East Longmeadow Lions Club hosts annual fishing derby
EAST LONGMEADOW — About 200 families woke up bright and early on April 19, put on rain boots and grabbed their tackle boxes for the East Longmeadow Lions Club Fishing Derby at Heritage Park.
Neal talks Medicaid, pushes back on federal cuts at care facility
WILBRAHAM — U.S. Rep. Richard Neal visited Life Care Center of Wilbraham, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility, to discuss how potential cuts to Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security would impact long- and short-term care providers and their clients.
West Springfield Boys & Girls Club hosts art exhibit for ‘club kids’
WEST SPRINGFIELD — Black lights, canvas, cardboard and tissue paper: in the hands of children, it becomes art. On April 15, children eagerly ran around the West Springfield Boys & Girls Club showing their creations to family members at the West Springfield Boys & Girls Club Art Exhibit.
East Longmeadow to celebrate American Revolution’s 250th anniversary
EAST LONGMEADOW — The story is well known. Battles between members of colonial militias and British soldiers broke out in the towns of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. It was, as Ralph Waldo Emerson described it, the “shot heard ‘round the world.” The American Revolution had begun.
Water, sewer shortfall will mean one-time meter rate hike
LONGMEADOW — Addressing the fallout from a 2024 change to the way water and sewer usage is billed, the Longmeadow Select Board voted on April 7 to use a combination of retained earnings, a reduction to the water operating budget and an increase in water meter rate to cover a combined $530,000 shortfall.