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Generous donations key to 102nd Toy for Joy campaign

By | Dec 3, 2024

Generous donations key to 102nd Toy for Joy campaign

The next month will determine whether hundreds of children will be able to experience the joy of receiving gifts at Christmas — the type of memorable moment many children and families take for granted every year at the holidays.


Ron Chimelis
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Sarno joins community for Union Station tree lighting

By | Dec 3, 2024

Sarno joins community for Union Station tree lighting

Mayor Domenic Sarno joined the Community Music School of Springfield, the Springfield Redevelopment Community for the fourth annual tree lighting ceremony at Union Station. After wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and holiday season, Sarno lit the tree and sent the Amherst Railway Society’s model train around the evergreen. The Community School of Music, under the direction of String City Orchestra co-director Will Losch, performed holiday songs before the tree lighting.


Ryan Feyre
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By | Nov 26, 2024

Give the gift of joy this holiday season

SPRINGFIELD — Watching a child envelop the magic of the holiday season is a special experience in and of itself, but also an experience that every child should have.


Lauren LeBel
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By | Nov 26, 2024

Festival of Trees kicks off the festive season

SPRINGFIELD — For more than two decades the Springfield Boys and Girls Club’s Festival of Trees has brought joy and festivity to the community while serving as the organization’s biggest fundraiser each year.


Tina Lesniak
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By | Nov 25, 2024

Kick off the season with Springfield Boys and Girls Club’s Festival of Trees

SPRINGFIELD — There are many signs the Christmas season has arrived — from frost on the windows and snow on the ground, to the Springfield Boys and Girls Club annual Festival of Trees.


Staasi Heropoulos - Columnist at The Reminder
Staasi Heropoulos
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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.

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By | Nov 25, 2024

Springfield City Council talks resolution supporting return plan for Stearns Square bench

SPRINGFIELD — Over a month after residents gathered to call for the return of a historic bench to Stearns Square Park, the City Council is now discussing ways through which it can support that plea.


Ryan Feyre
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By | Nov 25, 2024

Committee conducts public session around Springfield police access to school cameras

SPRINGFIELD — A controversial contract that lets police patch into the school cameras in live time during an emergency is currently causing debate amongst the community, educators and police.


Ryan Feyre
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By | Nov 25, 2024

Govan proposes ordinance to ease property taxes on Springfield residents

SPRINGFIELD — For 73-year-old Willie Maye Palmer, certain necessities like food have become a luxury.


Ryan Feyre
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By | Nov 25, 2024

Award reflects Landon’s commitment to hockey, area

SPRINGFIELD — As a star goalie for the Springfield Kings, beginning in 1969, Bruce Landon spent five years with the team, stopping hundreds of pucks from entering the sacred domain of the net he guarded.


Staasi Heropoulos - Columnist at The Reminder
Staasi Heropoulos
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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.

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