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- How nursing homes score
Nursing homes are sometimes the best possible living situation for our elderly family and friends, and yet the decision to place your mother or father in such a facility can be agonizing and requires a ...
- East Longmeadow police arrest two suspects following storage unit breaks
By GEORGE GRAHAM ggraham@repub.com EAST LONGMEADOW - East Longmeadow police arrested a Springfield man and an Agawam man Tuesday morning and charged them with breaking into 13 self-storage units at a business ...
- Brian Ashe bids farewell to Longmeadow Select Board
After serving eight years on the Select Board state Rep. Brian M. Ashe D-Longmeadow, said farewell to his fellow board members Monday.
- Treasurer starts post part time
Former Easthampton City Councilor Melissa Lawrence Zawadzki began work this week as the new town treasurer.
- Agawam police believe man who robbed Westfield bank may have been involved in other robberies
This is an image from a surveillance camera of a man police say held up a TD Banknorth branch in Chicopee on Dec.
- Finalists from West Springfield, Easthampton and Millbury vie for Palmer town treasurer
By NANCY H. GONTER ngonter@repub.com PALMER - Three town treasurer finalists have been named and Town Manager Matthew S. Streeter hopes to hire someone next week.
- Hit-and-run crash causes major power outage in East Longmeadow
By GEORGE GRAHAM ggraham@repub.com EAST LONGMEADOW - A hit-and-run crash into a Parker Street utility pole this morning has closed the street and caused a major power outage in the southeast section of town, ...
- Daniel Laux retires as Springfield's District 1 fire chief
By GEORGE GRAHAM ggraham@repub.com SPRINGFIELD - When Springfield Fire Department District Chief Daniel T. Laux started as a firefighter with the department 31 years ago he was raring to go.
- A Holiday Light Show
Christopher J. Paros, of Longmeadow, Massachusetts, decorated his home with 13,000 lights synchronized to music.
- Heavy snow, wind usher in the 1st day of winter
Rabbi Yakov Wolff, of Yeshiva Academy in Longmeadow, gets help from Josh Zak, of Longmeadow, in lighting the large Menorah in Springfield's Court Square on the first night of Hanukkah Sunday.
- Storm-delayed Hanukkah ceremony brightens Springfield's Court Square
Rabbi Chaim A. Kosofsky of Springfield, left, looks on as Springfield Mayor Domenic J. Sarno lights one of the "candles" on the menorah at Court Square in Springfield Monday on the 2nd night of Hanukkah.
- Longmeadow Christmas light show is labor of love
It takes 64 controllers to ensure the 13,000 lights, including a 12-foot tall Christmas tree created from pink, blue, yellow and green string lights, do their thing.
- Yuletide spirit relights Springfield church
Old First Church may now be in the city's hands, but there will a Christmas Eve service this year in the almost 200-year-old building.
- Teachers, PTO boost toy drive
They say that good deeds often inspire other good deeds. It is the case at the Lambert-Lavoie Elementary School, where a gift by the staff to the 86th Toy for Joy Campaign led to another from the school's ...
- Longtime Longmeadow Republican state legislator bids fond farewell to colleagues
By DAN RING dring@repub.com BOSTON - Rep. Mary S. Rogeness, one of the last Republican legislators in Western Massachusetts, told her colleagues to stay strong because the tough economic times won't last ...
- Firefighters search in vain for person reported floating on log in Connecticut River
By PATRICK JOHNSON pjohnson@repub.com SPRINGFIELD - Firefighters from four communities searched the Connecticut River for 90 minutes Thursday after two Springfield employees reported seeing someone floating in ...
- Longmeadow employees give up Secret Santa gifts to benefit Toy for Joy fund
Longmeadow town employees who donated to Toy For Joy along with fellow workers stand outside the Town Hall on Williams Street.
- Hampden Bancorp, Inc. Reports Completion of 5% Stock Repurchase Program
Hampden Bancorp, Inc. , which is the holding company for Hampden Bank , announced today the completion of the Company's Stock Repurchase Program .
- MacDuffie School sixth-graders host bake sale to raise money for Toy for Joy
Here are members of the sixth-grade class at the MacDuffie School who have donated to Toys for Joy.
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City DescriptionLongmeadow is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 15,633 at the 2000 census. Its town government consists of a Select Board with 5 members.
Longmeadow is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Longmeadow was first settled in 1644, and officially incorporated on October 17, 1783. The town was originally farmland within the limits of Springfield. It remained relatively pastoral until the street railway was built about 1910, when the population tripled over a fifteen-year period. After Interstate 91 was built in the wetlands on the west side of town, population tripled again between 1960 and 1975. Today it is one of the most affluent suburbs in the state west of Worcester, featuring one of the highest per capita income of any location in that region.
Johnny Appleseed once lived here, and Louisa May Alcott mentions a place called Longmeadow in Little Women. Longmeadow was also the home of Dr. Nathan Cooley Keep, a pioneer in the field of dentistry and the founding Dean of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine.
Many recent celebrities are former Longmeadow residents, including actress Bridget Moynahan, actress Erinn ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Hampden County
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Timezones:- North American Eastern Time Zone
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