Untitled Document Tucked away in her farmhouse on Old Rochester Road in the 1940s, using plaster of Paris, brushes, photos, and beeswax, Hettie Bunker Smith shaped medical history. Although Smith had wanted to be a doctor, her father discouraged it, instead encouraging her to pursue the work she did best — art. Smith heeded his […]
Tara McClellan McAndrew
Tara McClellan McAndrew is a freelance writer in Springfield.
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Beyond the grave
Untitled Document As you walk through Oak Ridge Cemetery’s beautiful 365 acres, it’s easy to forget that each tombstone represents a life — a person with friends, enemies, heartbreaks, and dreams. The recently published local book In Lincoln’s Shadow: Oak Ridge Cemetery Chronicles helps us remember. In Lincoln’s Shadow tells the stories of more than four dozen […]
