LIFE

Eighty years. With the exception of one year (i.e., Covid) the Simsbury Light Opera Company (SLOCO) has put on a production every year for 80 years with Gilbert & Sullivan operettas as its primary choice of shows.

When you spot the red Jeep at the intersection of Powder Horn Dr. and Squadron Line Rd. in Simsbury at either 8:30 a.m. or 3:30 p.m., you’ll know Miss Michele is here – Michele Abbott, that is. Her post is just up the hill from Squadron Line Elementary School, where she’s been a crossing guard since 2014.

The annual Community Celebration, held at First Church of Christ, Simsbury for many years, is particularly poignant for local residents as King came to the town is the summers of 1944 and 1947 with his fellow Morehouse College students to work in tobacco fields.

In early October, “Ms. Pam,” officially left her post as library services assistant in the children’s department at Simsbury Public Library. It was 1985 during a visit to library in Simsbury with her infant son Michael, to whom she had been reading since he was in the womb, that Pam started on a new journey. At the time, the facility still operated at what is now the Simsbury Free Library.

This story was originally published on July 30, 2025 Written and Photographed by Maria G. O’Donnell Staff Writer It never rains for Salmon Release. That was the consensus of those who have been bringing the program to Ski Sundown in New Hartford for over 10 years. After a foggy, soggy start, the sun broke through on May 2, setting the stage for Simsbury’s Squadron Line School sixth graders’ annual Salmon Release Program. Four classes spent the day rotating between five activ

Simsbury resident shares10 years’ worth of cross country experiences in newly released book Linda Schofield with her book, Discovering America by RV, in her front yard, on a sunny spring day, only weeks away from her next RV trip to Colorado, Nebraska, and Iowa. O’Donnell photo This story was originally published May 23, 2025 By Maria O'Donnell Staff Writer With warm weather underway and summer fast approaching, ‘tis the season for road trips. And nobody knows it better than

Pete and Chadam Christensen take the reins at Flamig Farm Chadam (left) and Pete Christensen are now running Flamig Farm in Simsbury. Photos by Carl Wiser Originally posted on May 23, 2025 Written by Carl Wiser Staff Writer Flamig Farm in Simsbury - the one with the backward “EGGS” painted on the big red barn - has passed to the fifth generation: Pete and Chadam Christensen, who take over from their parents, Nevin and Julie. Pete, who turns 26 in May, had other plans when he