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By | Feb 21, 2024

Hope for RA: one woman’s success with experimental treatment

Among the deeply personal topic of illnesses and medical conditions, autoimmune disorders are often invisible and misunderstood by the public.


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By | Feb 14, 2024

Counsel advises Longmeadow Planning Board on Open Meeting Law with social media

LONGMEADOW — During the Feb. 7 Planning Board meeting, Town Counsel Attorney Jason Talerman advised board members on how to follow Open Meeting Law when using social media and other online public forums.


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By | Feb 7, 2024

Criminals turn to low-tech ‘check washing’ as online fraud made harder

LONGMEADOW — Online financial transactions have been a major path for theft and identity fraud for years. As more safeguards have been put in place to protect against those crimes, thieves have shifted back to more low-tech methods of stealing from the public.


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By | Feb 7, 2024

Longmeadow schools receive grant for student behavioral health

LONGMEADOW — At the School Committee’s Jan. 30 meeting, Longmeadow Public Schools Superintendent M. Martin O’Shea announced that the district would receive a grant for “student social emotional learning, their behavioral and mental health, and overall wellness” in fiscal year 2025.


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By | Jan 31, 2024

Freezing temperatures make firefighters’ jobs even more hazardous

LONGMEADOW — Amid billowing smoke and flames reaching out from a side door to lick at the roof of 1446 Longmeadow St., Longmeadow Firefighters trained their hoses on the Jan. 20 nighttime blaze.


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By | Jan 31, 2024

Longmeadow students’ art celebrated at Storrs Library reception

LONGMEADOW — Artwork from students at Longmeadow High School was on display in the Richard Salter Storrs Library during a reception for the exhibit Jan. 25.


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By | Jan 24, 2024

Longmeadow Key Club to host Winter Festival to raise money for Lydia’s Closet

LONGMEADOW — Longmeadow High School’s Key Club will host its inaugural Winter Festival on Sunday, Jan. 28.


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By | Jan 24, 2024

Longmeadow residents say electric vehicle charger rate too steep

LONGMEADOW — Town-owned electric vehicle chargers have been available to the public in Longmeadow for about a month. While Town Manager Lyn Simmons said the chargers were “seeing some good use,” those users have found the cost to be too high.


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By | Jan 24, 2024

Longmeadow Select Board supports pool, ‘trusts’ budget balancing process

LONGMEADOW — Members of the Longmeadow Select Board rejected the recommendation of the Finance Committee that the town hold off on funding the $1.17 million to make Reynolds Pool at Bliss Park operational again


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