LONGMEADOW — Hebrew singing carried over the Town Green as scores of families, elected officials and community leaders watched as Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy’s Rabbi Noah Kosofsky lit the sixth torch atop the community’s menorah, commemorating Hanukkah.
Change — or resistance to it — was a common theme in the area in 2024. Reminder Publishing took a look back at some of the stories that took precedence over the past year in East Longmeadow, Longmeadow, Hampden and Wilbraham.
LONGMEADOW — Two educational pillars in Longmeadow, Bay Path University and Willie Ross School for the Deaf, have begun a partnership designed to directly benefits today’s deaf and hard-of-hearing youth and those of future generations by investing in educators.
LONGMEADOW — The Longmeadow Select Board voted to sign an intergovernmental agreement with the South Hadley Electric Light Department, which operates the Fiberspring fiber optic internet service provider.
LONGMEADOW — Before becoming an author, Michael Tougias grew up in Longmeadow. On Jan. 8, he will return to the town to give a presentation on his book, “Extreme Survival: Lessons from Those Who Have Triumphed Against All Odds,” at the Longmeadow Adult Center.
LONGMEADOW — Music is a labor of love for the musicians of the Longmeadow High School symphony orchestra. On April 26, 2025, that labor will pay off as the orchestra is one of only six in schools across 11 states that has been invited to play at the National Association for Music Education’s 58th Eastern Division In-Service Conference.