration of Woodstock.The destination travel show, a feature of PBS Wisconsin, had the “world […]
Creative Living speaker weaves fashionable talePoet and essayist Alison Hawthorne Deming will be the next speaker in the Creative Living series at 10 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at the Opera […]
With no discussion, the City Council last week approved an additional $586,000 to the remodeling project of the Old Courthouse and Sheriff’s House.The 26 change orders the council authorized building […]
By Eileen Millardnews@thewoodstockindependent.comWhether it is screenplays, novels, nonfiction, video game scripts, or even business writing, author Jay Bonansinga says there is one thing that never changes, one constant: the story […]
What does the new year promise for Woodstock?Lots, it seems.Based on what happened – and didn’t happen – in 2022, several things could come our way in 2023.Some projects are […]
What a great time to live in Woodstock.Don’t you agree?We have a positive, progressive, safe community with many creative, imaginative people working to move Woodstock forward.In the final days of […]
Quilts dating from the 1870s to the 1940s will be on display Jan. 5 to 31 in the Community Room of the Woodstock Opera House.The quilts, from the collection of […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
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