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Woodbury Chamber’s Scholarship Golf Tournament

Education, Giving Back, Outdoors, Sports

The Woodbury Area Chamber of Commerce held its 38th annual Scholarship Golf Tournament on June 2. Golfers enjoyed 18 holes at Prestwick Golf...

Memory Cafe Offers Support to Caregivers

Giving Back, Wellness

For family and friend caregivers, community support is essential. Betsy and Dick Ellis have lived in a quaint, two-story home on a cul-de-sac in...

Woodbury High School Marks Its Golden Anniversary

Education, Featured, History

Year-long celebrations at Woodbury High School will conclude during homecoming this fall. In 1975, 94 students became the first class to graduate...

Meet a Passionate Volunteer

Giving Back, Noteworthy, People

“I have a passion for volunteering, largely instilled by my mother and grandmothers,” says Kathy Schakel-Carlson, a manufacturing engineer at 3M....

“The Day You Begin”

Book Club, Education, Noteworthy

“There will be times when you walk into a room and no one there is quite like you.” Walking into a new place where you don’t know anyone, and no one...

Woodbury Days Celebration

Photo Contest

The annual Woodbury Days festival is a playground for photographers like Kent Nye, who enjoys taking photos with challenging lighting. “My goal was...

Keep It Digitally Safe Campaign Encourages Social Media Safety

Education, Giving Back, Wellness

A global initiative stresses compassion over comparison. “More than anything else, what we want to have happen here is we want parents to have...

Hanging Out

Noteworthy, Pets, Photo Contest

“My dog, Wrigley, looked so cute [lying] in the grass, so I grabbed my camera to take some photos of her,” says hobbyist photographer Julie Joyce....

Aquatennial Ambassador Program Features a Woodbury Candidate

People

Woodbury High School alumna Audrey Amoah is set to represent her community. The Aquatennial Ambassador Organization (AAO) announced this year’s...

Woodbury’s Casa de Corazón Opens its Doors

Education

New Spanish and cultural experiences are available for early learning. Casa de Corazón is the newest addition to early learning opportunities with...

Woodbury’s Cathy Stevenson Is a Trailblazer

Outdoors, People, Pets

Cathy Stevenson discovers new places and faces as she traverses the city’s parks. What can a person accomplish in just seven weeks? Between...

Bathing in the Farmhouse

History, Noteworthy

How does one take a bath in a farmhouse that has no running water? It is hard to imagine that now, but as a young girl in the early 1950s visiting...

Explore Your Best of Woodbury 2025 Winners

Best of Woodbury, Featured

Meet the winners of our annual Readers’ Choice Poll. There’s something about summer that brings out the best in all of us. As the days grow warmer...

Enjoy an Evening at Woodbury’s Hometown Celebration

Community, Entertain, Outdoors

It’s that time of the year to break out your sparklers, put on your red, white and blue, and watch some fireworks! Woodbury’s annual Fourth of July...