by Bill Zito | Apr 3, 2024 | Hampden County, Local News, Ludlow
LUDLOW — With a 22% voter turnout, incumbents bested their challengers in contested races for Board of Selectmen and School Committee during the annual town election on March 25. A number of other candidates ran unopposed for their respective posts. Current Board of...
by Staasi Heropoulos | Apr 3, 2024 | Hampden, Hampden County, Local News, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Monson
Left: Khruanha “Ning” Naiyanan. Right: Sean McMinn.Reminder Publishing submitted photo What could be more exciting in the game of golf than sinking a hole-in-one? When a caddy at the Longmeadow Country Club receives a full, four-year scholarship to one of America’s...
by Mike Lydick | Mar 28, 2024 | Agawam, Hampden County, Local News
Fourth graders from Clark School in Agawam recently took an educational field trip to Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary for a hands-on experience about a flying mammal that can be creepy, scary and spooky, but is an important species in many ways. The 60 students traveled...
by Amy Porter | Mar 28, 2024 | Hampden County, Hilltowns, Local News
CHESTER — Students in Chester Elementary School spent part of February and March tapping maple trees on school property and making maple syrup over a wood fire from the sap they collected. “We tapped the trees right on the school property, some on the front property...
by Tyler Lederer | Mar 27, 2024 | Agawam, Hampden County, Local News
AGAWAM — The hotel proposed for Agawam’s Main Street, now called the Opal Inn & Suites, will be built regardless of whether Shield Hotel’s request for a zone change is approved. “We will be going forward with the hotel regardless of the zone change. The structure,...
by Sarah Heinonen | Mar 27, 2024 | East Longmeadow, Hampden County, Local News
EAST LONGMEADOW — The East Longmeadow School Committee voted to approve a three-year plan to tackle diversity in its staff, educating teachers on new curricula and greater collaboration between teachers to support students. Under the Student Opportunity Act, school...
