East Longmeadow News

Birchland Park Middle School students will all be reading the same book this summer as part of a revamped summer reading program.

Lori Parsons, left, and Dean Dagnoli, board members of the East Longmeadow Educational Endowment Fund with prizes available for the 13th annual Golf for Education event June 4th at Twin Hills Country Club.

The Rev. Panteleimon Klostri was recently installed as parish priest at the Greek Orthodox Church of St.

EAST LONGMEADOW - It's back to the drawing board for residents and the Department of Public Works as they figure out a way to manage catch basins in town.

Just because last winter was incredibly mild doesn't mean people are taking the upcoming days of summer for granted.

The long-time teacher is accused of assaulting a 13-year-old student at the East Longmeadow school in February.

EAST LONGMEADOW - Residents approved a $53.2 million fiscal 2013 budget during the annual Town Meeting on Monday.

EAST LONGMEADOW - Police are seeking the public's help as they continue to probe an attempted armed robbery of the TD Bank branch on North Main Street Friday night.

EAST LONGMEADOW - Police are looking for a unknown man who attempted to rob the TD Bank branch on North Main Street Friday evening but who fled without getting any money, police said.

EAST LONGMEADOW - A Birchland Park Middle School English teacher will be arraigned Tuesday in Palmer District Court on charges of assault and battery and intimidation of a witness for allegedly pushing one of her students during an incident in which she called him "a piece of crap." The charges against Barbara J. Galanek, 59, were filed by East ... (more)

Bianca Roncarati, 7, of Monson, stands with her creation for ArtBeat, a children's art show.

EAST LONGMEADOW - Bella Andrukonis is hoping that many of the parents of children she currently and formerly cared for will come out and support a home day-care bylaw article, which will be presented during the annual Town Meeting Monday.

Though the upcoming weekend will be busy for restaurants across the region, eateries in Northampton and Amherst will be playing to near-capacity audience for the next four days.

EAST LONGMEADOW - Police here have charged two Connecticut men in connection with a larceny case at a Denslow Road address.

CHESTERFIELD - After five years as principal at New Hingham School, Principal Michael Fredette will leave at the end of the year to take the helm of an East Longmeadow elementary school.

EAST LONGMEADOW - A wildlife biologist, testing the pond water at Heritage Park in wake of a fish kill reported there on Sunday, has determined it to be "safe and clean," Public Works Superintendent David J. Gromaski said.

Sophia Srebnick, of Longmeadow, stands next to an American Heart Association poster of her when she was 6 months old and had just recovered from the first of three open-heart surgeries.

The following public information from the Enfield Police Department is accurate as of May 2, 2012.

WEST SPRINGFIELD - The School Department recently increased the number of School Choice slots available to communities that want to enroll students in the West Springfield public school district from 120 to 128 for the coming academic year.

Villamaino said the finalists for the position are Deputy Chief Steven Rybacki and Captain Paul Morrisette.