Letters to the Editor
Proposition 2½ empowers us to protect what matters
Southampton is being asked to approve a Proposition 2½ override of $897,069 to maintain essential educational services at William E. Norris School. As both Vice Chair of the Select Board and Chair of the School Committee, I want to make clear: this request is not...
Holding Eversource accountable
In recent months, citizen concerns surrounding Eversource’s gas line repairs and proposed rate hikes have raised valid questions about public safety, fairness, and corporate accountability. While emotions understandably run high when it comes to issues that impact...
Legislative audit not a partisan issue
The recent opinion column in The Reminder by Editor Chris Maza addressed the Massachusetts ballot Question 1 approved by the voters in the November 2024 election. Question 1 asked the voters to approve the Massachusetts State Auditor to audit the state Legislature....
The Future of Social Security
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities says: Few budgetary concepts generate as much unintended confusion and deliberate misinformation as the Social Security trust funds. The trust funds are invested in Treasury securities that are just as sound as all other...
Where is the Traffic Study?
As Longmeadow moves closer to a funding vote later this year on its new middle school, we are still waiting and wondering,where are the traffic studies? A preliminary traffic analysis was conducted in April of 2024, but the design of the new school property with...
Zwirko announces Select Board candidacy
Dan Zwirko, vice chair of the Longmeadow Select Board, announced his candidacy for reelection to the Select Board on Monday, Feb. 24. Mr. Zwirko, a former Legislative Aide to state Rep. Brian Ashe and a product of the Longmeadow Public Schools system, has been...
Treatment of Board of Assessors members
The past three editions of the Reminder contained letters from Longmeadow residents about the shameful treatment two members of the previous Board of Assessors received from the majority of the Select Board. Both Richard Foster and Mr. Zeller have stellar records...
Questions about HWRSD asking for more money
This is in regards to “HWRSD pleads case for more ed funds.” I would like to remind everyone that this is the very same school department that IMMEDIATELY after giving us not one, not two, but three override votes they wouldn’t even initially close Thornton Burgess to save money.
Thanks from the Senior Center
The Friends of Hampden Senior Citizens would like to thank everybody for the wonderful donations that came in for our Holiday Shop til you Drop Sale and all of you who did Shop our Holiday Sale – you helped raise over $1,350 for the benefit of our Senior Center; we are so grateful.
Laurel Street MassDOT project
I am writing this letter to bring community awareness to the MassDOT/Longmeadow project. I am one of the few residents who will have part of their property seized by eminent domain. I first became aware of this project when I received a letter from the town back in...