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Horse owners unsatisfied with response to Big E’s barn fire

By | Oct 2, 2024

Horse owners unsatisfied with response to Big E’s barn fire

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Owners of horses injured in a Sept. 20 fire at the Big E are saying it was more serious than first responders and Eastern States Exposition staff reported.


Tyler Lederer
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Family traditions aid high turnout on Big E’s Agawam Day

By | Oct 2, 2024

Family traditions aid high turnout on Big E’s Agawam Day

Bill Toelken said as a neighboring community, it’s important that the Big E recognize Agawam with a special day: “There’s a lot of work that goes on to support the fair on both sides of the river, not just in West Springfield.”


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Westfield cruise night presents $2,500 to vet organizations

By | Sep 25, 2024

Westfield cruise night presents $2,500 to vet organizations

WESTFIELD — As the son of a veteran, Bruce Marshall supports missions of local veteran organizations, especially those that help veterans in need. That’s why he wrapped up the 2024 season of his “Cruisin’ with Bruce Marshall” car show at Hampton Ponds Plaza by presenting three local veterans groups with a donation.


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Fairgoers flock to Big E for West Springfield’s special day

By | Sep 25, 2024

Fairgoers flock to Big E for West Springfield’s special day

Sept. 16 — the first Monday of the Big E’s 2024 season — was warm and sunny. It was perfect fair weather for the 67,034 people who attended. That number was four times higher than the Salute to West Springfield in 2023, when only 16,549 people attended because of rainy weather, setting a record low attendance.


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West Springfield arts booster exhibits own works at library show

By | Sep 25, 2024

West Springfield arts booster exhibits own works at library show

“I had not done a show for maybe 10 years. I used to love it, but assumed I was done with that,” she told Reminder Publishing. “But someone who was supposed to display their work canceled, and the head librarian said to me, ‘Jane, we need your paintings.’ So, I did it.”


Staasi Heropoulos - Columnist at The Reminder
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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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West Springfield teen’s Caribbean trip mixes sports, service

By | Sep 18, 2024

West Springfield teen’s Caribbean trip mixes sports, service

Ten American teenagers traveled to the Dominican Republic this past July to not only play baseball with 10 teenagers from this island country, but also to work together as teammates on a community service project.


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Unions call for safety gate at West Springfield railroad crossing

By | Sep 18, 2024

Unions call for safety gate at West Springfield railroad crossing

WEST SPRINGFIELD — Mere feet away from the Big E’s busy Gate 9, train conductors use a railroad crossing to transport 33,000 gallons of propane from West Springfield’s CSX yard to NGL Supply, behind Memorial Avenue’s shopping centers.


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