Letters to the Editor

There will be two very important votes in Longmeadow this fall. On Sept. 9, at a special Town Meeting, residents will vote on the funding for the new middle school. This will be followed by a ballot vote on Sept. 30, to approve a Proposition 2½ Exclusion. If both...

The Massachusetts Teachers Association adamantly opposes using MCAS scores in any capacity to derive a student’s competency determination for high school graduation. In decisively passing Question 2 in November, voters spoke loudly and clearly that they wanted...

On Jan. 6 of this year, President Ed Wingenbach announced his resignation as leader of Hampshire College, having led the institution through a seemingly miraculous rebound since 2019. Behind the handshakes and smiles, a complex reality exists, and the community...

Southampton is being asked to approve a Proposition 2½ override of $897,069 to maintain essential educational services at William E. Norris School. As both Vice Chair of the Select Board and Chair of the School Committee, I want to make clear: this request is not...

In recent months, citizen concerns surrounding Eversource’s gas line repairs and proposed rate hikes have raised valid questions about public safety, fairness, and corporate accountability. While emotions understandably run high when it comes to issues that impact...

The recent opinion column in The Reminder by Editor Chris Maza addressed the Massachusetts ballot Question 1 approved by the voters in the November 2024 election. Question 1 asked the voters to approve the Massachusetts State Auditor to audit the state Legislature....

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities says: Few budgetary concepts generate as much unintended confusion and deliberate misinformation as the Social Security trust funds. The trust funds are invested in Treasury securities that are just as sound as all other...

As Longmeadow moves closer to a funding vote later this year on its new middle school, we are still waiting and wondering,where are the traffic studies? A preliminary traffic analysis was conducted in April of 2024, but the design of the new school property with...

The past three editions of the Reminder contained letters from Longmeadow residents about the shameful treatment two members of the previous Board of Assessors received from the majority of the Select Board. Both Richard Foster and Mr. Zeller have stellar records...