LONGMEADOW — This May, two of the 16 people who were known to be enslaved in Longmeadow will have their lives and stories memorialized in stone.

First Church of Christ of Longmeadow ho...
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LONGMEADOW — After previously delaying the vote, the Longmeadow School Committee approved the modified fiscal year 2025 budget presented by Superintendent M. Martin O’Shea during its Fe...
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LONGMEADOW — The statement of interest for a roof replacement project at Center Elementary School was approved by the Longmeadow Select Board during its Feb. 20 meeting.

With the stat...
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LONGMEADOW — Bay Path University will host its fifth President’s Gala on Saturday, March 23 in Springfield at the MassMutual Center, the university recently announced.

The event ...
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LONGMEADOW — During the Feb. 13 School Committee meeting, Longmeadow Public School Committee Chair Nicole Choiniere announced that the committee’s vote on the fiscal year 2025 budget wo...
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Among the deeply personal topic of illnesses and medical conditions, autoimmune disorders are often invisible and misunderstood by the public. However, when Springfield area resident Nancy Fagan, a...
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LONGMEADOW — During the Feb. 7 Planning Board meeting, Town Counsel Attorney Jason Talerman advised board members on how to follow Open Meeting Law when using social media and other online pu...
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LONGMEADOW — Online financial transactions have been a major path for theft and identity fraud for years. As more safeguards have been put in place to protect against those crimes, thieves ha...
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LONGMEADOW — At the School Committee’s Jan. 30 meeting, Longmeadow Public Schools Superintendent M. Martin O’Shea announced that the district would receive a grant for “stud...
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LONGMEADOW — Amid billowing smoke and flames reaching out from a side door to lick at the roof of 1446 Longmeadow St., Longmeadow Firefighters trained their hoses on the Jan. 20 nighttime bla...
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LONGMEADOW — Artwork from students at Longmeadow High School was on display in the Richard Salter Storrs Library during a reception for the exhibit Jan. 25. The work as created by two of art ...
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LONGMEADOW — Town-owned electric vehicle chargers have been available to the public in Longmeadow for about a month. While Town Manager Lyn Simmons said the chargers were “seeing some g...
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LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow High School’s Key Club will host its inaugural Winter Festival on Sunday, Jan. 28. The event is a fundraiser for Lydia’s Closet, an organization run by Sai...
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LONGMEADOW — Members of the Longmeadow Select Board rejected the recommendation of the Finance Committee that the town hold off on funding the $1.17 million to make Reynolds Pool at Bliss Par...
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LONGMEADOW — Electric vehicles owners can now top up on the go in Longmeadow. Electric vehicle charging stations are now open to the public in four locations around town — the DPW, Long...
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LONGMEADOW — In the wake of a swastika found scrawled on a whiteboard at Longmeadow High School, students, parents and the community have been wanting to know what happens next.

In res...
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LONGMEADOW — Ruth’s House, an assisted living facility for older people and those living with dementia, has begun expanding the activities and programs it offers residents to build enri...
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LONGMEADOW — The Select Board voted to approve the use of $1.4 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds. The vote came after the Permanent Building Committee reviewed the feasibility study o...
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LONGMEADOW — The Longmeadow Select Board and School Committee recently received a report on the information technology study performed by the Collins Center for Public Management at the Unive...
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LONGMEADOW — The Longmeadow Shops, a retail plaza at 690 Bliss Rd., was sold by Grove Real Estate in early December to out-of-state realty management company Regency Centers for $30.4 million...
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LONGMEADOW — The Longmeadow Fire Department will host its annual Santa Run event this year on Dec. 17.

The event, which will last about two hours, will began at 3 p.m. at the Fire Depa...
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LONGMEADOW — At a joint meeting of the Longmeadow Select Board, School Committee and Finance Committee on Dec. 4, Finance Director Ian Coddington laid out the revenue and expenses of the town...
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LONGMEADOW — Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy hosted a celebration of Hanukkah on Dec. 11, with the lighting of a menorah on the Town Green. A member of the community read the names of some of the...
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LONGMEADOW — Rivan Seth Roychowdhury is a fairly typical 10-year-old. He is full of energy and likes to draw and play games. However, he is also a burgeoning writer, who has published his fir...
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LONGMEADOW — The leadership from all six Longmeadow Schools presented their state-required school improvement plans to the School Committee on Nov. 28. The plans were designed to reinforce th...
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LONGMEADOW — Twelve students from Springfield International Charter School completed a five week College Readiness Bootcamp at Bay Path University. Gianna Blasé, Alina Cantella, Matthe...
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LONGMEADOW — The possibility of moving the town offices to the Greenwood Center is a step closer to a reality. Town Manager Lyn Simmons shared the results of a feasibility study on the buildi...
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LONGMEADOW — Dozens of Longmeadow families gathered on the Town Green Nov. 26 for the annual Christmas tree lighting, organized by the First Church of Christ. The tree was decorated with thou...
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LONGMEADOW — About 75 people grabbed signs, banners and Israeli flags and took to the intersection of Longmeadow Street and Forest Glen Road, where Longmeadow meets Springfield, to suppo...
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LONGMEADOW — The Longmeadow School Committee approved the request for capital project funding to be sent to Town Manager Lynn Simmons for consideration in the fiscal year 2025 budget. The pro...
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LONGMEADOW — There are two conservation projects in the early stages in Longmeadow. Both projects were approved by the Conservation Commission on Nov. 8, said Longmeadow Tree Warden and Conse...
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LONGMEADOW — Dozens of people came out to celebrate the grand opening of The Latest Kraez, a bakery specializing in cakes and cupcakes, at 469 Longmeadow St., in Longmeadow.

State...
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LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow voters at the Nov. 7 Town Meeting overwhelmingly approved a zone change that fell a handful of votes shy of a two-thirds majority at the 2021 fall Town Meeting. The ch...
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LONGMEADOW — Screens are an ever-present, ubiquitous part of reality. Teens are especially reliant on phones and tablets, through which they connect with friends, watch media and learn about ...
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LONGMEADOW — On Nov. 7, Longmeadow will conduct a Town Meeting in the gymnasium of Longmeadow High School, at 7 p.m. There are 30 articles on the warrant, although five are consent agenda art...
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LONGMEADOW — Dozens of grants from the Longmeadow Educational Excellence Foundation were presented to Longmeadow Public Schools teachers at an award ceremony on Oct. 12. There was $83,101 in ...
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LONGMEADOW — In a conference room at the Longmeadow Public Schools District Office, officials from Longmeadow and Takikawa, a city in northern Japan, took the historic step of becoming sister...
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LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow Public Schools Superintendent M. Martin O’Shea presented the School Committee with an overview of results from the 2023 MCAS tests during the Oct. 11 meeting. O&...
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LONGMEADOW — The Longmeadow Select Board reviewed draft articles for the fall Town Meeting warrant during its Oct. 2 meeting.

The first matter considered was that of where to place cit...
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LONGMEADOW — This October, a new clinical audiologist at the Curtis L. Blake Audiology Center at the Willie Ross School for the Deaf means members of the community with hearing issues will ag...
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LONGMEADOW — Gov. Maura Healey declared a state of emergency on Aug. 8, due to the recent influx of migrants into Massachusetts and “a severe lack of shelter availability in the state.&...
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LONGMEADOW — Mike Nelson of Fuss & O’Neill, an engineering firm, presented a water and sewer upgrade project to the Longmeadow Select Board at its Sept. 18 meeting. Nelson has worke...
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LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow Public Schools Director of Student and Family Support Nilda Irizarry gave a presentation on the “RULER approach” to social-emotional learning at the School...
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LONGMEADOW — Delaney’s Market at the Longmeadow Shops has partnered with Chicopee-based Leadfoot Brewing to sell customizable hard seltzers. Delaney’s Market is selling gift sets ...
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LONGMEADOW — The third annual Longmeadow Pride Festival will take place on Sunday, Sept. 17, and Longmeadow Pride Alliance Vice President Elizabeth Morgan said the event is hitting its stride...
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LONGMEADOW — A public hearing was conducted by the Longmeadow Planning Board on a zone change request for 916 Williams St., the former First Church of Christ, Scientist.

At the Sept. 6...
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LONGMEADOW — Peter Dadarria, senior project manager for BETA Group, reported to the Select Board on Sept. 5 regarding the condition of the town’s roads.

BETA Group assessed the ...
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LONGMEADOW — The Long Meddowe Fall Festival was hosted by the Longmeadow American Legion Post 175 at the Longmeadow Town Green.

LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow Conservation Commission member Kimberly Barton brought Russell Rooney Brooke to the commission’s attention and requested the body do more to monitor and protect ...
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LONGMEADOW — The 2023 Long Meddowe Fall Festival is taking place at the Longmeadow Town Green on Saturday, Sept. 9 through Sunday, Sept. 10 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Hosted by the Longme...
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LONGMEADOW — An all-scratch bakery will be the latest craze in Longmeadow when The Latest Kraez opens at 469 Longmeadow St. in November.

“I was always baking for fun,” said...
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LONGMEADOW — Nearly two years after a fire gutted the Maple Center Shopping Plaza at 901 Shaker Rd., the anchor store, Armata’s Market has announced it will not be reopening in the same...
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LONGMEADOW — For 30 years, pastor Doug Bixby ministered to members of the Evangelical Covenant denomination. Earlier this year, he became the pastor at the First Church of Christ after being ...
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LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow residents celebrated First Responder Night at Williams Middle School on Aug. 16. People visited booths staffed by members of the Longmeadow Police and Fire departments...
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LONGMEADOW — There is a new tool to help in Longmeadow’s efforts to maintain transparency with residents. The town has launched the LongmeadowMA mobile app to give residents more option...
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LONGMEADOW — The Friends of the Storrs Library will be hosting its 15th annual book sale on Sept. 8-10 at the Community House at 735 Longmeadow St.

Board member and Co-Chair for the b...
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LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow has received a public safety grant for $192,400 to fund traffic cameras for Converse Street and radar message signs. The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is funding the...
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LONGMEADOW — Where can residents go to see a bicycle rodeo and a helicopter land? The 2023 First Responders Night at Williams Middle School, of course.

Similar to National Night Out, F...
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LONGMEADOW — The Longmeadow Select Board took the next steps regarding the implementation of a municipal broadband network at its meeting on Aug. 7.

Town Manager Lyn Simmons presented ...
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LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow resident Victoria Zingarelli, a musician who performs under the mononym “Toria,” has taken another step in her budding musical career with the release of h...
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LONGMEADOW — It was a momentous occasion for Longmeadow’s 2023 10U All-Star team, who won a historic state championship, marking the first for the town. The victory was bittersweet, as ...
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LONGMEADOW — For most people in the field of higher education, becoming the head of a college might seem like the pinnacle of their professional journey. For Longmeadow resident Nicole Esposi...
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LONGMEADOW — A handful of significant changes were made to the student handbooks during the July 20 School Committee meeting. The changes adopted language addressing AI usage and the movement...
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LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow High School was recently reaccredited by the New England Association of School and Colleges’ Commission on Public Schools, a private, nonprofit organization appr...
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LONGMEADOW — The Longmeadow Planning Board approved changes during the July 12 meeting for the site plan of the as-yet-to-be rebuilt Maple Center shopping plaza, 899-925 Maple Rd.

Davi...
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LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow resident Ciro “Gerry” Camerota “learned early on to make lemonade out of the lemons life deals you.” The retired real estate agent spent about ...
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LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow Select Board reorganized at its June 26 meeting.

Josh Levine nominated Mark Gold for chair, however, the other three members, Thomas Lachiusa, Vineeth Hemavathi...
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EAST LONGMEADOW — There are fewer recognitions in East Longmeadow more prestigious than being named grand marshal of the Fourth of July parade. This year, that recognition was given to Richar...
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EAST LONGMEADOW — On June 16, Polish National Credit Union hosted a grand reopening in the lower level of its East Longmeadow office, previously Premier Source Credit Union, located on 232 No...
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EAST LONGMEADOW — State Sen. Jake Oliveira (D-Ludlow) visited the East Longmeadow Town Council on June 13 to share his legislative priorities for his first term in office and hear about the n...
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EAST LONGMEADOW — For the 37th year, the public will gather at East Longmeadow High School, 180 Maple St. to hear local musicians from around the region. The weekly concerts are free and host...
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LONGMEADOW — The Longmeadow Police Department is seeking help to find the person or persons who broke into a storage building at Bliss Park and poured what was later determined to be muriatic...
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LONGMEADOW — The Longmeadow Select Board approved increases in the water, sewer and stormwater rates for fiscal year 2024.

Select Board member Mark Gold explained that the water rate ...
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LONGMEADOW — The Longmeadow School Committee approved the increase in athletic user fees proposed by Assistant Superintendent for Finance Thomas Mazza.

Several factors led Mazza to rec...
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LONGMEADOW — A controversial School Committee election ended with the re-election of incumbent Nicole Choiniere and the election of Michaela Fitzgerald and write-in candidate Adam Rosenblum.<...
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LONGMEADOW — Five Longmeadow police officers were recognized by the Hampden County Emergency Medical Services Council for saving the lives of residents in medical distress.

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LONGMEADOW — The Longmeadow Pride Alliance is gearing up for the third annual Longmeadow Pride festival on Sept. 17, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Longmeadow Town Green. The organization need...
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Editor's Note: The initial version of this story printed in the June 8 issue of The Reminder erroneously omitted Adam Rosenblum, a write-in candidate for Longmeadow School Committee. This updat...
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LONGMEADOW — Deputy Fire Chief Gerald “Jay” Mascata celebrated the last shift of his 33-year career with the Longmeadow Fire Department with family, members of the fire department...
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LONGMEADOW — The Longmeadow School Committee voted to increase busing fees by $25 per rider.

Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations Thomas Mazza said 260 students use the ...
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LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow resident John Sjoberg recently penned his second novel, a murder mystery set on the Gulf Coast. In “A Killer Weekend on the Beach,” Sjoberg explores the id...
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NEW YORK — Singer, songwriter and Longmeadow native Mariel Darling is making waves in New York City after coining a new trend in dating called getting “zombied.”

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LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow wants your opinion.

On May 24, the town will be hosting a Long-Range Plan Community Visioning Workshop. Assistant Town Manager Corrin Meise-Munns said, “I...
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LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow resident Frances Kelly-Cohen knows firsthand that it can be lonely living without vision. Now, she has spearheaded a support group to help others in her position find ...
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LONGMEADOW — It is a little upscale steakhouse, a little barbecue joint. According to owner and pit master Bill Fletcher, a review said Fletcher’s BBQ Shop & Steakhouse had an ident...
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LONGMEADOW — Traffic calming techniques were the main topic of discussion at the May 1 Longmeadow Select Board meeting. More than a dozen residents of Ellington Street and Farmington Avenue s...
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LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow residents came out to the spring Town Meeting to support recreation facilities for children.

Several residents took to the microphone to put their voices behind...
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LONGMEADOW — On May 9, Longmeadow will conduct its spring Town Meeting. At the meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Longmeadow High School gymnasium, voters will weigh in on 34 articles.

LONGMEADOW — Families welcoming a foster child into their homes may find that the child arrives with few belongings of their own. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Longmeadow began Lydia...
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LONGMEADOW — Once again, the Longmeadow Environmental Transition Group has partnered with Family Bike of East Longmeadow to host the Longmeadow Bike Sale on Saturday, May 6.

The bike ...
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LONGMEADOW — The Longmeadow Select Board voted on April 18 to draft letters of support for two grants focused on improving Cooley Brook.

The first grant is a $300,000 Municipal Vulnera...
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LONGMEADOW — The Longmeadow School Committee had the opportunity to witness — and participate in — some hands-on math with a group of second grade Blueberry Hill School students a...
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SPRINGFIELD — The Longmeadow chapter of UNICO, an Italian American service organization, will host its 21st Wine, Beer and Food Tasting on Saturday, April 29, from 7 to 9 p.m. As always, the ...
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LONGMEADOW — Alexis Conway, 14, of Longmeadow, recently received an award for best overall performance with her dance team at the Youth America Grand Prix in Boston last month.

Youth A...
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LONGMEADOW — State Sen. Jacob Oliveira (D-Ludlow) met with the Longmeadow Select Board at its meeting on April 3 to formally introduce himself, ask for earmark requests and offer to “be...
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LONGMEADOW — On April 18, retina surgeon/author Andrew Lam will release his latest book, “The Masters of Medicine: Our Greatest Triumphs in the Race to Cure Humanity’s Deadliest D...
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NEW YORK — Longmeadow native Gabby Madden opened her new restaurant, Gab’s, in the West Village of New York.

Gab’s is described as funky, colorful and full of energy, a sp...
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LONGMEADOW — The price of preschool in Longmeadow Public Schools is rising to keep pace with costs.

Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations Thomas Mazza explained that the...
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LONGMEADOW — The most controversial issue at the March 20 Longmeadow School Committee meeting was the ongoing negotiation between the district and Unit F of the Longmeadow Education Associati...
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LONGMEADOW — Before a March 20 vote on the $80.82 million budget for fiscal year 2024, interim Finance Director Paul Pasterczyk reviewed with the Longmeadow Select Board the changes since the...
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LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow Williams Middle School eighth grader and pianist Brianna Li won Music-Fest’s International Rising Talents Festival Grand Prix. On March 18, she performed at Carn...
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LONGMEADOW — Home gardeners Jeff and Nancy Hayes are hosting their third annual Pick Your Own Daffodil fundraiser at their garden Jardin de Julemilaire, named after their three granddaughters...
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LONGMEADOW — A barren refrigerator, a plate and cutlery made of fast-food wrappers, a hungry teenage girl surrounded by a landfill of food – these images, depicted by the ArtsFest exhib...
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LONGMEADOW — When people unexpectedly become ill or injured on weekends or after their doctor’s office is closed, they often rely on urgent care facilities. Recently, Baystate Health an...
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LONGMEADOW — Steve Walker of Grove Real Estate, which owns The Longmeadow Shops, appeared before the Longmeadow Planning Board on March 1 to discuss a restaurant coming to the plaza. The new ...
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LONGMEADOW — At a joint meeting between the Longmeadow Select Board and the Finance Committee on March 6, Town Administrator Lyn Simmons presented a draft of the fiscal year 2024 (FY24) town ...
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LONGMEADOW — Congressman Richard Neal visited Bay Path University’s Longmeadow campus to announce a $1 million grant to create a Student Success Center.

“The history of th...
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LONGMEADOW — Vineeth Hemavathi received 782 votes in the March 7 Special Town Election, besting his opponent Walter Gunn, who had the support of 354 voters. A total of 1,139 voters went to th...
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LONGMEADOW – On March 7, Longmeadow voters will decide who will fill a vacant position on the Select Board.

A preliminary special town election was conducted on Feb. 7 to narrow the f...
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LONGMEADOW — A program exploring women and women of color who fought for equality will be conducted at the Longmeadow Adult Community Center and will highlight both the themes of February&rsq...
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LONGMEADOW — Capital Planning Committee Chair Stephen Metz presented his capital expense recommended for the fiscal year 2024 (FY24) budget at the Longmeadow Select Board meeting on Feb. 21. ...
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LONGMEADOW — When the Rev. Charlotte LaForest joined St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Longmeadow in early 2020, she saw the needs of the people who come to the Church Without Walls outdoor ser...
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LONGMEADOW — During a brief meeting on Feb. 14, the Longmeadow School Committee approved the proposed fiscal year 2024 (FY24) budget for Longmeadow Public Schools to be sent to Town Manager L...
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LONGMEADOW — The Longmeadow High School (LHS) Parent Advisory Council (PAC) is raising money for student and basketball star Alyssa Gladden-Weldon. On Jan. 24, a fire broke out in the kitchen...
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LONGMEADOW – In October 2022, two years after the Historical Society ended the traditional Long Meddowe Days festival, local organizers brought festivities back to the Town Green with the fir...
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LONGMEADOW – Students at Center School in Longmeadow have collected over 3,800 pounds of plastic as part of the nationwide Trex Plastic Film Recycling Challenge. However, the real challenge t...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow voters cast their ballots on Feb. 7 to narrow the field of Select Board candidates from three to two.

Vineeth Shanker Hemavathi and Walter Gunn garnered enough...
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LONGMEADOW – The proposed Longmeadow Public Schools (LPS) budget for fiscal year 2024 (FY24) is “one of the more complicated budgets that we’ve had in many, many years,” Sup...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow Public Schools (LPS) and the Longmeadow Police Department (LPD) are investigating a “threat of future school violence” that was found written in a restroom...
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LONGMEADOW – A preliminary Special Town Election will be conducted on Feb. 7 to narrow the field of candidates vying to fill an empty seat on the Longmeadow Select Board. Three people –...
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LONGMEADOW – One Way Brewing owners Jason Tsitso and Zach Schwartz hosted a celebration on Jan. 22 commemorating their one year anniversary since opening its taproom at 807 Maple Rd.

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LONGMEADOW – Among alcoholic drinks, wine is a perennial favorite. Whether celebrating an event, attending a party or having dinner at home, many people look for a good bottle of wine. Provis...
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LONGMEADOW – Fire Chief John Dearborn read a statement discussing the availability of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to the Select Board at its meeting Jan. 17. He emphasized t...
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LONGMEADOW – Most people in Longmeadow know Rebecca Townsend as the town moderator, but the communications professor has also been a lifelong advocate of public transportation and rail servic...
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LONGMEADOW – On the one hand, it was quite simple. A class of second graders wanted to play with a classmate who uses a wheelchair for mobility. On the other hand, solving the problem became ...
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LONGMEADOW – Three Longmeadow High School (LHS) seniors addressed the Longmeadow School Committee at its meeting on Jan. 9. Principal Thomas Landers introduced Daniel Shea, Murphy Haber and J...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board formally approved the list of projects that would be funded by the town’s $4.7 million from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

LONGMEADOW – For Frank Ferrentino, food has always been a family affair. It’s a tradition he wants to carry into Frankie’s Pizza.

The Longmeadow native and owner of the new...
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LONGMEADOW – Wilbraham Art League members Kristine Crimmins, Ann Bagge and Glen Rossi have teamed up for an art show. Their paintings will be on exhibit at the Longmeadow Adult Center on 211 ...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow Public Schools (LPS) Superintendent M. Martin O’Shea spoke with Reminder Publishing about the projects and challenges that the district will face in the...
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LONGMEADOW – Looking forward to what 2023 may bring, Longmeadow Town Manager Lyn Simmons told Reminder Publishing, “We’ve got some exciting things” happening.

LONGMEADOW – Jazz singer and Longmeadow native Hailey Brinnel has finished 2022 with recognition of her music on two prestigious lists: Temple University’s 30 Under 30 to Watch and Spot...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow Town Manager Lyn Simmons presented an updated list of projects to fund with money from the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).

Of the 25 items on the list...
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LONGMEADOW - On Dec. 18, Longmeadow residents gathered along the streets of town to watch as an entourage of emergency vehicles led a firetruck carrying Santa and Mrs. Claus around town. The jolly ...
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LONGMEADOW – Throughout the month of December, the Richard Salter Storrs Library is accepting donations for its annual Giving Tree to benefit YWCA of Western Massachusetts’ domestic vio...
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LONGMEADOW – The School Committee approved a letter on Dec. 13 to be submitted to the Energy Facility Siting Board (EFSB) regarding the Eversource metering station and pipeline proposed for L...
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LONGMEADOW – The Dec. 7 meeting of the Longmeadow Planning Board pushed several building projects along in roughly 75 minutes time.

The board members heard updates on construction and ...
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LONGMEADOW – Children took to the field on Dec. 8 to pitch and catch baseballs surrounded by the glow of holiday lights during the first Strople Holiday Stroll at Strople Field in Longmeadow....
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LONGMEADOW – Could you survive a terrifying ordeal in which your life was at stake? Author and Longmeadow native Michael Tougias has interviewed more than 70 people over 30 years who have bee...
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LONGMEADOW – Consultant Ken Rogers, who has been filling in while the town is without a principal assessor, presented the tax classification options to the Select Board on Dec. 5. Rogers brok...
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LONGMEADOW – For the past two years, Bassie Baron has organized a food drive contest at Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy (LYA), a Jewish day school in Longmeadow. Now in seventh grade, Baron is lo...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow Public Schools Superintendent M. Martin O’Shea introduced Chelsea Barry and Rebecca Powell, former teachers in the district who have taken on the role of instruc...
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LONGMEADOW – For many people, football and Thanksgiving are inseparable. At this year’s Longmeadow High School (LHS) Thanksgiving Day game, the school gave thanks for a former coach by ...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow Interim Finance Director Paul Pasterczyk gave a presentation on the town’s preliminary budget assumptions to the Select Board on Nov. 21.

First, he addres...
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LONGMEADOW – Several businesses at The Longmeadow Shops, 690 Bliss Rd., Longmeadow, hosted food and clothing drives, as well as other events, to encourage shoppers to give on Nov. 20. The Day...
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LONGMEADOW – Nate Duval, illustrator and owner of NateDuval.com and Blue Owl Production, has begun making and producing items for a pickleball brand called Dill Company.

Duval has been...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow interim Finance Director Paul Pasterczyk updated the Select Board on the current budget assumptions for fiscal year 2024 (FY24).

Pasterczyk said the budget crea...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow School Committee approved a list of requested capital projects for fiscal year 2024 (FY24), worth at least $1.45 million.

The first four of the capital pro...
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LONGMEADOW – St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church is hosting its monthly Celtic Candlelight and Communion worship on the second Saturday of every month beginning Nov. 12 at 5 p.m.

The ...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Planning Board heard plans at its Nov. 2 meeting to rebuild the Maple Shopping Center, a plaza that burned down after a major fire on Nov. 23, 2021. The plans focu...
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LONGMEADOW – Christina Uss, author and library assistant at the Richard Salter Storrs Library in Longmeadow, is teaching middle schoolers how to be authors by embracing themselves and their f...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow School Committee met on Oct. 24 to continue a discussion begun at its previous meeting regarding whether to accept a statue for installation on the Longmeadow High...
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LONGMEADOW – Outgoing state Sen. Eric Lesser, joined by state Rep. Brian Ashe, came before the Longmeadow Select Board on Oct. 17 to thank the town for putting its trust in him as a legislato...
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LONGMEADOW – Educators gathered at Longmeadow High School on Oct. 18 to receive funding from the Longmeadow Educational Endowment Fund (LEEF) for curriculum, equipment and materials.

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LONGMEADOW – Voters overwhelmingly chose to support funding a middle school feasibility study at the Oct. 25 Special Town Meeting, despite some questioning its purpose and $1.6 million price ...
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LONGMEADOW – Thanks to an internship program at Longmeadow High School, seniors can get real-world, on-the-job experience and class credit at the same time. Meanwhile, businesses, organizatio...
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LONGMEADOW – Prompted by the death of Amherst-Pelham Regional High School junior Anna Burns during a Ludlow cross country meet in September, Longmeadow Public Schools (LPS) Superintendent M. ...
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LONGMEADOW – As the town approaches the Oct. 25 Special Town Meeting, Longmeadow Public Schools made the case for one or more new middle schools in hopes that voters will support the initiati...
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LONGMEADOW – The town of Longmeadow will conduct a Special Town Meeting at 7 p.m. on Oct. 25 at the Longmeadow High School gymnasium. There are 26 articles to be considered, most of which are...
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LONGMEADOW – Among the articles on the Oct. 25 Special Town Meeting warrant, a proposed water use bylaw is stirring up strong opinions.

Resident Tom Shea addressed the board at its Oct...
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LONGMEADOW – Throughout the month of October, the Richard Salter Storrs Library is collecting donations to let foster care youth who have gone off to college know that they have support.

LONGMEADOW – Learning is always easier when it is done through creative, hands-on experiences. The STEAM programs at Glenbrook and Williams middle schools have taken that idea and run with it...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow School Committee appointed two of its members to the Middle School Building Committee at its meeting on Sept. 27.

Longmeadow Public Schools (LPS) Superinte...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board approved a new sewer rate structure presented by Vice Chair Mark Gold at its Sept. 19 meeting.

Until now, residents have been charged for sewe...
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LONGMEADOW – You just can’t keep a good tradition down.

A year and a half after the Historical Society announced end of the decades-long Long Meddowe Days fair, American Legion ...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Chapter of UNICO National is hosting their first Fall Fun Run & 5K on Oct. 8 at the Town Green and the Richard Salter Storrs Library on 693 Longmeadow St. The ...
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LONGMEADOW – This October, the Friends of the Storrs Library (FOSL) will once again host their annual Used Book Sale to raise money for the library. Before they can do that, however, they are...
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LONGMEADOW – Members of the Longmeadow Fire Department (LFD) recently became angels to the Egan family, responding to a medical emergency and later connecting the young patient with his sport...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow Public Schools (LPS) Superintendent M. Martin O’Shea updated the School Committee at its Sept. 13 meeting on the district’s work with the Massachusetts Sch...
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LONGMEADOW – Blueberry Hill School has a new head blueberry in Principal David Allen.

Allen began work in Longmeadow Public Schools (LPS) on Aug. 15 and has been focusing on making co...
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LONGMEADOW – State Rep. Brian Ashe, along with a representative from state Sen. Eric Lesser’s office, presented Bay Path University President Sandra Doran with a grant for $200,000 on A...
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LONGMEADOW – Community, entertainment and information will be awash in the colors of the rainbow on the Town Green Sept. 18 for the second annual Longmeadow Pride Festival. The event, taking ...
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LONGMEADOW – They’re the first call in a fire or medical emergency for the town’s 15,853 residents. They’re also responsible for rescue calls on three miles of the Connectic...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow Public Schools (LPS) Director of Pupil Services Jean Fontaine presented a case to the School Committee for the district to hire a third teacher for English language le...
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LONGMEADOW – The multi-stage process of examining changes to Longmeadow Public Schools’ (LPS) two middle school buildings is moving ahead in preparation for the fall Special Town Meetin...
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LONGMEADOW – After a year of quarterly sewer billing and data collection, the Longmeadow Select Board was informed that its plan for winter averaging would “create more problems than it...
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LONGMEADOW – This fall, Glenbrook and Williams Middle Schools in Longmeadow are offering classes to harness and nurture the interests of students in science, technology, engineering, art and ...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow Department of Public Works (DPW) Water Superintendent Michael Spear told the Select Board that the level 2 drought that has gripped the Pioneer Valley, “has impl...
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LONGMEADOW – On Aug. 7, Cub Scout Pack 94 of Longmeadow will host a kickball game for girls and boys Grades K-5 at Bliss Park at 1 p.m.

Pack Committee Chairman Kyle Lewis said, &ldquo...
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LONGMEADOW – A routine liquor license hearing at the July 17 Select Board meeting became a debate over how many alcohol-serving establishments should be allowed in any one area of town.

LONGMEADOW – Matthew Regan is entering Longmeadow High School in the fall, but the 14-year-old already knows what he wants to do with his life. Play ice hockey.

“My goal is to g...
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LONGMEADOW – When opening the July 5 Longmeadow Select Board meeting, board member Steve Marantz announced that he would be leaving the board after the July 18 meeting as he was relocating ou...
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LONGMEADOW - The Crescent Dancers Troupe bellydanced at the Longmeadow Adult Community Center on June 30. The six women performed ensemble dances and solo pieces. One...
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LONGMEADOW – This summer, Longmeadow Country Club is celebrating its 100th anniversary.

The club hosted a Centennial Celebration on the weekend of June 18 to kick off the 100th annive...
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LONGMEADOW – As the first meeting after the June 14 Town Election, the Longmeadow Public Schools (LPS) School Committee reorganized itself on June 21. Nicole Choiniere was selected as the cha...
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LONGMEADOW – Last year, hundreds of people turned out to the Town Green for the first annual Longmeadow Pride Festival. The event, hosted by the Longmeadow Pride Alliance, celebrated inclusiv...
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LONGMEADOW – On June 27, novelist/publisher Linda Cardillo will release “A Place of Refuge,” the fourth book in her “First Light” series, a family saga that starts at ...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board debated renting the Adult Community Center for private events where liquor was to be sold.

At the June 6 Select Board meeting, Select Board me...
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LONGMEADOW – After years of research by three Longmeadow groups, the lives of 16 enslaved people who lived, worked and, in some cases, died in Longmeadow were shared at the First Church of Ch...
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LONGMEADOW – Incumbent Mark Gold and newcomer Dan Zwirko were elected to three-year terms on the Select Board in the Town Election of June 14, while Julie Heane...
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LONGMEADOW – After a year-long absence, a Longmeadow tradition is returning with a fresh look and name, but the same small-town feel.

The Longmeadow Historical Society announced in Ma...
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LONGMEADOW – Juneteenth is a day of deep meaning to many. It is a day of remembrance of centuries of suffering and a celebration of freedom from that same suffering. This year, Bay Path Unive...
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LONGMEADOW – Glenbrook Middle School and Longmeadow High School students presented “action civics” projects to the School Committee. Action Civics is a program in the social studi...
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LONGMEADOW – Voters will take to the polls on June 14 for the Annual Town Election. There are four candidates on the ballot for a seat on the Select Board and four candidates vying for two se...
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LONGMEADOW – Evan Eves, Jason Nguyen, Henry St. Pierre and Robin Lim are all eighth graders at Glenbrook Middle School. For their recently assigned civics class project, the group is working ...
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LONGMEADOW – After a presentation from the Longmeadow Anti-Racism Coalition, the Select Board discussed avenues for improving racial equity during their May 16 meeting.

Longme...
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LONGMEADOW – The Richard Salter Storrs Library remembered two residents with trees dedicated in their honor on May 3.

Two trees, a tulip magnolia – also known as yellow poplar &...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board voted on May 2 to support a grant-funded long-range plan for which Assistant Town Administrator Corrin Meise-Munns was preparing to submit the proposa...
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LONGMEADOW – Of the roughly 280 voters who came out to Longmeadow’s May 10 Annual Town Meeting, nearly two-thirds voted against using $350,000 in community preservation money to fund a ...
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LONGMEADOW – After more than a year of investigation and program piloting, Longmeadow Public Schools recommended the School Committee adopt Bridges to Mathemati...
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LONGMEADOW – The town of Longmeadow will host its Annual Town Meeting on May 10, at 7 p.m. at Longmeadow High School. There are 39 articles to be considered by voters, including the budget, t...
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LONGMEADOW – The Select Board unanimously voted to issue a fine of $1,000 against Verizon for erecting utility poles on town land without receiving permission first.

The poles in ques...
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LONGMEADOW – For the 20th year, a traditional night of food, drink and entertainment returns to the area to raise money for college-bound Italian American students.

The Longmeadow bra...
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LONGMEADOW/EAST LONGMEADOW – Dust off the old ten-speed and bring it to the Longmeadow Community House, 735 Longmeadow St., for the return of the Bike Sale, a fundraiser benefiting Longmeadow...
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LONGMEADOW – In the auditorium at Longmeadow High School (LHS), a group of a dozen people stood around Ron Jones – actor, director, writer and social activist – long after his pre...
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LONGMEADOW – Half a dozen residents attended a public hearing at the Longmeadow Select Board meeting on April 4 to voice fears that Eversource would install overhead electrical wires on their...
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LONGMEADOW – In the Longmeadow Public School’s (LPS) efforts to align the curriculum with Universal Design for Learning guidelines and create an environment in which all students can le...
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BOSTON – Every year, tens of thousands of people run 26.2 miles, from Hopkinton to the state capital in the Boston Marathon. Many of those people are looking to raise money for causes and, th...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board approved the budget for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1 (FY23). The budget achieved the town’s goal of not exceeding a 1.75 percent increase to...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow School Committee met to discuss agenda items including Longmeadow High School’s (LHS) internship program and a potential new private school at their March 15...
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LONGMEADOW– On March 18, jazz vocalist/ trombonist and Longmeadow native Hailey Brinnel is releasing her new single, an impromptu cover of the early Beatles song, “I’ll Follow the...
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LONGMEADOW – Spring kicks off at The Longmeadow Shops on March 26 with a line-up of family -friendly events.

The Longmeadow Police Department (LPD) is partnering with Fleet Feet to pu...
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AGAWAM/LONGMEADOW – The world has watched Ukraine for three weeks, since Russian forces invaded the neighboring country of more than 44 million people. Nearly 2 million of those people have f...
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LONGMEADOW – Town Manager Lyn Simmons presented the Select Board with the town’s operating budget for fiscal year 2023 (FY23). The budget, at $79.28 million, is 3 percent higher than la...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow School Committee met to discuss a variety of agenda items including a member resignation, conditions of middle school buildings and masking in schools at their Mar...
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LONGMEADOW – Owner Katie DiClemente of Luminere Candle never would have imagined her business growing into what it is today. What started off as a hobby, making candles just for fun on the si...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow Public Schools (LPS) Superintendent M. Martin O’Shea presented the proposed School Department budget Feb. 22 to a joint meeting of the Select Board, School Commi...
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LONGMEADOW – On Feb. 18, the Willie Ross School for the Deaf unveiled its new Rigamajig play system for students granted by the Morgan Stanley Foundation and the national non-profit KABOOM! T...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow School Committee met to discuss COVID-19 test kits and masks in schools at their Feb. 15 meeting.

According to Superintendent Martin O’Shea, Longmead...
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LONGMEADOW – Tucked away in a small storage closet in the Williams Middle School library, a steel filing cabinet had sat, collecting dust for more 30 years. Whe...
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LONGMEADOW – The world is constantly changing. Over the past 125 years, Bay Path University has adapted to the needs of the area and grown from a co-educational business school to a secretari...
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LONGMEADOW – At a Longmeadow Select Board meeting on Feb. 7, Assistant Town Manager/Director of Planning & Community Development Corinne Meise-Munns propose...
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LONGMEADOW – Growing up in Longmeadow and Springfield, Michael Tougias may not have been surrounded by the fury of the sea, but he has built a career writing about it.

Tougias is the ...
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LONGMEADOW – Sydney Levin-Epstein recognizes a problem existing in Western Massachusetts: younger people are leaving because they cannot find the jobs they need.

“Many of my peer...
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LONGMEADOW – Fencing may not be the first sport that comes to mind when one thinks of a high school athlete, but for Sean Quinlan, his love of fencing is taking...
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LONGMEADOW- The Longmeadow School Committee met on Jan. 25 to discuss recent flooding at Wolf Swamp Elementary School and to give an update on new COVID-19 testing pr...
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LONGMEADOW – Residents of Longmeadow can soon see one of their own show off their culinary prowess on the Food Network’s “Chopped.”

Chef Brooke Baevsky graduated fro...
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LONGMEADOW – If you have ever wanted to know how to become a published author, local author Christina Cooper, who writes under the pen name Christina Uss, offers a monthly Ask the Author prog...
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LONGMEADOW – Town Manager Lyn Simmons updated the Longmeadow Select Board on Jan. 18 on the Department of Public Works (DPW) organizational study, which had been underway for several months, ...
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LONGMEADOW – It just got easier for kids to play baseball with their friends in Longmeadow.

Two separate youth baseball organizations, Longmeadow Little League and the Longmeadow Base...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow School Committee discussed how the COVID-19 omicron variant is impacting Longmeadow Public Schools (LPS) in recent weeks during their Jan. 11 meeting.

Acco...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow Select Board Chair Marc Strange read answers provided by Eversource after a December 2021 public hearing on the proposed natural gas pipeline and metering station. The...
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LONGMEADOW – In the hours before and after school, students in Longmeadow have the opportunity to have fun and participate in activities from games to homework, all under the care of the town...
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LONGMEADOW – The holiday spirit was on full display at Williams Middle School on Dec. 22. Classrooms decorated their doors with themes depicting skiing, snowflakes, gingerbread houses and Dr....
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow Town Manager Lyn Simmons presented a list of projects to the Select Board on Dec. 20 that were planned to be paid for by the roughly $4.68 million in federal American ...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow High School (LHS) students and staff are once again required to wear a mask in school buildings. On Dec. 17, Longmeadow Public Schools Superintendent M. Martin O&rsquo...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow School Committee met on Dec. 14 to discuss a variety of agenda items including district improvement plans, COVID-19 data and the expansion of the Test and Stay Pro...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow Fire Chief John Dearborn briefed the Select Board on the ongoing Maple Center Shopping Center fire investigation.

Dearborn presented still images taken from fo...
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LONGMEADOW – Finance Director Jennifer Leydon laid out Longmeadow’s preliminary budget for fiscal year 2022 (FY22) to the Select Board, Finance Committee ...
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LONGMEADOW – To celebrate the eighth and final night of Hannukah, which ran from sundown Nov. 28 to sundown Dec. 6 this year, Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy (LYA) partnered with the Longmeadow S...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow School Committee is discussing the possibility of eliminating masks for vaccinated individuals at the high school level and preschool level.

On Nov. 9, Lon...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Shops will be a one-stop-shop for holiday cheer on Dec. 5. The plaza, at 690 Bliss Rd., has partnered with Toys For Tots, a non-profit organization that collects n...
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LONGMEADOW – Families and friends gathered on the Longmeadow Town Green Nov. 28 for a sense of community and holiday spirit at the lighting of the town’s Christmas tree.

Town Man...
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LONGMEADOW - Just 30 hours after a fire destroyed Armata’s Market at the Maple Center Shopping Center in Longmeadow, the business was handing out pre-ordered tu...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board put representatives from Eversource through extensive questioning about the pipeline project that has been proposed to ...
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LONGMEADOW- When Founder/CEO Jeff Greim started Jeff’s Granola in 2012, he thought he would pattern something off actor/philanthropist Paul Newman’s business model for Newman’s Ow...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board voted unanimously to approve the Eastern Hampden Shared Health Services agreement.

The inter-municipal agreement sets up a system in which Long...
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LONGMEADOW – After more than eight years, votes at Town Meeting and last-minute delays, the Longmeadow Adult Community Center is open to the public.
Town Manager Lyn Simmons cut the ribb...
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LONGMEADOW - Two businesses in Longmeadow are celebrating five years of cohabitating in the same shop, while looking toward the future.

Shoenique is a shoe store described by owner Jennifer...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Fruit Sale has been a community tradition for over 50 years. Hosted by the Longmeadow High School Music Department, orders are now being accepted until Nov. 14. ...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow School Committee met to discuss a variety of agenda items including the current mask mandate, vaccination rates and COVID-19 testing on Oct. 26.

Superinten...
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LONGMEADOW – The town of Longmeadow hosted its Special Town Meeting on Nov. 2, passing 17 of the 19 articles on the warrant.

The most controversial item residents were asked to consid...
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LONGMEADOW – The town of Longmeadow will host a Special Town Meeting on Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. at the Department of Public Works (DPW) Garage, 170 Dwight Rd. There are 19 articles to be considered....
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LONGMEADOW – More than 250 Longmeadow Public Schools (LPS) alumni, representing the graduating classes 1974 to 2024, shared their voices and experiences with ra...
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LONGMEADOW – Amir Kouzehkanai of the Pioneer Valley Planning Commission’s (PVPC) Pavement Management System presented the findings of the recent street co...
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LONGMEADOW – The ninth annual Wolf Swamp Turkey Trot 5k Run/Walk will take place on Nov. 27 at Wolf Swamp Elementary School. The event was canceled for the first time in 2020 due to COVID-19....
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow School Committee met on Oct. 12 to give an update on COVID-19 diagnostic testing in schools and to stress the importance of vaccination.

According to Superi...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board approved a utility pole on Forest Glen Road at its Oct. 4 meeting, but not everyone was happy about it.

The matter was first discussed at the S...
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LONGMEADOW - Calling all pets - St. Andrew's Church of Longmeadow is once again hosting its annual fall festival, "Pumpkin and Pets on the Hill" on Oct. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

"We just wan...
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LONGMEADOW - The Longmeadow School Committee met on Sept. 28 to offer an update on COVID-19 cases within the community and to address how they are handling both student quarantines and lunchtime lo...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Adult Community Center has received its temporary certificate of occupancy, but the facility won’t be open for services until at least Nov. 1, according to a...
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LONGMEADOW – A proposed change to the way the Eversource customer at 161 Forest Glen Dr. receives their electricity resulted in a strong opinions and more questions among the Longmeadow Selec...
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LONGMEADOW – Surrounded by students, parents, teachers, legislators and other dignitaries, Robert Carter, president and CEO of the Willie Ross School for the De...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow School Committee met to discuss vaccination rates in schools and the issue of potential student isolation during lunchtime on Sept. 14.

According to Superin...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Pride Alliance hosted the inaugural Pride Celebration on the Longmeadow Town Green on Sept. 12. The event showcased music; guest speakers including state Sen. Eric...
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LONGMEADOW – The town of Longmeadow has officially announced Corrin Meise-Munns as assistant town manager. This is a new position for Longmeadow and Meise-Munns will be working under the dire...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow Pipeline Awareness Group Chair Michelle Marantz updated the Select Board on Sept. 7 regarding Eversource’s plans concerning the metering station and pipeline pro...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Dads Club has been around since 2017, hosting monthly events for families to enjoy, events for dads and children to do together as well as social events for dads. ...
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WESTERN MASS. – Area legislators say the information provided by the 2020 Census largely met expectations.

While initially delayed, the U.S. Census Bureau released population data that...
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LONGMEADOW – Mathnasium, a math education center, officially opened their physical location at 801 Williams St. in July. Previously, Mathnasium had been operating through virtual classes only...
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LONGMEADOW – For one day this September, Longmeadow’s Town Green will be awash in rainbow flags, food, booths and vendors celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community, but the Longmeadow Pride Al...
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LONGMEADOW – Discussion revolved around the districts COVID-19 procedures for the upcoming school year at the Longmeadow School Committee’s Aug. 23 meeting.

The meeting kicked of...
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WEST SPRINGFIELD – Peter Gillen, principal of West Springfield Middle School was recently named to the Board of Directors of New England League of Middle Schools (NELMS).

NELMS offers ...
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LONGMEADOW – Discussions revolved around the districts reopening plans for the upcoming school year at the Longmeadow School Committee’s Aug. 10 meeting.

The stage was set once t...
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LONGMEADOW/ENFIELD – On Aug. 24, Author Peter Sorenson will do a reading from his new book, “Hazard Powder: The Powder Hollow Explosion of 1913” at the Richard Salter Storrs Libra...
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LONGMEADOW – Mary Beth Bergeron, chair of the Longmeadow Permanent Town Building Committee and a member of the Longmeadow Council of Aging Board of Directors, informed the Select Board at its...
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LONGMEADOW – For an artist, to have their work shown to the public is a special occasion. To have it shown in the United States Capitol, while still a teenager, is a momentous achievement on ...
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LONGMEADOW - The Cars of Longmeadow car show was hosted at the Longmeadow High School on July 25. The car show benefits the Lupus Research Alliance, an organizaCartion whose goal is to further the ...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow Town Manager Lyn Simmons told the Select Board that its regional dispatch partner, WESTCOMM, is moving toward the “priority dispatch platform.” She said it...
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LONGMEADOW – The rain couldn’t keep shoppers away from the Longmeadow Farmers Market on July 1. A steady stream of people browsed lettuce, tomatoes, berries, bread and more from area fa...
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EAST LONGMEADOW – Dozens of first-year graduate students in white lab coats lined the entry to the Philip H. Ryan Health Science Center in East Longmeadow. Each...
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LONGMEADOW  – Sydney Rachael Levin-Epstein sees entering the Miss Massachusetts competition for Miss America as a means to further her efforts to pursue public service.
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LONGMEADOW– Over the past few years, a new kind of retail has sprouted up in plazas and parking lots, selling merchandise, food and services – but only for a little while. Pop-up busine...
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LONGMEADOW – The first order of business at the most recent Longmeadow Select Board meeting was to reorganize the governmental body.

After Marc Strange was nominated to be the chair, h...
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LONGMEADOW – State Rep. Brian Ashe presented Athleta General Manager Kerry O’Connor with a proclamation to celebrate the business’s grand opening on June 29 at Longmeadow Shops, 6...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Parks and Recreation Department is offering activities for residents to stay busy this summer.

“Our goals for our summer programs are to offer childre...
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LONGMEADOW – It’s not a celebration without ice cream. Dave LeRiche and Deb LeRiche, the owners of Batch Ice Cream, celebrated their new brick-and-mortar location at the Longmeadow Shop...
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LONGMEADOW – The town of Longmeadow has been put on notice by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). At the June 21 meeting, Select Board Chair...
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LONGMEADOW – On June 21, the Longmeadow School Committee hosted their final meeting for the 2020-2021 year. It was also Chair Ryan Kelly’s last meeting on the committee after he decided...
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LONGMEADOW – After years of discussion, funding questions, lawsuits and hazardous materials clean up, Select Board Chair Thomas Lachiusa cut the ribbon in front of the new Longmeadow Departme...
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LONGMEADOW – Students at Center School in Longmeadow presented members of the Fire Department with five hand-drawn murals to display at the fire station. The murals, which took between t...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Town Green was alive with the rhythm of drums on June 16. Tamarack Hollow Nature & Cultural Center Director and Founder Aimee Gelinas partnered with the Longme...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow residents came out to vote on June 22, with 910 residents casting votes, approximately 7.56 percent of those eligible to vote in town.

Thomas Lachiusa was re-el...
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LONGMEADOW – Last week, Reminder Publishing reached out to  candidates for Longmeadow School Committee to ask their opinions on key issues ahead of the June 22 town election. The first h...
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LONGMEADOW – Michelle Marantz, chair of the Longmeadow Pipeline Awareness Group, informed the Longmeadow Select Board of movement in the gas pipeline issue.

“Eversource recently ...
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LONGMEADOW – At the June 8 Longmeadow School Committee meeting, Clerk Kevin Shea gave a shout out to everyone who took part in making the high school graduation so special this year.

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LONGMEADOW – In the June 22 town election, Longmeadow School Committee incumbent Bronwyn Monahan, Mary Keane and Zach Verriden are vying to fill two seats on the body. Reminder Publishing rea...
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LONGMEADOW – Two candidates are running to fill the two seats on the Longmeadow Select Board incumbent and current Chair Thomas Lachiusa is running for his third term, while Josh Levine is lo...
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LONGMEADOW – The Willie Ross School for the Deaf (WRSD) earlier this year launched a crowdfunding campaign that has reached 42 percent of its goal of $75,000 to build a new playground at the ...
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LONGMEADOW – One local veterinarian recently created Paws Calls, a mobile service that benefits in giving animals the necessary treatment needed without pet owners having to leave their homes...
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LONGMEADOW – Superintendent M. Martin O'Shea introduced the new principal of Wolf Swamp Road School, Mr. Jared Materas at the May 25 School Committee meeting. Materas will assume the Wolf Swa...
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LONGMEADOW – The wolf pack has a new leader. Jared Materas has been named as the new principal of Wolf Swamp Elementary School in Longmeadow.

Materas, a graduate of Springfield College...
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LONGMEADOW – June 2 is Global Running Day and to celebrate the love of the sport and raise money for a cause, the running gear company Fleet Feet is hosting its annual Big Run to benefit the ...
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LONGMEADOW – “We sit at a crossroads,” Longmeadow Public Schools Superintendent M. Martin O’Shea told the Select Board regarding both Williams Middle School and Glenbrook Mi...
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LONGMEADOW – There’s only one way to brew beer – fresh and local.

That’s the philosophy behind One Way Brewing.

Managing partners Jason Tsitso and Zach Schwar...
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LONGMEADOW – Giving back to communities from which one has benefitted is a goal for many people and there are various ways to give back. For Mary Banda, a Longmeadow resident and specialist i...
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LONGMEADOW – At the May 11 School Committee meeting, Longmeadow Public School District Substance Use Response Coordinator Shelly Warren gave an update on the Longmeadow High School’s cl...
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LONGMEADOW – The Shot Shop in Longmeadow hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony on May 13. State Sen. Eric Lesser joined the group to assist in the ceremony. The business is scheduled to open in a ...
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LONGMEADOW – Residents sat in chairs spaced out in a socially-distanced grid inside the new Department of Public Works Garage for the 2021 Longmeadow Annual Town Meeting on May 16. Voters pas...
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LONGMEADOW/HAMPDEN – Tensions continue to flare between the Hampden County Retirement Board (HCRB) Chair Richard Theroux and the leaders of the towns that pay into the system. Since an audit ...
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LONGMEADOW – A little blue box in front of Blueberry Hill School in Longmeadow is filled to the brim with books available for the community to borrow. Little Free Libraries (LFL) are fairly c...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Coalition for Racial Justice Task Force presented its report and recommendations at the Select Board meeting on May 3.

Task Force Chair Zach Verriden began ...
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LONGMEADOW – Members of the Longmeadow Anti-Racism Coalition (LARC) took to the streets on April 30 to speak out on the topic of racism and hate. Cars passing through the intersection of Rout...
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LONGMEADOW – There was significant discussion regarding ways to keep Longmeadow Public Schools functioning at a standard pace while finding new ways to improve student success at the Longmead...
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LONGMEADOW – Richard Foster, a nine-year veteran of the Longmeadow Select Board has decided not to run for re-election in the spring. Reminder Publishing reached out to Foster to tal...
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LONGMEADOW – Finance Director Paul Pasterczyk informed the Longmeadow Select Board on April 20 that a possible hiccup in implementing sewer use winter averaging had been discovered.

D...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow High School class of 2022 has made it their mission to give back to the community.

“Over the past three years, our class has raised money for various ...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow is hosting its Annual Town Meeting on May 16 at 1 p.m. at Longmeadow High School. As it is outside, the rain date is May 23. There are 42 articles on the warrant, incl...
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LONGMEADOW – Finn McCool, Longmeadow’s new health director, wants residents to know that they can come to him, and that the Health Department is more than just restaurant inspections....
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LONGMEADOW –The Middle School Facilities Report highlighted the pressing needs for the two middle school buildings in Longmeadow: Williams Middle School and Glenbrook Middle School. In 2015, ...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board voted 4:1 to adopt winter averaging as the new sewer metering system at its meeting on April 5, with Select Board Vice Chair Marc Strange as the only ...
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LONGMEADOW – Residents might notice work crews on certain streets in Longmeadow over the next couple of months. Eversource is replacing several gas mains in town between April and July.

LONGMEADOW – A variety of proposals to address inequity in sewer metering were presented at the March 29 public hearing hosted by the Longmeadow Select Board. Board member Mark Gold put forwa...
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LONGMEADOW – Both the Longmeadow School Committee and the 8th grade Peer Leadership Class (PLC) offered presentations at the March 30 meeting, offering strategies for the future following the...
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LONGMEADOW – This year’s town election will see three candidates for the Longmeadow School Committee. Current committee member Bronwyn Monahan, and Mary Keane and Zach Verriden will fac...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board is accepting nominations for its annual Citizen of the Year award, which is bestowed on someone for a lifetime of distinguished volunteer service in t...
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LONGMEADOW – The Town of Longmeadow will have its first Earth Day Clean Up from 1-4 p.m. on April 11, with a rain-date of May 2.

A group of Longmeadow volunteers will clean up garbage...
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LONGMEADOW – The candidates for the 2021 Longmeadow town election have been made official. This year, there are two open seats on the Select Board and two residents running to fill them, Thom...
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LONGMEADOW – Long Meddowe Days, the fair that celebrates Longmeadow’s past and current community, has been a tradition for many local families but that tradition is coming to an end. Th...
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LONGMEADOW – The long-debated sewer metering issue was taken up again at the March 15 Longmeadow Select Board meeting. The situation is that sewer usage is estimated by the volume of water re...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow School Committee shared an update on the progress they have made in providing more opportunities for safe in-person learning for students at their March 9 meeting....
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow Town Manager Lyn Simmons found herself in the position of defending her choice to add new personnel to the FY22 budget, including two positions at the Department of Pu...
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LONGMEADOW – Jazz vocalist and trombonist Hailey Brinnel has been selected as one of the five finalists for the 2021 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition for up-and-coming artis...
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LONGMEADOW – Town Manager Lyn Simmons presented her budget recommendations to the Longmeadow Select Board at its March 1 meeting. The budget for the fiscal year 2022 (FY22) allows for a tax i...
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LONGMEADOW – A group of community residents is determined to save Longmeadow’s Greenwood Children’s Center through an awareness campaign and change.org petition and it seems to ha...
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LONGMEADOW – At the beginning of the Longmeadow School Committee meeting on Feb. 23, Superintendent M. Martin O’Shea informed members that Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Educa...
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LONGMEADOW – Things got tense during the Feb. 16 Longmeadow Select Board meeting when Stephen Metz, chair of the Capital Planning Committee presented the FY 2022 proposal for capital projects...
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LONGMEADOW – With the completion of the new Longmeadow Adult Center, the Greenwood Center on Maple Street in Longmeadow will largely be vacant. The town is now taking steps to determine the n...
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LONGMEADOW – The Richard Salter Storrs Library in Longmeadow has received grants to fund two different kinds of preservation.

Adult Services Director Heather Marchetta explained that t...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow School Committee discussed at their Feb. 9 meeting how they can safely bring more students in for more in-person learning.

On Feb. 22, the district will be ...
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LONGMEADOW – A town with as long a history as Longmeadow is bound to grow and change over the years, and it has understandably outgrown many of its buildings and facilities. In 2021, Longmead...
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LONGMEADOW – The Feb. 4 meeting of the Longmeadow Coalition for Racial Justice Task Force was interrupted by one or more individuals “Zoom-bombing” the proceedings and yelling rac...
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LONGMEADOW – At the Jan. 26 meeting, Diane Porfilio and Megan Downey of the Special Education Alliance of Longmeadow (SEAL) did a presentation to inform the community of the advocacy for spec...
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LONGMEADOW – The Town of Longmeadow is in the process of searching for a new health director since the departure of Beverly Hirschhorn in December.

Town Manager Lyn Simmons said that t...
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LONGMEADOW – The Town of Longmeadow announced on their Facebook page on Jan. 19 that their COVID-19 team are looking for volunteers to help them run the Phase 2 and 3 vaccination clinics.

LONGMEADOW – State Rep. Brian Ashe spoke to the Longmeadow Select Board at its Jan. 19 meeting and answered questions. Ashe was asked about the crumbling foundations issue. He explained, for ...
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LONGMEADOW/EAST LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow and East Longmeadow Girl Scouts are hosting a drive-thru cookie booth on Saturdays and Sundays at the Longmeadow Shops through March. 14 in the par...
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LONGMEADOW – Jan. 12 marked Longmeadow’s first School Committee meeting of 2021. Fire Chief John Dearborn gave the committee an update on the COVID-19 health and safety report.

F...
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LONGMEADOW – This spring, Longmeadow will have a new spot to stop for something cold and sweet. Dave LeRiche and Deb LeRiche, owners of Batch Ice Cream, will be opening a permanent location a...
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LONGMEADOW – The town of Longmeadow is majoritively white - 90 percent of residents, according to the most recent data available from the United States Census Bureau. This lack of diversity h...
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LONGMEADOW – Changes have been underway in Longmeadow throughout 2020. The town has broken ground on new construction projects. Former residents have made strides in following their dreams an...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board furthered its discussion of winter averaging and irrigation meters at its Dec. 21 meeting.

Winter averaging takes the average sewer use over th...
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LONGMEADOW – Superintendent M. Martin O’Shea announced at the Dec. 8 School Committee meeting a shift to remote learning beginning Dec. 9. The district will continue to serve students i...
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LONGMEADOW – On Dec. 12, Longmeadow Police Sgt. Eric Wisnouskas stood in a room of the police station filled with donated toys. The Longmeadow Police Department collected the toys as part of ...
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LONGMEADOW – Erin Koebler, director of Community Care at Glenmeadow, a life-plan community in Longmeadow, is concerned about the isolation many older adults face. The pandemic is only exacerb...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow residents may notice some construction near the tennis courts at Bliss Road over the next couple of months as a new cellular tower is being installed. While the tower ...
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LONGMEADOW – Michelle D’Angelo is constantly working. The director, who grew up in Longmeadow but spent summers in her native Thailand, said that is the only way to make it as an indepe...
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LONGMEADOW – At the Nov. 24 Longmeadow School Committee meeting, the committee discussed whether or not they should proceed with winter athletics, and should they continue maintaining their p...
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LONGMEADOW – This fall, Longmeadow's Close Community Coalition released their annual report. It not only goes over information about the schools, but more importantly, this report discusses t...
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LONGMEADOW – After 27 years watching over the health of Longmeadow residents, Health Director Beverly Hirschhorn is retiring.

“It’s certainly been interesting,” Hirsc...
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LONGMEADOW – There are millions of books in the world that focus on romance. One author, Daniel Ross Goodman, who hails from Longmeadow, decided to explore the emotional, social and cultural ...
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LONGMEADOW – This fall, the Longmeadow Tree Committee planted 102 trees of 18 species that local homeowners adopted. The species ranged from Paperbark Maple, Accolade Cherry, Autumn Gold Gink...
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LONGMEADOW – The Town of Longmeadow is in a predicament thanks to unforeseen consequences of efforts to protect people during the pandemic.

Town Moderator Rebecca Townsend has twice po...
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LONGMEADOW – Mark Gold, along with the rest of the Longmeadow Select Board, handed out free masks to residents on Nov. 21 in the run up to the Thanksgiving holiday. A flyer with holiday safet...
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LONGMEADOW – The Storrs Library-run Novel Knitters club put their needles to work during the month of October to knit scarves and hats for housing-insecure populations.

From Oct. 3 to...
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LONGMEADOW – Fire Chief John Dearborn and Public Health Coordinator Cheryl Messer joined the Nov. 10 Longmeadow School Committee meeting giving updates on the regional conditions in the town ...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow Town Moderator Rebecca Townsend has announced that once again, the Special Town Meeting will be postponed.

Originally set for Oct. 27 and postponed to Nov. 17, ...
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LONGMEADOW– The Longmeadow Select Board reviewed its assumptions for the Fiscal Year 2022 town budget. Finance Director Paul Pasterczyk walked the board members through a fairly level budget,...
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LONGMEADOW – Senior-living and life plan communities work to maintain a healthy quality of life for residents through activities and enrichments programs. When the pandemic hit and person-to-...
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LONGMEADOW/SPRINGFIELD – Massachusetts is considering a change to the way residents can purchase cannabis in the state and that has lawmakers and business owners speaking out.

On Sept....
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow Moderator Rebecca M. Townsend postponed the town meeting scheduled for Oct. 27 at Longmeadow High School.

Longmeadow’s number of positive cases of COVID-1...
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LONGMEADOW– At the Oct. 21 Longmeadow School Committee meeting, the committee discussed the potential for a return to more in-person learning for students in grades K-2.

It began with ...
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LONGMEADOW – Parks and Recreation Director Bari Jarvis presented an updated open space and recreation plan to the Longmeadow Select Board at its meeting Oct. 19. The plan is designed to run s...
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LONGMEADOW – Gift-ology is back at the Longmeadow Shops from October 2020 to January 2021, and is located at the space formerly occupied by Jos. A. Bank.

“We were very sad to clo...
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LONGMEADOW – For over 60 years the Longmeadow High School (LHS) Music Department has offered fresh fruit for sale around the holiday season as a means to raise necessary funds for music depar...
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LONGMEADOW – The Small Business Administration named Longmeadow-based company Jeff’s Granola the 2020 Microenterprise Business of the Year for Massachusetts.

Founder/CEO Jeff Gre...
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LONGMEADOW – Residents of Longmeadow will meet on Oct. 27 at 7 p.m. in the high school’s auditorium, cafeteria and gymnasium to vote on 23 warrant articles as part of the town’s F...
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LONGMEADOW – During its Oct. 5 meeting, the Longmeadow Select Board appointed 10 members to its new Coalition for Racial Justice and approved the Fall Town Meeting warrant ahead for Oct. 27.<...
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LONGMEADOW – School Committee members listened to concerns about the present teaching models used in the district at its meeting on Oct. 8.

At the start of the meeting, Diane Portfilio...
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LONGMEADOW – For the past several months, the Longmeadow Police Department has been receiving reports of scams targeting residents in the area. Sergeant Eric Wisnouskas said that the departme...
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LONGMEADOW/SPRINGFIELD – St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and Temple Beth-El in Springfield are partnering again for the Longmeadow Loves' Donation Fall Drive. Throughout the month of Octo...
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LONGMEADOW – 1 Way Brewing is set to open in Longmeadow on 807 Maple Road.

Owners Jason Tsitso and Zach Schwartz were approved by the Longmeadow Zoning Board of Appeals and are now ap...
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LONGMEADOW – During its Sept. 21 meeting, the Longmeadow Select Board interviewed 11 candidates for its new Coalition for Racial Justice and discussed the Fall Town Meeting set for Oct. 27....
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LONGMEADOW – Batch Ice Cream is opening their first ever brick and mortar location at the Longmeadow Shops. Filling the space left by Great Harvest, Batch will be in the Shops from Oct. 15 th...
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LONGMEADOW – This fall the Shot Shop Med Spa will be a permanent tenant at the Longmeadow Shops.

This will be the shop’s second location. They first opened in Enfield, CT in June...
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LONGMEADOW – There are three new stores coming to the Longmeadow Shops this fall and holiday season. The Shot Shop Med Spa, Gift-ology and Batch Ice Cream.

"We very much appreciate th...
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LONGMEADOW – During its Sept. 8 meeting, the Longmeadow Select Board agreed to enter an agreement in favor of renovating the Holyoke Soldiers Home, interviewed a candidate for the Cultural Co...
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LONGMEADOW – This fall, the Longmeadow Newcomers Club is starting off their year with an Open House event from Sept. 24 to 27.

Traditionally, President/Membership Chair Sara Manzel sai...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow School Committee met on Sept. 1 and Sept. 8, with both meetings offering a slew of updates, including the discussion of reopening updates, the school lunch menus, ...
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LONGMEADOW – Bay Path University announced their opening plan for fall 20202. The Path Forward, was created by their COVID-19 working group, which consists of members from across the Universi...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Adult Community Center Fund (LACCF) is on a fundraising mission to collect $750,000 to furnish the new Longmeadow Adult Center, currently under construction on Map...
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LONGMEADOW – Six-year-old Claire Kantany of Longmeadow has put her creativeness and ingenuity to work this summer in an effort to help children battle serious illness.

This summer, Cla...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow School Committee hosted a meeting to discuss the approved school reopening plan, a report on HVAC compliance and extracurricular activities, as well as the plan fo...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board met for a regularly scheduled meeting on Aug. 17 to discuss changing the town’s form of government and to receive an update about the town&rsquo...
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LONGMEADOW – In the ongoing fight to keep the rates of COVID-19 low in Massachusetts, the Baker-Polito Administration has created a color-coded system to quickly and easily assess the risk of...
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LONGMEADOW –  The Longmeadow School Committee met on Aug. 6 to discuss how they will reopen the school district. Ultimately, the committee voted in a 6 to 1 motion to have a remote start...
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LONGMEADOW – On Aug. 17 golfers from around the Pioneer Valley and beyond will come together for the 12th annual Tom Cosenzi Driving for the Cure tournament.

The tournament honors its ...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board met for a regularly scheduled meeting on Aug. 3 for a COVID-19 update, to further discuss changing the polling location for the fall elections, and Op...
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LONGMEADOW – Many high school seniors think back over their academic careers and the teachers who have had an impact on them. The 2020 graduating class of Longmeadow High School had the rare ...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board met for a regularly scheduled meeting on July 20 to approve a resolution declaring racism a public health crisis, a continued public hearing over inst...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board met for a regularly scheduled meeting on July 6 to hold a public hearing for Verizon to place a new pole on Williams Street and discuss a potential ra...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board met for a special remote meeting on June 22 to discuss Potential Change Order 47 for two additional pickle ball courts at the Adult Center and to appr...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow’s new police chief prides himself on having a “finger on the pulse of the community,” and plans to continue working with town departments, community ...
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LONGMEADOW – The town of Longmeadow conducted its Annual Town Meeting outside on the field behind the high school to adhere to guidelines and precautions to prevent transmission of COVID-19.<...
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LONGMEADOW – Town Manager Lyn Simmons provided an update on June 12 in regard to playground and basketball court reopenings, summer camps, community pools, recreation fields and Greenwood Day...
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LONGMEADOW – The town of Longmeadow hosted their annual town election on June 16, asking residents to select three planning board members, a new select board member, and three school committe...
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LONGMEADOW – The following article is submitted by Mark Gold, a member of the Longmeadow Select Board and chair of the select board’s Tax Ceiling task force. It is an additional eff...
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LONGMEADOW – There are three open school committee seats coming up for grabs at Longmeadow’s June 16 election, and the three seats are for three-year terms.

Three candidates have...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board met for a regularly scheduled meeting on June 1 to appoint a new police chief, discuss the Town Meeting, and to approve new water, sewer, and stormwat...
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LONGMEADOW – One seat on the Longmeadow Select Board is up for grabs at the June 16 election, and longtime resident Steven Marantz has filed papers with the town to fill the seat for a three&...
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LONGMEADOW – The Town of Longmeadow is hosting their annual election on June 16, and with it, three individuals are running for two open seats on the planning board. Both Kenneth Taylor and B...
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LONGMEADOW – The following article is submitted by Andrew Lam, M.D., vice chair of the Finance Committee in Longmeadow in an effort to explain Article 14 on the Town Meeting Warrant.

L...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board met for a regularly scheduled remote meeting on May 18 to interview a candidate for the Cultural Council, to discuss the Tennessee Gas pipeline and th...
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LONGMEADOW/SPRINGFIELD – At 6 a.m., Ian Ireland, his girlfriend Brianna Fox and their fellow EMTs left their hotel and were bused to Fort Totten, a military installation located in Queens, NY...
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LONGMEADOW – Just in time for the stay at home advisory that was put in place in the beginning of March, one Longmeadow resident had started her own mobile veterinary practice, Paws Calls....
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LONGMEADOW - Robert Barkett (pictured), owner of The Kitchen, along with Ruby Cotto and Angelo Lombardo, teamed with Rachel’s Table and Fusion Cross-Media to make and deliver 90 meals fo...
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LONGMEADOW – Last week we took a look at home organization tips from local fashion and lifestyle blogger Jaimie Tucker. This week, we’re receiving some tips on shopping our closets, wha...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board met for a regularly scheduled remote meeting to decide on potential tax ceiling legislation, discuss the fiscal year 2021 budget and review the Town M...
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LONGMEADOW – During this time of the stay at home advisory and self-quarantine, many people are finding themselves spending time organizing their homes as a means to keep busy. Looking for ti...
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WESTFIELD/LONGMEADOW – Seniors at St. Mary’s High School usually spend a lot of time together, including during lunch.

They often make lunch together at the school and pizza is a...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board met for a regularly scheduled meeting on April 21 for a public hearing with Eversource, to discuss the current election date, budget concerns and the ...
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LONGMEADOW – Many local restaurants have been donating not only their food but their time as well to supporting healthcare workers in any way they can. Longmeadow restaurant The Kitchen is no...
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LONGMEADOW – When Nathan “Than” Moore, a physician assistant at the University of Vermont Medical Center emergency room, heard his colleagues fighting the COVID-19 pandemic were w...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board met for a regularly scheduled meeting on April 6 to discuss the Town Election, tax ceiling legislation and the Town’s fight with COVID-19.

LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board met for a special remote meeting on March 27 to provide an update on the Town’s fight against the COVID-19 outbreak and to continue discussions ...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow School Committee met on March 26 briefly to discuss the results of Governor Charlie Baker’s press conference where he announced all school districts would be...
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LONGMEADOW – On March 24 the Longmeadow School Committee met virtually to largely discuss guidelines for Longmeadow teachers who would like to use virtual classroom communication with student...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board met for a regularly scheduled meeting on March 16 and spent most of the meeting talking about the fiscal year 2021 (FY21) budget and drafting the warr...
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LONGMEADOW – Superintendent of Longmeadow Public Schools Dr. Marty O’Shea came before the town in a Longmeadow TV update video filmed on March 20 in an effort to “update the learn...
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LONGMEADOW – Town Manager Lyn Simmons, Superintendent Marty O’Shea and Fire Chief John Dearborn came together on March 13 to film a Community Update for LongmeadowTV for the residents o...
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LONGMEADOW – The walls of Kayla Werlin’s office at Longmeadow High School (LHS) are filled with cards, momentos and even a quilt, given to her over the years by students. A choir teache...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board met for a regularly scheduled meeting in conjunction with the finance committee to discuss progress on the town’s budget for the 2021 fiscal yea...
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LONGMEADOW – Two green spaces in Longmeadow, Bliss Park and Laurel Park, will soon be receiving a face lift with sustainability in mind.

The Conway School of Landscape Design in Northa...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board hosted a special meeting on finance and goals and also finance and the Town Charter on Feb. 24. Much of the discussion at the meeting surrounded the a...
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LONGMEADOW – Being born with her feet both upside down and backward not only caused physical pain as she completed numerous surgeries, but also caused emotional anguish. Actor–turned&nd...
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LONGMEADOW – “I welcome you to our family, our community,” outgoing Bay Path University President Dr. Carol Leary told President-Elect Sandra Doran at a welcoming ceremony in the ...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board met for a regularly scheduled meeting on Feb. 18 to dive into preparations for the 2021 fiscal year with presentations from the school committee, comm...
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LONGMEADOW – The School Committee Student Advisory Council (SCSAC), made up of students from Longmeadow High School (LHS), attended the Longmeadow School Committee meeting on Feb. 11 to run t...
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LONGMEADOW – At long last, two major projects for the town of Longmeadow will be complete.

Building Committee Chair Marybeth Bergeron recently confirmed that, barring any unforeseen co...
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LONGMEADOW – The bathrooms at Wolf Swamp Road School in Longmeadow are out of this world thanks to six Longmeadow High School (LHS) students.

Caitlin Blanchette, Olivia Dignazio, MJ Di...
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LONGMEADOW – Over the holidays in 2019, Longmeadow resident and college student Gabriella Humphries did more with her time than eat, drink and be merry. As a Ronald McDonald House Charity (RM...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board met for a regularly scheduled meeting on Feb. 3 to interview candidates for several boards. In addition, they hosted a  lengthy discussion about ...
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LONGMEADOW – Legislators, as well as federal and local census workers, visited the Storrs Library in Longmeadow on Jan. 30 to answer questions and educate residents about the importance of re...
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LONGMEADOW - Members of the Longmeadow and East Longmeadow fire departments participated in ice and cold water rescue training at the Fannie Stebbins Memorial Wildlife Refuge on Pondside Road in Lo...
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LONGMEADOW – Wolf Swamp Road Elementary School Principal Elizabeth Nelson said that she came up with the idea of dressing the doors to cheer up the hallways during the dark days of winter. Ea...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board met for a regularly scheduled meeting on Jan. 21 in conjunction with the planning board to approve a new member to the planning board, to interview ca...
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LONGMEADOW – In the latter half of the 19th century, Samuel Clemens, better known by his pen name, Mark Twain, traveled the country and the world lecturing for thousands of listeners. On Jan....
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board met for its first regularly scheduled meeting of the year on Jan. 6 to interview a new applicant for the planning board, approve various town board an...
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LONGMEADOW – Garo Setian has been working in the film industry for more than two decades, but just recently realized his dream of making a movie. The Longmeadow native, who works at Lionsgate...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow School Committee met for a regularly scheduled meeting on Dec. 10 to recognize the Longmeadow High School boys’ soccer team for their recent state championsh...
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LONGMEADOW – Residents gathered at the Longmeadow Town Green on Dec. 26 for the lighting of the town’s menorah.

LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board met for a regularly scheduled meeting for its annual Tax Classification hearing, two liquor license violation hearings, and to approve the creation of...
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LONGMEADOW – Teddy Hinshaw stood at the front of the classroom between his math and writing teacher, Colleen Moore, and Tammy Scott, marketing manager for Yanni Family Orthodontics, and the t...
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LONGMEADOW – Elizabeth Murphy doesn’t graduate from Bay Path University until May 2020, but the elementary education student is already helping kids learn to love reading.

Murphy...
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LONGMEADOW – After last week’s meeting was cancelled because of the snowstorm, the Longmeadow Select Board met on Dec. 9 to accept the FY 19 audit statements, sign a new library agreeme...
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SPRINGFIELD – David Brinnel has been playing piano professionally for 40 years, but the shows he played with his trombonist/vocalist daughter, Hailey Brinnel, from 2007 to 2013 were his favor...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Knights are a cheerleading team run by the Longmeadow Parks and Recreation Department and is made up of 11 girls between the ages of  seven and 13. About half...
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LONGMEADOW – One Longmeadow mother is trying her hand at blogging, with her newly launched fashion and lifestyle website, jaimietucker.com. She hopes that her blog will serve as a way to crea...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board met for a regularly scheduled meeting on Nov. 18 to discuss the fallout from the Special Town Meeting on Nov. 4, which included the citizen petition t...
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LONGMEADOW – Residents of Longmeadow will have a chance to meet and greet their new town manager, Lyn Simmons, at two receptions that the town has arranged at the Greenwood Center’s &ld...
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LONGMEADOW – Many programs serve aging communities, but for a subset of the Jewish aging community, a Longmeadow-based program is fulfilling a vital need.

For the past 20 years, Greate...
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LONGMEADOW – Over the course of the week of Oct. 28, every home in Longmeadow received a new, free, 35-gallon wheeled trash cart. The carts were primarily funded by a grant received from Mass...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board met for a regularly scheduled meeting on Nov. 4 to discuss several issues including updating the current Senior and Veteran Abatement policy.

O...
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LONGMEADOW – Hundreds of residents packed into Longmeadow High School’s gymnasium at 7 p.m. on Nov. 5 to vote on 24 Warrant Articles for Longmeadow’s annual town meeting.
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­­­SPRINGFIELD – Hundreds of kids in Hampden County will have the opportunity to see a different side of the justice system thanks to the District Attorney’s Adopt-A-Class p...
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LONGMEADOW – For over 60 years the Longmeadow High School (LHS) Music Department has hosted a fruit sale every autumn to support music students. The fruit sale is back again – and music...
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LONGMEADOW – A dozen women sat around a long table in the Betty Ann Low Meeting Room at the Storrs Library on Oct. 29. They talk while their hands busily work yarn of all types and colors aro...
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LONGMEADOW – On Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. the Town of Longmeadow will have the opportunity to come together for Town Meeting at the Longmeadow High School gymnasium to vote on 24 warrant articles. Amo...
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LONGMEADOW – Whether you walk or run, you’ll be helping kids go places by taking part in the Hot Apple Cider Hustle, a 5K fundraiser for Angels Take Flight on Nov. 2.     ...
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LONGMEADOW – At the Oct. 21 Longmeadow Select Board meeting, the board decided to hire a Clerk of the Works for the DPW’s ongoing facility project, and also discussed myriad topics, inc...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow UNICO’s Annual Food and Wine Tasting is coming back to Springfield on Nov. 2, featuring more than a dozen varieties of wine and offerings from over 20 local rest...
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LONGMEADOW – Nash, a one-and-a-half-year-old Australian Shepherd, popped his head out of the bathtub to look at his owner, James Christensen. While Nash wasn’t thrilled about having a b...
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LONGMEADOW – After completing three interviews with potential candidates, the Longmeadow Select Board has put in an offer for Lyn Simmons to be Longmeadow’s new Town Manager.

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LONGMEADOW – With white subway tiles lining the walls, floor-to-ceiling windows that allow sunlight to illuminate the room and a stunning bar that features a wine dispensing unit that offers ...
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LONGMEADOW – Alexandra Perkins’s sits in the woods near Bay Path University with the wind blowing. She speaks in halted sentences, pausing and then hurrying to get the rest of the words...
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LONGMEADOW – Ellen ‘Ellie’ Krug (pronounced Kroog) is a writer, radio host, and public speaker, but the word she would likely use to describe herself is “human.”

LONGMEADOW/SPRINGFIELD/HOLYOKE – As part of the Assistance to Firefighter Grant (AFG) program from the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA), several local towns, including Longm...
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WEST SPRINGFIELD – Longmeadow resident, and winner of season 14 of the popular singing competition show “The Voice,” Brynn Cartelli sang at the Big E on Sept. 13, 14, and 15. Cart...
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LONGMEADOW – In a few short weeks, locals will be invited to tour seven Longmeadow homes through the Friends of the Storrs Library Book It Library Tour of Homes.

The self-guided tour ...
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LONGMEADOW – A decaying Victorian mansion has been given new life as an office building in Longmeadow.

Built by the family of a minister, the Brewer-Young House, was once home to state...
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LONGMEADOW – Two Longmeadow families took time out of their summer vacation to give back and help local kids love to read. Three children in the Desrosiers family, Meghan, Mary, and Matthew, ...
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LONGMEADOW – Interim Town Manager James Moynihan along with various select board members shared numerous updates with one another at the Aug. 19 Select Board meeting. These updates included t...
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LONGMEADOW – Lululemon will be coming to The Longmeadow Shops, but potentially for only a short time.

The popular athleisure brand will be bringing their yoga clothes and running gear ...
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LONGMEADOW – Following two presentations regarding the potential harmful effects of allowing a gas metering station to come to town, residents of Longmeadow resoundingly voted in favor of a z...
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LONGMEADOW – Interim Town Manager James Moynihan was no stranger to Western Massachusetts when he applied for the position. A graduate of Classical High School, the Springfield native holds b...
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LONGMEADOW – Residents of Longmeadow will have the opportunity to vote on two warrant articles at the upcoming Special Town Meeting on Aug. 20. The first article involves a zoning bylaw amend...
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LONGMEADOW – Former Reminder Publishing freelancer, Springfield native and current Longmeadow resident Christine White has recently published a book of personal essays titled, &ldquo...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow Community Television (LCTV) recently announced their new Executive Director, Tracey Durant, who is replacing longtime Executive Director Dave Bartlett. Durant is no st...
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LONGMEADOW –  An organization that reduces food waste while feeding those in need has come to Hampden County, the most food-insecure region in the state.

Lovin’ Spoonfuls is...
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LONGMEADOW – In the wake of the Select Board’s four to one vote to not exercise chapter 61B rights in regard to the town’s Tennessee Gas Pipeline concerns at the July 10 meeting, ...
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LONGMEADOW –  Eight golden shovels of dirt were lifted in unison as elected officials broke ground on the new Longmeadow Adult Community Center. The project has taken nearly eight years,...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow School Committee hosted a brief meeting on June 25 where they discussed a recent administrative retreat; work in the schools – both curriculum and facility w...
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LONGMEADOW – A dozen people gathered in the dining room of the Longmeadow Adult Center on June 27 to discuss the progress made in blocking the installation of a gas metering station. The init...
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LONGMEADOW – Town Moderator Rebecca Townsend came before the Longmeadow School Committee on June 13 to discuss free software that is available to the town to assist in creating a stronger dia...
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LONGMEADOW – According to Town Manager Stephen Crane’s statement at the June 3 Select Board meeting, the Department of Public Works (DPW) building project is underway. This has not come...
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LONGMEADOW – Town Manager Stephen Crane officially filed his resignation with the Longmeadow Select Board on June 4, as Crane has entered into a three-year agreement to be Town Manager in Con...
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LONGMEADOW – Approximately 2,049 voters, which equates to 17.91 percent, turned out at the Town of Longmeadow’s annual town election on June 11, electing veteran Mark Gold and Marc Stra...
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LONGMEADOW – The Town Green in Longmeadow will be bustling with local knitters and crocheters on June 8 in celebration of World Wide Knit in Public Day.

The international event, World ...
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LONGMEADOW – This week, we continue part two of our coverage on Longmeadow’s upcoming June 11 election for School Committee.     

As previously stated in last week...
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LONGMEADOW – Seven candidates are up for positions on the Longmeadow School Committee, and residents of Longmeadow will have the opportunity to vote for who they would like to serve on the Co...
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LONGMEADOW – What happens when a Longmeadow resident – turned New York City editor at Hanover Square Press –  spends a summer at a share house in Montauk with a few dozen peo...
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LONGMEADOW – The Annual Town Election is coming up for Longmeadow on June 11, and four candidates are running for two open seats on the Select Board for three-year terms. Reminder Publishing ...
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LONGMEADOW – Coming up on June 15 is the 4th Annual Almost Mile Family Fun Run and 5K fundraising effort to benefit Longmeadow’s Storrs Library and the Philip Michael Lauro II Discovery...
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LONGMEADOW – The Town of Longmeadow hosted their annual Town Meeting on May 14 to discuss and vote on 42 warrant articles – all of which passed by unanimous or majority votes, with the ...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow native, Stephano G. Daniele, and his team at Yale University in New Haven, CT, have successfully revived activity in a pig’s brain four hours after death.

LONGMEADOW – Each year residents of Longmeadow come out for a two-day celebration on the Town Green for Long Meddowe Days. This year, the 40th Annual Celebration will take place on May 18 and...
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LONGMEADOW — Fourth grade students at Longmeadow’s Center Elementary School celebrated Arbor Day on April 26. While it may have been a gloomy day, the rain broke briefly to give some of...
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LONGMEADOW – Spring has officially sprung, and with the season come’s the annual Spring Town Meeting hosted in Longmeadow. The meeting will take place on May 14 at 7 p.m. in the Longmea...
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LONGMEADOW – Performing live in front of a stadium of people is an opportunity many can only dream of, but for Shelby Moccio of Longmeadow, that dream will turn into a reality this summer whi...
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­LONGMEADOW – As an involved member of the Longmeadow community, both civically, in business and with his family, Dr. Andrew Lam has published his third book, “Repentance,” wh...
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LONGMEADOW – Willie Ross School for the Deaf (WRSD) hosted a groundbreaking ceremony on April 11 on a $1.2 million expansion to the campus. Local officials including state Rep. Brian Ashe and...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow School Committee was host to a series of accomplished students from the district at their April 9 meeting, including students from Center School who proposed the p...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow citizens were given the opportunity to voice their opinions on the plans by Tennessee Gas Pipeline to expand its natural gas infrastructure in the region. The Longmead...
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LONGMEADOW – At the age of 21, Jonathon Jasak of Longmeadow, developed neuroblastoma, a rare form of cancer usually seen in infants and children. He was treated at the MassGeneral Hospital (M...
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LONGMEADOW – At the March 26 Special Town Meeting – which may have lasted a record low time at eight minutes – residents voted to take no action on the lone warrant article which ...
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LONGMEADOW – Following the ground breaking at the location of the new Department of Works [DPW] facility in Longmeadow, the town found asbestos containing materials (ACM) on the site. From th...
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LONGMEADOW –  Residents of Longmeadow rejoice: property taxes were increased by 2 percent for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY 20), as opposed to 2.5 percent, Town Manager Stephen Crane revealed at ...
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LONGMEADOW – On March 10, 25 students from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts including Diana Kulmizev of Agawam High School and Esther Yen of Longmeadow High School competed in the Fourteenth...
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LONGMEADOW – At the March 5 joint meeting between the Longmeadow Select Board and School Committee, four individuals were selected for the remaining open seats on the School Committee.

LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow School Committee and Select Board hosted back–to–back joint meetings on Feb. 25 and Feb. 26 to interview 10 candidates for four open positions on the S...
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LONGMEADOW – In a unanimous decision, the Longmeadow School Committee voted at their Feb. 14 meeting to extend Superintendent Dr. Martin O’Shea’s contract for an additional two ye...
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LONGMEADOW/SPRINGFIELD – With electricity costs on the rise as well as a greater concern for the environment and maintaining sustainable energy when possible, the town of Longmeadow and the c...
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LONGMEADOW — The newest restaurant in town, set to open in June called “Posto” had their liquor license hearing at the Feb. 4 Select Board meeting, upon which time the applicant s...
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LONGMEADOW — A mere four days after the Longmeadow Select Board and School Committee voted to fill one of the four open positions on the School Committee with resident and longtime educator i...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow resident and longtime educator Susan Bell was chosen to fill one of the four open seats on the Longmeadow School Committee at a joint School Committee and Select Board...
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LONGMEADOW – Four Longmeadow School Committee members have resigned from their positions in the wake of the vote taken at Longmeadow’s Special Town Meeting on Jan. 17 that could potenti...
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LONGMEADOW — Four Longmeadow School Committee members have resigned from their positions in the wake of the vote taken at Longmeadow’s Special Town Meeting on Jan. 17 that could potenti...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow High School gymnasium was nearly full as residents voted on the warrant articles on hand at the Jan. 17 Special Town Meeting–one which could lead to giving L...
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LONGMEADOW – “Before people can move forward they have to heal the past, that hasn’t happened,” Assistant Superintendent for Learning Susan Bertrand stated as Longmeadow&rsq...
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LONGMEADOW – The Jan. 17 Special Town Meeting was the subject of much discussion at the Longmeadow Select Board’s Jan. 7 meeting, when the board was told by Town Moderator Rebecca Towns...
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LONGMEADOW – On Dec. 28 the Longmeadow Select Board held a special meeting at 5 p.m. to close and sign the Special Town Meeting Warrant. Longmeadow’s Special Town Meeting will be held o...
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LONGMEADOW – In Longmeadow, the year of 2018 brought a series of highs and lows, with the town taking steps toward becoming drug free and dementia friendly, a heartwarming “Vow Renewal&...
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LONGMEADOW – On Dec. 19 the Longmeadow Select Board met to determine the Town’s tax rate for fiscal year 2019 (FY19), which will be a single tax rate value for all classes of property.<...
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LONGMEADOW – Students at Wolf Swamp Road Elementary School spent their holiday season making sure that children living at local shelters in the Springfield area are taken care of.

Pare...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow CLOSE Community needs your help, and you could win a $25 gift certificate to one of many local restaurants and businesses for doing so.

The Longmeadow CLOSE...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Select Board hosted a Tax Classification Hearing at their Dec. 17 meeting, upon which time the Board of Assessors discussed the town’s tax rate, how it&rsquo...
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LONGMEADOW – Owner of West Springfield’s “The Music Cellar” Ellen Buoniconti is celebrating with six of her students, Esther, Shirley, Thien–an, Benjamin, Jasmine and ...
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LONGMEADOW – Co–owners of Agawam’s The Federal and West Hartford’s Vinted Wine Bar, Ralph Santaniello and Michael Presnal are no strangers to owning and operating successful...
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LONGMEADOW – At the Longmeadow School Committee’s Nov. 27 meeting, the committee once again heard from residents regarding the decision made at the Nov. 14 meeting to not renew Superint...
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LONGMEADOW – In early April, Reminder Publishing reported that Longmeadow was planning to partner with the city of Springfield in an application to the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center&rsquo...
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LONGMEADOW – Living in a technology–driven world, for those of us who may be less tech–savvy, it can be hard to keep up. Reminder Publishing conducted an interview with Longmeadow...
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LONGMEADOW – Founded in 1897, Bay Path University, located in Longmeadow, has been offering undergraduate degrees for women and graduate degrees for men and women for years. Recently, Niche.c...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow School Committee will now be searching for a new superintendent for the school district to begin on July 1, 2019 following an at times contentious and well–a...
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LONGMEADOW – Each year Wolf Swamp Elementary School’s Parent Teacher Association in Longmeadow hosts their annual Turkey Trot 5K run and 2 mile walk. This year is the 7th run/walk, whic...
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LONGMEADOW – The Willie Ross School for the Deaf (WRSD) will be hosting their first annual Photography event on Nov. 16, featuring work by WRSD students.

Education Director at WRSD Eri...
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LONGMEADOW – Residents rejoice! Longmeadow’s Big Y World Class Market located at 802 Williams St. has officially completed renovations in many areas of the now 29,573 square foot space,...
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LONGMEADOW – On Nov. 5 the Longmeadow Select Board met to discuss extra funding received, early voters, the Charlie Mike run, a proposed project that would benefit soccer, lacrosse and field ...
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LONGMEADOW – The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been entertaining children and adults alike annually since 1924 with their giant balloons, performers and musical acts. This year, Lo...
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LONGMEADOW – The Select Board and School Committee met in a joint session on Oct. 29 to discuss and review the initial forecasts for the fiscal year 2019 (FY19) budget.

The budgeting p...
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LONGMEADOW – Cindy Cowles, the sister of Warren Cowles, who was killed by an Amtrak train on March 14, 2017, said, “I’ve waited for this day for a long time.” Work is to beg...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow High School auditorium had plenty of seats open at the Oct. 16 Town Meeting, as roughly only 100 residents attended to vote on the 11 warrant articles.

Arti...
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LONGMEADOW – In just a few weeks, The Longmeadow Shops will be hosting their first–ever “Stroll the Shops” event, welcoming the community to take advantage of Baystate Healt...
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LONGMEADOW –  The Town of Longmeadow is hosting a Special Town Meeting on Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. at Longmeadow High School, 95 Grassy Gutter Rd. The Town encourages residents to attend Town M...
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LONGMEADOW – At the Longmeadow Select Board’s meeting on Sept. 17, the group discussed a series topics including the recent Columbia Gas explosions in Eastern Mass, the Town Mangers rep...
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LONGMEADOW – At 408 Longmeadow St. sits the former location of Rinaldi’s Italian Specialties, and next summer, the space will be once again filled. This time, however, by the Paris Napl...
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LONGMEADOW – At the start of the 2017–2018 school year, Wolf Swamp Road Elementary School in Longmeadow began their “Wolf Pack Gatherings” as a means to create a safe, comfo...
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LONGMEADOW – Longmeadow High School (LHS) senior Ashvin Babu has recently taken his second trip to Tanzania, helping volunteer members of the organization “Jambo Tanzania” with he...
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LONGMEADOW – Each year the People’s Choice Awards invites the public to vote on their favorite movies, movie stars, TV shows, talk show hosts and more. This year, Longmeadow resident an...
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LONGMEADOW – Following the close of the joint Select Board and School Committee meeting on Sept. 5, the Select Board continued their meeting to discuss several updates from the Town Manager, ...
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LONGMEADOW – Following the Aug. 27 joint meeting between the Select Board and School Committee, on Sept. 4, the two governing bodies appointed Armand Wray to the vacant seat on the School Com...
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LONGMEADOW – With the start of the school year for Longmeadow’s grades one through 12 on August 30 and Pre–K and Kindergarten on August 31, school safety was a topic discussed at ...
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LONGMEADOW – Select Board Chair Mark Gold opened up the Board’s August 6 meeting by offering a detailed statement regarding the discovery of asbestos containing materials at the site of...
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LONGMEADOW – Willie Ross School for the Deaf (WRSD) has hired two individuals for the positions of WRSD education director as well as assistant education director. Experienced educator Laurie...
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LONGMEADOW – Willie Ross School for the Deaf (WRSD) has hired two individuals for the positions of WRSD education director as well as assistant education director. Former Assistant Director o...
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LONGMEADOW – History buffs and townies rejoice! Arcadia Publishing, known for publishing the Images of America book series, has published Longmeadow’s first book with the he...
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LONGMEADOW – Iris Gallo, an oncoming junior at Longmeadow High School (LHS), competed and won at the 16 and under New England Sectional Championship on June 26 at Yale University. Sectionals ...
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LONGMEADOW – Former Longmeadow resident Jess Abbott traveled back to town this week from her home in Colorado for Springfield’s Grow with Google event, as Abbott is an employee of Googl...
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LONGMEADOW – In early April, Reminder Publications reported that Longmeadow was planning to partner with the city of Springfield in an application to the Massachusetts Clean Energy C...
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LONGMEADOW –  At the June 18 Select Board meeting, the Board reorganized, discussed “unforeseen circumstances” at the Department of Public Works (DPW) building and provided a...
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LONGMEADOW –  Local officials and members of the Longmeadow Highway Department gathered at 170 Dwight Rd. on June 1 to celebrate the groundbreaking of what will be the site of the new De...
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LONGMEADOW – For weeks, millions of people watched her sing on NBC, and after several weeks of practice, perseverance and dedication, Brynn Cartelli of Longmeadow was voted by America as the ...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow CLOSE Community will be hosting an Opioid Education event at the Longmeadow Adult Center on June 7 at 6:30 p.m.

CLOSE Community Program Coordinator Paul McN...
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LONGMEADOW – Longtime Select Board member and Longmeadow resident Marie Angelides is running for Hampden County Register of Deeds, a position that has long been held by Donald Ashe. A woman w...
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LONGMEADOW – At the May 9 School Committee meeting, the Longmeadow School Committee members presented their evaluation of Superintendent Dr. Martin O’Shea. While the Board commended O&r...
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LONGMEADOW - The 39th Annual Long Meddowe Days festivities took place on May 19 and 20 and was host to the Tim Paige 5K Memorial Road Race/Walk, as well as opportunities for people to learn about t...
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LONGMEADOW –  Earlier in the year, on Jan. 25, Longmeadow hosted a Special Town Meeting where residents voted to afford The Longmeadow Preservation partners, also known as Dr. Andrew Lam...
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LONGMEADOW – Town resident, Springfield Pics coach, actor and author Jeff Londraville recently released his new book, “Your Path To Clarity.” Reminder Publications conducted a que...
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LONGMEADOW –  The Longmeadow Annual Town Meeting took place at 7 p.m. on May 8 in the Longmeadow High School gymnasium. Hundreds of residents attended to vote o...
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LONGMEADOW – The Longmeadow Veterans Services is presenting, “The Story Behind Black Hawk Down” on May 18 and is encouraging residents to attend the event.

Director of Vete...
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LONGMEADOW – With the Longmeadow Annual Town Meeting quickly approaching on May 8, Reminder Publications sat down with Town Manager Stephen Crane to discuss the warrant, a few specific articl...
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LONGMEADOW –  At the Longmeadow Select Board meeting on April 17 the board discussed briefly concerns by some residents regarding the town manager’s relationship with the Brewer Yo...
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LONGMEADOW – Roughly 50 people attended the Over 60 Club’s gathering in Longmeadow’s current Adult Center at Greenwood Park on April 12, where they met with architect John Catlin ...
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LONGMEADOW –  The Longmeadow Select Board hosted a meeting on April 2 where the group discussed the cell tower balloon test coming soon, resident comments regarding Article 28 on the upc...
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LONGMEADOW – The town of Longmeadow and the city of Springfield are coming together to apply to the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center’s Solarize solar power program.  This program ...
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LONGMEADOW – As Toys R Us moves down that oft-bumpy road through liquidation and store closures, what does that mean for consumers – and the toy industry?  It means big changes are...
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LONGMEADOW –  On March 19 Longmeadow Public Schools Superintendent Martin O’Shea alongside School Committee Vice Chair Russell Dupere came before the Select Board for approval of t...
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LONGMEADOW – Longtime Longmeadow resident Tony Odierna needs your help. Join him and other like-minded individuals with a passion for helping those in need through his new program, “H.E...
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LONGMEADOW –  On March 12 the Longmeadow Select Board hosted a special meeting, which consisted of a Budget Forum to discuss the FY19 budget review.

Town Manager Stephen Crane pre...
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LONGMEADOW –  For the next several weeks on Monday and Tuesday nights if you turn your television on to NBC, you may recognize a familiar face. Alongside renowned singers Adam Levine of ...
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