East Longmeadow

Municipalities grateful for added road aid to tackle large backlog

By Sarah Heinonen | Aug 20, 2025

Municipalities grateful for added road aid to tackle large backlog

Cities and towns across the commonwealth will receive an unexpected increase in their state aid for roadways, a welcomed relief in a particularly tight fiscal year.

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Jarzabski appointed as new East Longmeadow School Committee member

By Sarah Heinonen | Aug 20, 2025

Jarzabski appointed as new East Longmeadow School Committee member

EAST LONGMEADOW — After a joint meeting in which the East Longmeadow Town Council and School Committee interviewed five applicants, Kerri Jarzabski was chosen to fill a vacancy on the committee left by the exit of Sarah Truoiolio.

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By Sarah Heinonen | Aug 6, 2025

The Depot to offer rides on miniature steam locomotive

EAST LONGMEADOW — Take a step back in time on Aug. 9 as a steam engine runs the rails of Graham Central Railroad, at The Depot at Graham Central Station, 60 Maple St.

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Local farm allows hands-on animal experience

By Sarah Heinonen | Aug 6, 2025

Local farm allows hands-on animal experience

EAST LONGMEADOW — East Longmeadow is a rural town and while farms selling blueberries or apples and other produce are fairly familiar, farms with an array of livestock are less common. Farms where the public can snuggle with goats, ride a horse and learn husbandry are rare.

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Girl Scouts Gold Award earners found ways to make positive change

By Sarah Heinonen | Jul 30, 2025

Girl Scouts Gold Award earners found ways to make positive change

Five area girls learned lessons in the value of determination and their own ability to make lasting change while undertaking Girl Scout Gold Award projects.

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Agricultural retail space, event venue approved for Somers Road

By Sarah Heinonen | Jul 23, 2025

Agricultural retail space, event venue approved for Somers Road

EAST LONGMEADOW — After two public hearings and comments by several concerned neighbors, the East Longmeadow Planning Board approved a plan to construct a building to sell produce and act as an event venue at The Farm at Hawks Landing.

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WESTCOMM officially opens new dispatch center

By Tyler Garnet | Jul 22, 2025

WESTCOMM officially opens new dispatch center

CHICOPEE — Elected officials, first responders and more gathered on July 14 for the ribbon cutting ceremony of a new regional emergency communications center at the old Salter College site at 645 Shawninigan Dr.

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So That Reminds Me: Oliveira talks budget season, federal cuts

By Dennis Hackett | Jul 22, 2025

So That Reminds Me: Oliveira talks budget season, federal cuts

On the latest episode of “So That Reminds Me,” state Sen. Jake Oliveira sat down with co-hosts Chris Maza and Tyler Garnet to talk about everything going on in the Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester district.

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Spotlight on seniors: Talent Show returns to Pleasant View

By Tina Lesniak | Jul 17, 2025

Spotlight on seniors: Talent Show returns to Pleasant View

EAST LONGMEADOW — The stage is set, the acts are lining up, and the excitement is building for the Pleasant View Senior Center’s fourth annual talent show, scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 7 at 1 p.m. in the center’s auditorium.

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East Longmeadow Town Council talks rotary, town center district design funding

By Sarah Heinonen | Jul 17, 2025

East Longmeadow Town Council talks rotary, town center district design funding

EAST LONGMEADOW — East Longmeadow has been awarded two grants that will help the town plan for revisions to the rotary and the latest iteration of a center town district.