Site is too small for middle school
After attending last weeks monthly meeting of the new Longmeadow Middle School Committee, we are now convinced, more than ever, that the only option being considered for a new middle school is to build a new school on the Williams athletic field.
I’m not running for office but I have a wish list for Western Mass.
As I write this column the Springfield Jazz and Roots Festival is just a few days away. It will draw thousands of people to downtown Springfield — as long as the weather holds — making a sizable economic development impact on the region through restaurant and hotel use.
Bothered by banks
Another bank in East Longmeadow!
Better options for middle school
I would like to address the issue surrounding the potential location of the new proposed Longmeadow Middle School.
Displaying Ten Commandments in schools won’t change a thing
When I first lived in Springfield from 1957 to 1962, I attended kindergarten, first and second grades. I remember the school days starting for the first and second grades with the Pledge of Allegiance, singing a patriotic song and then a prayer, often accompanied with a reading from the Bible.