by Sarah Heinonen | Apr 11, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Longmeadow
LONGMEADOW — Melissa Cybulski had always heard the rumor that Longmeadow was once home to the legendary American folkloric hero Johnny Appleseed.
by Sarah Heinonen | Apr 11, 2024 | East Longmeadow, Hampden County, Local News, Ludlow
EAST LONGMEADOW — Ask someone in their 40s or older what buying music was like when they were teenagers, and they will likely describe going to a record store to comb through bins of vinyl records, CDs or cassette tapes. The advent of MP3s and streaming music services...
by Sarah Heinonen | Apr 11, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Springfield
SPRINGFIELD — Chipping paint, broken railings, overgrown brush — these are the kind of repairs that many homeowners have neither the time nor money to tackle. In Springfield, there are plenty of houses that could benefit from a little TLC and on April 27, volunteers...
by Sarah Heinonen | Apr 10, 2024 | Belchertown, Hampshire County, Local News
BELCHERTOWN — A red flag, emblazoned with blue figures of children holding hands, flapped in the bitter wind outside the Belchertown Town Hall on April 5. In the center of the flag, one child’s figure was reduced to a white outline, nearly invisible against the red background.
by Sarah Heinonen | Apr 10, 2024 | Local News, Worcester County
A sign alerting residents to the closed bridge was posted at the intersection of Creamery Road and Route 32.Reminder Publishing photo by Sarah Heinonen HARDWICK — An emergency meeting between the towns of Hardwick and New Braintree, and the Massachusetts Department of...