LONGMEADOW — Jodi Falk, executive director of Rachel’s Table of Western Massachusetts, stood on the loading platform of a 16-foot, insulated box truck as it rose up into the air, celebrating the lives that it will improve.
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.
LONGMEADOW — The town of Longmeadow is weighing how it wants to restore the stadium at the high school after studies found that the current grass field is basically unusable at this point.
LONGMEADOW — The Longmeadow Select Board got its first look at the fiscal year 2026 town budget, which closed a projected shortfall of more than $700,000 through level service funding and a cut in recommended capital projects.
WESTFIELD — Westfield State University has announced the launch of its new Paramedic Program, set to begin in April and designed to help meet workforce needs in the region.