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By | Dec 31, 2024

Town evicts resident on public health, sanitary code grounds

HAMPDEN — In its capacity as the Board of Health, the Selectboard voted to order a Scantic Road resident to leave their property due to inadequate housing and a risk to public health.


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Students’ view of schools, academic achievement is mixed

By | Dec 31, 2024

Students’ view of schools, academic achievement is mixed

WILBRAHAM — The Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District has made some gains since last year, but there is still work to be done. That was the takeaway from the accountability report presented by Superintendent John Provost at the Dec. 19 School Committee meeting.


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By | Dec 31, 2024

Change is the theme of this year’s Year in Review

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.


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Toy for Joy donations surge with deadline looming

By | Dec 20, 2024

Toy for Joy donations surge with deadline looming

The Toy for Joy campaign is in its final stages, but a late surge in donations will make countless children and families happy this Christmas.


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By | Dec 18, 2024

Hampden leadership talks FY26 budget needs, tax bill increase

HAMPDEN — The Hampden Selectboard met with department heads on Dec. 9 to discuss where the town’s finances stand and what is anticipated for fiscal year 2026, which begins July 1, 2025. The meeting was a key step in creating that year’s budget.


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Local families and organizations make generous Toy for Joy donations

By | Dec 16, 2024

Local families and organizations make generous Toy for Joy donations

The Phelon family and the Roberts family come from different backgrounds to share the desire to help children.


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By | Nov 26, 2024

New HWRSD finance head plans to be ‘transparent,’ ‘open and honest’

WILBRAHAM — After an exhaustive search, the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School Committee authorized Superintendent John Provost to hire Douglas Slaughter to be the district’s new assistant superintendent of Finance, Operations and Human Resources.


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By | Nov 20, 2024

Hampden residents defeat Senior Center issue at Town Meeting

HAMPDEN — A capacity audience at the Hampden Town Meeting on Oct. 13 rejected for a third time an effort to put on the next ballot a question approving a Proposition 2 1/2 override to borrow money to pay for renovations and expansion of the town’s Senior Center.


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Neal defeats activist opponent, secures 19th term in House

By | Nov 11, 2024

Neal defeats activist opponent, secures 19th term in House

The morning after the Nov. 5 election, while control of the U.S. House of Representatives was still in the air, the outcome in Massachusetts’ First Congressional District was clear. U.S. Rep. Richard Neal (D-Springfield) won a 19th term, his sixth representing the westernmost district in the state.


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