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Longmeadow Select Board calls for Planning Board member to resign after ‘bigoted’ incident

By | May 21, 2025

Longmeadow Select Board calls for Planning Board member to resign after ‘bigoted’ incident

LONGMEADOW — The Select Board unanimously signed onto a May 19 letter by Chair Vineeth Hemavathi that called for the resignation of Planning Board member Walter Gunn.


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Select Board provides last chance to choose recycling cart size

By | May 15, 2025

Select Board provides last chance to choose recycling cart size

LONGMEADOW — The Longmeadow Select Board provided residents with a little extra time and choice around the new recycling carts required as part of the town’s contract with Waste Management, which begins July 1.


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Longmeadow Planning Board discusses former church property changes

By | May 15, 2025

Longmeadow Planning Board discusses former church property changes

LONGMEADOW — The Planning Board reviewed plans and asked questions about a set of retail buildings planned for 916 Williams St. during a May 7 public hearing.


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Longmeadow voters approve some bylaw changes, reject others

By | May 15, 2025

Longmeadow voters approve some bylaw changes, reject others

LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow voters considered several bylaw amendments, changes to the town charter and citizen petition articles at the spring Town Meeting on May 13. Most articles, including the town’s $87.38 million budget for fiscal year 2026, were passed without much comment, but several bylaw changes prompted debate.


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Carpet donated in memory of late Blueberry Hill principal

By | May 8, 2025

Carpet donated in memory of late Blueberry Hill principal

LONGMEADOW — Most educators hope to leave an impact, but Blueberry Hill School’s late principal, Alex Kassanos, left an enduring relationship between the school and his family.


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Students learn about tree importance for Arbor Day

By | May 8, 2025

Students learn about tree importance for Arbor Day

LONGMEADOW — Dressed in a lab coat and sporting wild white hair, Canadian arborist and educator “Professor Elwood Pricklethorn” entertained fourth graders at Blueberry Hill School while helping them grow their knowledge and love of trees.


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Five candidates competing for two Select Board seats in Longmeadow

By | May 1, 2025

Five candidates competing for two Select Board seats in Longmeadow

LONGMEADOW — It is town election season and in Longmeadow, five candidates submitted papers to run for two seats on the Select Board. Since 1988, races with more than two candidates per seat require a preliminary election to be conducted to whittle down the field.


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Great Longmeadow Karaoke Throwdown: food, fun, fundraising

By | Apr 23, 2025

Great Longmeadow Karaoke Throwdown: food, fun, fundraising

LONGMEADOW — Get ready to belt out your favorite tunes and cheer on your neighbors at the first Great Longmeadow Karaoke Throwdown, a high-energy fundraiser hosted by Friends of Longmeadow Music, set for Tuesday, April 30, from 6-9 p.m. at the Meeting House.


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Rachel’s Table celebrates new refrigerated box truck

By | Apr 23, 2025

Rachel’s Table celebrates new refrigerated box truck

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.


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By | Apr 16, 2025

Water, sewer shortfall will mean one-time meter rate hike

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.


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