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2 weeks ago | 
thereminder.com | Sarah Heinonen
A pie chart depicts East Longmeadow’s fiscal year 2026 expenses, with the largest share going to the School Department, followed by insurance costs. Photo Credit: ELCATEAST LONGMEADOW — The Finance Oversight Committee began its work on April 2, combing through the town’s draft budget for fiscal year 2026.
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3 weeks ago | 
thereminder.com | Sarah Heinonen |East Longmeadow
The East Longmeadow Town Council continued budget discussions during its March 25 meeting. Photo credit: ELCAT01028EAST LONGMEADOW — East Longmeadow is on track to present a balanced fiscal year 2026 budget for review by the April 1 home rule charter deadline.
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3 weeks ago | 
thereminder.com | Sarah Heinonen
The Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District discussed adjusting town assessments at its March 20 meeting. Photo credit: Erin Dowding/HWRSDWILBRAHAM — The Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District sent fiscal year 2026 assessment letters to both towns ahead of their spring town meetings, when the budget will be up for a vote.
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3 weeks ago | 
thereminder.com | Sarah Heinonen
The Longmeadow Select Board took its first look at the fiscal year 2026 budget at its March 24 meeting. Photo credit: Longmeadow TVLONGMEADOW — The Longmeadow Select Board got its first look at the fiscal year 2026 town budget, which closed a projected shortfall of more than $700,000 through level service funding and a cut in recommended capital projects. In December 2024, Town Manager Lyn Simmons told the Select Board that a deficit of $707,639 was projected for the fiscal year ahead.
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3 weeks ago | 
thereminder.com | Sarah Heinonen
SPRINGFIELD — A hallway at the D’Amour Fine Arts Museum in Springfield is lined with portraits of Indigenous people. Those who have gone missing, those who care for them and those who have been silenced. The exhibit, “Portraits in RED,” is the work of Western Massachusetts-based artist and activist Nayana LaFond, a member of the Metis Nation of Ontario. The oversized acrylic-on-canvas paintings present their subjects larger than life.
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3 weeks ago | 
thereminder.com | Sarah Heinonen
State Sen. Jo Comerford is the co-chair of the Joint Ways & Means Committee, which hosted a hearing on school funding and local aid. Reminder Publishing file photoAMHERST — The Healey administration’s education leadership was grilled by the Joint Ways & Means Committee in front of a standing room-only crowd at a hearing on school funding and local aid, hosted by the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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3 weeks ago | 
masslive.com | Sarah Heinonen
AMHERST — The Healey administration’s education leadership was grilled by the Joint Ways & Means Committee in front of a standing room-only crowd at a hearing on school funding and local aid, hosted by the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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4 weeks ago | 
thereminder.com | Sarah Heinonen
WILBRAHAM — Voters at the spring Town Meeting will decide whether to approve DPW projects, including if the town should borrow up to $4 million for water infrastructure. In speaking with the Select Board at its meeting on March 17, DPW Director Tonya Caparello said the water commissioners and Water Superintendent Vincent Pafumi had decided to pursue a loan to fund the installation of a new water main on Miller Street.
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4 weeks ago | 
thereminder.com | Sarah Heinonen
HAMPDEN — The Hampden Selectboard and Wilbraham Select Board met on March 19 to discuss a major sticking point in updating the regional agreement governing the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District: who will pay for upgrades at the middle school? Drafted revisions to the regional agreement state that grades 6-12 are regional and that any building which houses all students in those grades educated within the district is to be treated as a regional school.
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4 weeks ago | 
thereminder.com | Sarah Heinonen |East Longmeadow
Officer Michael Healey demonstrated how to activate the body cameras. Reminder Publishing photo by Sarah HeinonenEAST LONGMEADOW — East Longmeadow police officers have a new tool to help them increase officer protection and accountability to the community. The department went live with body cameras on March 10. “Body-worn cameras are widely recognized as a best-practice in the policing profession.
