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Select Board adopts natural hazard mitigation plan

Longmeadow Select Board unanimously adopts comprehensive natural hazard mitigation plan after four years of community planning. The Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan 2024 received FEMA approval in May 2026, concluding a process initiated by a Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency notice in

Townbrief news summary · May 18

Government · Select Board

Board Orders Euthanasia for Dangerous Dog Sassy

Longmeadow board orders euthanasia for stray pit bull after three bites.

Townbrief reporting · May 4

Government · Select Board

Select Board orders euthanasia for dangerous dog

Select Board votes to order dangerous dog euthanized after unprovoked attack and threats. Following a public hearing with sworn testimony from Animal Control Officer Marty-Lee Caramante, the board voted 5-0 to declare a dog named Sassy dangerous and ordered its euthanasia. The dog attacked a

Townbrief news summary · May 4

Government · Select Board

SELECT BOARD PERMITS REMOVAL OF SHADE TREES ON WILLIAMS STREET

Longmeadow Select Board removes trees, advances fiber project. The board unanimously permitted removal of two shade trees at 458 Williams Street to widen the school entrance roadway, following a presentation by engineer Jean Christy confirming the 35-inch Black Oak poses an imminent safety hazard.

Townbrief news summary · Apr 16

Government · Select Board

Longmeadow Select Board OKs oak removal, backs fiber broadband response

Longmeadow Select Board unanimously approved removal of two oak trees and adopted a formal rebuttal to Finance Committee concerns about the town's $8.6 million fiber broadband proposal.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 16

Government · Select Board

Select Board Sends $8.6M Fiber Bond to Warrant

Longmeadow Select Board sends $8.6 million fiber-network bond to May Town Meeting despite sharp resident pushback.

Townbrief reporting · Apr 6

Government · Select Board

Select Board unanimously approves 30 warrant articles for May

Longmeadow Select Board approves 30 warrant articles for May 12 town meeting. The board voted unanimously to advance articles covering the fiscal 2027 budget, capital improvements, and bylaw amendments. Major approvals included 450,000 dollars in free cash for Department of Public Works snow and

Townbrief news summary · Apr 6

Government · Select Board

Select Board Raises Water, Sewer Rates 5-0

Longmeadow's Select Board voted 5-0 to raise sewer and stormwater rates and set a new water fixed-rate structure for fiscal 2027.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 23

Government · Select Board

Select Board raises sewer rates, approves pin oak removals

Longmeadow Select Board raises sewer and stormwater rates for fiscal 2027. The board voted 5-0 to increase the sewer fixed meter rate 25 percent while decreasing the variable rate 12 percent and setting stormwater at $1,132 per equivalent residential unit with an annual rate of $135.81. The board

Townbrief news summary · Mar 23

Government · Select Board

Select Board Sets Recycling Fees, Adopts Green Policy

Longmeadow Select Board set new recycling cart fees and adopted a green purchasing policy while reviewing a $46.1 million school budget and water rate options.

Townbrief reporting · Mar 9