Longmeadow

By Laura Mason | Aug 21, 2024

Early voting for state primary election opens Aug. 24

With the Sept. 3 State Primary election just around the corner, early voting in East Longmeadow, Hampden, Longmeadow and Wilbraham will begin on Aug. 24.

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By Sarah Heinonen | Aug 15, 2024

Longmeadow Select Board sets water rates, seeks alternate registrar candidate

LONGMEADOW — After months of debate, the Longmeadow Select Board set the water, sewer and stormwater rates for fiscal year 2025. The Springfield Water & Sewer Commission, which sells Longmeadow its water, charged the town $1.9 million this year, $433,133 over...

By Tina Lesniak | Aug 7, 2024

Veterinary clinic offers range of services for pets, their ‘parents’

LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow pet parents now have a comprehensive veterinary clinic to provide the best care for their four-legged family members. On Aug. 5, the experienced trio of Caroline Joos, Kristin Lappetito and Angela DuBois officially opened the doors of Longmeadow Veterinary Clinic, the town’s only veterinary clinic.

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By Laura Mason | Jul 31, 2024

Towns awarded Community Mitigation Fund money

East Longmeadow, Longmeadow and Wilbraham were among the towns to receive grant funds from the recent division by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission of $18 million as part of the Community Mitigation Fund.

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Longmeadow teen’s poetry book lands on best-seller list

By Staasi Heropoulos | Jul 24, 2024

Longmeadow teen’s poetry book lands on best-seller list

LONGMEADOW — When Cecelia Allentuck, 18, released her book of poems this month, she never imagined it would top the charts as Amazon’s best-seller in the Poetry for Teens & Young Adults category.

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Staasi Heropoulos has been a broadcast and print journalist as well as a corporate communications practitioner, in Western Mass. and internationally for more than 40 years. He loves writing feature articles on local people and places but also welcomes story ideas about corporate and government malfeasance. Staasi can be reached at Staasi.Heropoulos@gmail.com.

By Laura Mason | Jul 24, 2024

Local women selected as part of 2024 Commonwealth Heroines Class

Longmeadow resident Amy Baxter and Wilbraham resident Christine Goonan were recently celebrated as part of the 2024 class of Commonwealth Heroines by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women.

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By Staasi Heropoulos | Jul 17, 2024

Longmeadow resident proud of daughter’s heroism on Cape Cod

LONGMEADOW — A Longmeadow father is a proud pappa these days after his 33-year-old daughter saved a drowning man’s life on Cape Cod.

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Longmeadow Select Board questions SWSC, debates water rate mitigation

By Sarah Heinonen | Jul 17, 2024

Longmeadow Select Board questions SWSC, debates water rate mitigation

LONGMEADOW — The Springfield Water and Sewer Commission was on hand at the July 15 Longmeadow Select Board meeting to answer questions and clarify the reasons behind a substantial 28.8% hike in the cost of water for Longmeadow.