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Hampden County retirement board members say ‘system is sound,’ but some officials unsatisfied with answers about audit Updated Mar 03, 2021; Members of the Hampden County Regional Board of Retirement say they are confident they can continue managing the system, despite a recent audit flagging issues with the board’s spending and questioning documentation — but several representatives from communities within the system say they aren’t convinced. In a discussion that was at times heate...

No action taken at Longmeadow Town Meeting Updated Dec 09, 2020; According to Moderator Rebecca Townsend, the meeting lasted one minute. “The meeting went as smoothly as it possibly could have gone,” she said in a statement. “There was no discussion; the votes on the motion to take no action and dissolve were unanimous.” “People understood the need to avoid gathering, and the need to dissolve this meeting,” said Townsend, who had previously postponed the meeting several times based...