The Springfield Symphony Orchestra (SSO) will present its fourth annual Juneteenth Freedom Concert, free for the community, on Friday, June 19, 2026, this year in a new format and location at Tower Square in Downtown Springfield, with events taking place from 12-6pm. The concert at 3pm will be conducted by Kevin Sharpe and will feature…

Rosemary (Rosemarie) Tracy Woods, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, friend, visionary art curator and cherished member of our community, entered eternal rest on April 8, 2026, at the age of 83. She was born on July 17, 1942 in Wilmington, North Carolina to Albert Woods and Cleo Lundy.

Welcome back to Can You Dig It?, your monthly roadmap for growing food in Western New England. June is a momentous month for food growers in our area, with this month’s yield from all that spring planting just beginning to show what harvest can be like in our zone 6 temperature region. But let’s not…

My daughter recently introduced me to a song entitled “Love Me When It’s Hard”, and I have been listening to it, quite often. It inspired me to write this month’s article, and to dedicate it to my husband. In any relationship there are good times and hard times. And if truth be told, the proof…