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Agawam schedules townwide vote on $230M high school project

Tyler Lederer
tlederer@thereminder.com

AGAWAM — The Agawam City Council approved two resolutions related to the high school building project, officially setting the stage for the June 11 special election that will decide if it moves forward or not....
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Agawam HS band votes not to march in St. Patrick’s Parade

Mike Lydick
mlydick@thereminder.com

AGAWAM — When the Agawam contingent for the annual Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade assembles on the morning of March 17, it will be missing a key group that has been a staple for decades: the Agawam High School band....
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Church hopes Agawam plaza space is 1st step in ‘franchise’

Mike Lydick
mlydick@thereminder.com

AGAWAM — A contemporary church opening in Agawam is more than just a new church. It will be the first of several satellite locations planned to create a multi-site church franchise in the region....
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Agawam votes like state to back Biden, Trump in primary

Michael Ballway
mballway@thereminder.com

Joseph Biden and Donald Trump widened their leads in the presidential nomination races on March 5, and voters in both Massachusetts as a whole, and Agawam in particular, placed themselves firmly in the front-runners’ corners....
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Agawam HS building project makes fiscal sense, mayor says

Tyler Lederer
tlederer@thereminder.com

AGAWAM — Funding a new Agawam High School would increase the average single family home’s taxes by $465 to $488 per year, depending on the interest rate of the bond, said Mayor Christopher Johnson. ...
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Rising Agawam musicians selected to regional festival bands

Mike Lydick
mballway@thereminder.com

AGAWAM — Practice and passion propelled two 15-year-olds onto the music stage for a major performance later this month....
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Agawam may vote in June on tax hike to build HS

Tyler Lederer
tlederer@thereminder.com

AGAWAM — With an estimated cost of $230,245,404, the new Agawam high school will be the biggest capital improvements project in the town’s history, said Mayor Christopher Johnson. ...
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Super Tuesday is last chance to vote in presidential primary

Michael Ballway
mballway@thereminder.com

Polls will be open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. across Massachusetts for the “Super Tuesday” presidential primary election on Tuesday, March 5, including at the usual voting locations in Agawam....
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Agawam ex-personnel director pleads guilty to tax fraud

Cliff Clark
cclark@thereminder.com

SPRINGFIELD — The former personnel director for the town of Agawam is facing up to three years in prison after agreeing to plead guilty to defrauding the federal government of $261,102 by filing false tax returns over 10 years, according to court records....
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Agawam road closure to continue until asphalt plants open

Tyler Lederer
tlederer@thereminder.com

AGAWAM — Repairs to a drainage culvert under North Street were supposed to be completed last year. Thanks to delays in getting the materials to restore the road, Mayor Christopher Johnson now estimates it will be complete in mid-April. ...
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Inspections required by feds to find lead in Agawam pipes

Tyler Lederer
tlederer@thereminder.com

AGAWAM — From now until October, Agawam will be determining if there are any lead water service lines in town and creating an inventory of those they find. The ultimate goal, said Public Works Superintendent Mario Mazza, is to eventually replace them....
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Agawam early voting for presidential primary begins Feb. 24

Michael Ballway
mballway@thereminder.com

AGAWAM — In-person early voting will be available starting Feb. 24 and continuing Feb. 26 to March 1 for the presidential primary election in Massachusetts....
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Utility pole holdups delaying Agawam fiber-optic network

Tyler Lederer
tlederer@thereminder.com

AGAWAM — Since 2021, the private telecommunications company GoNetspeed has been waiting for Verizon and Eversource to finish preparing Agawam’s utility poles for the fiber-optic cable network they want to install. ...
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The Federal temporarily closes for renovations, tweaks

Tyler Lederer
tlederer@thereminder.com

AGAWAM — The Federal Restaurant will be temporarily closing its doors Saturday, Feb. 24, to focus on rebranding the restaurant and renovating the building, as well as to open a Mexican restaurant in Longmeadow....
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Agawam classes connect special education teens to art, peers

Mike Lydick
mlydick@thereminder.com

AGAWAM — Agawam High School, however, is one of the few in the area that has gone beyond sports by adding two unified academic classes....
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Agawam councilor withdraws health care advisory resolution

Tyler Lederer
tlederer@thereminder.com

AGAWAM — Before Council President Rosemary Sandlin could even finish introducing a resolution to support Medicare for All in Massachusetts, its sponsor Tom Hendrickson asked for it be removed from the agenda....
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Agawam colleen fulfills dream: ‘Little me would be proud’

Mike Lydick
mlydick@thereminder.com

AGAWAM — Going to the Holyoke St. Patrick’s Parade every year as a child, Rachel Sills remembers colleens on floats giving her the “princess wave.” Next month, she will be the one waving....
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Robotics teams introduce Agawam teens to engineering, tech

Mike Lydick
mlydick@thereminder.com

The 2024 robotics season kicked off in January with student teams for Rosie Robotics at Agawam High School and Mechatronic Maniacs at West Springfield High School ramping out work to design and build their newest robots....
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Well-versed: 2023's top Agawam poetry performer repeats

Mike Lydick
mlydick@thereminder.com

AGAWAM — Abigail Drumm was left almost speechless after her winning performance for the second consecutive year in an annual poetry performance contest at Agawam High School....
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Agawam council to weigh in on single-payer health care

Tyler Lederer
tlederer@thereminder.com

Agawam councilors will vote Feb. 5 on whether to support Massachusetts establishing a single-payer health care system. ...
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Agawam to give 3 awards at colleen coronation Feb. 3

Mike Lydick
mlydick@thereminder.com

AGAWAM — The Agawam St. Patrick’s Committee will honor three Agawam residents with prestigious awards at its coronation gala on Feb. 3 at Oak Ridge Country Club in Feeding Hills. ...
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Agawam district pursuing several school safety strategies

Mike Lydick
mlydick@thereminder.com

AGAWAM — To keep schools safe, Agawam is using a two-pronged strategy. The first approach concentrates on the physical safety of students and staff, while the second one centers around ways to manage student behaviors that could lead to violence....
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