Longmeadow Daze is an occasional series reporting on and analyzing Longmeadow government and politics. LONGMEADOW—As a child, Kathryn Girard was not a stellar student. She had trouble learning and effectively could not read until 3rd grade, sounding things out to get by before that. Teachers
SPRINGFIELD—Before a crowd filling tables and the back wall of the Elks Lodge on Tiffany Street, Mayor Domenic Sarno announced what had long been a foregone conclusion: he was running for reelection. As political events go, it had its moments. But for a politician usually
Longmeadow Daze is an occasional series reporting on and analyzing Longmeadow government and politics. LONGMEADOW—Last Monday the School Committee here, meeting in a still new-smelling conference room off of Longmeadow High School, approved new elementary school districts on a 6-1 vote. Yet that vote came
Longmeadow Daze is an occasional series reporting on and analyzing Longmeadow government and politics. UPDATED 3/19/2013 12:10 PM: For grammar. School Committee Chair Michael Clark announced on Facebook last night that the Select Board left the cuts in place and the battle moves to Town