Longmeadow News

A massage parlor in Longmeadow is one of six Pioneer Valley shops shut down after police discovered it was a house of prostitution.

Three women arrested in massage parlor raids were in area courtrooms Thursday. Investigators believe the eight businesses raided are part of an organized crime ring out of New York.

The owner of a Longmeadow massage parlor pleaded innocent Thursday in District Court to knowingly allowing the business to be used for prostitution.

Xiuli Li, of Springfield, right, is lead away by a Hampden County Court officer following her arraignment in Springfield District Court Thursday on prostitution-related charges.

Law enforcement officials say a series of raids on western Massachusetts massage parlors has resulted in prositution and immigration charges against owners and employees.

A Stonehill Road man, alerted by his barking dog after taking a shower upstairs in his home Wednesday morning, walked out of his bathroom and confronted an intruder on his stairs.

Police in six local communities teamed up with state police investigators and federal immigration agents to raid unlicensed massage parlors, some of which investigators say were a front for brothels.

Police have arrested the owner of the Chinese Massage Parlor on Maple Road in Longmeadow for suspicion of prostitution.

U.S. Navy Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, greets deputy commander of the Army Legal Command, Stephen E. Spelman of East Longmeadow, right, before the Soldier On dinner at the Long Cabin Banquet & Meeting House in Holyoke Thursday.

Hundreds of parishioners and supporters erupted in applause when the Most Rev. Bishop Timothy A. McDonnell said Immaculate Conception Church, set to close Nov.

Dear Doc, I met the love of my life in high school, which eventually evolved into a long distance military relationship.

October 26, 2009 - Longmeadow - Staff photo by Michael S. Gordon - Action Monday at Twin Hills Country Club during MIAA Western Massachusetts boys division one high school golf championship.

Residents voted on 14 articles covering everything from Community Preservation Act money to a sewer project on Longfellow Drive during the special Town Meeting held Tuesday.

It was a scary situation for one Longmeadow family when a fire broke out in their basement overnight.

Police executed a sting operation on Wednesday aimed at making it safer for kids to ride the bus to school.

Palmer Teachers Association members met behind closed doors Thursday and endorsed one of their former members who is running for School Committee, a move that the School Committee chairwoman criticized.

ElevenTen Color, a supplier of wide-format inkjet consumables, is proud to have contributed to the Season Premier episode of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.

Matching state money was cut sharply for 65 communities that have approved a law for buying open space, marking the second year in a row of declining state contributions for the program.

About 300 supporters of mentally ill people, including advocates from Western Massachusetts, rallied on Beacon Hill Wednesday, saying they are terrified of possible cuts in state-financed services.

Residents who live on Greenacre Avenue in Longmeadow say their property value is going down and a yellow line in the middle of their street is to blame.