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Wilbraham store owner celebrates five-year anniversary

By | Oct 2, 2024

Wilbraham store owner celebrates five-year anniversary

WILBRAHAM — The Scented Garden Gift Shoppe is celebrating five years of its current ownership.


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By | Oct 2, 2024

Wilbraham Planning Board discusses considerations for accessory dwelling bylaw

WILBRAHAM — During its Sept. 25 meeting, the Wilbraham Planning Board discussed considerations for the town’s modified bylaw for accessory dwelling units following the recent state approval of the Affordable Homes Act.


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Local author to give presentation on King Philip’s War

By | Oct 2, 2024

Local author to give presentation on King Philip’s War

WILBRAHAM — When Longmeadow author Michael Tougias describes the infamous King Philip’s War in Western Massachusetts, he calls it cataclysmic and the bloodiest conflict in American History.


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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 | Sep 25, 2024

Route 20 project moving to public hearing phase

WILBRAHAM — At its Sept. 16 meeting, the Wilbraham Select Board unanimously agreed to proceed with the next step of the Route 20 project, which will be the public hearing phase.


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By | Sep 25, 2024

Updates shared on Thornton W. Burgess School, bus route delays

HAMPEN — During the Sept. 19 Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School Committee meeting, Superintendent John Provost provided an update on the district’s coordination with the Hampden Board of Selectmen to return Thornton W. Burgess School to town ownership.


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By | Sep 18, 2024

Wilbraham-Hampden Academic Trust to host festival to support school grants

WILBRAHAM — The Wilbraham-Hampden Academic Trust will be hosting its innaugural Family Fall Fest on Sunday, Sept. 29, beginning at 12 p.m. at Fern Valley Farms to support the organization’s work to provide grants to teachers in Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District.


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By | Sep 12, 2024

Wilbraham diver named All-American

WILBRAHAM — Minnechaug Regional High School student and Wilbraham resident Collin Purcell was one of 100 student divers named All-American for high school level boys one meter diving by the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association of America.


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By | Sep 12, 2024

HWRSD approves updated bullying prevention plan

WILBRAHAM — The Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School Committee approved an updated bullying prevention plan during its Sept. 4 meeting, focusing on in-school and online bullying as well as different types of bullying behavior.


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By | Sep 12, 2024

Improvements on the way for Boston Road intersection

WILBRAHAM — After discussions with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation, Wilbraham has received confirmation that improvements to the intersection of Main Street, Maple Street and Boston Road will be included in the town’s Route 20 project, the DPW stated.


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By | Sep 12, 2024

Wilbraham Middle School hosts book drive after mold damages books

WILBRAHAM — Wilbraham Middle School hosted a book donation drive from Sept. 3-6 at the school after mold spores irrevocably damaged books and other materials in more than a dozen classrooms.


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