• Toy for Joy + Wreaths Across America convoy stops in Agawam
    Dec 20 2024

    This week's So That Reminds Me:

    • Intro/upcoming Christmas plans: 0:11
    • Update on Toy for Joy's 102nd campaign: 12:06
    • A look ahead at some Kwanzaa events around the region: 21:05
    • The Wreaths Across America convoy makes a stop in Agawam: 25:01
    • Chicopee's National Night Out receives national recognition: 30:35
    • Longmeadow High School Orchestra heads to regionals: 34:41
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    42 mins
  • Ken Harris talks "Foes of a Minimum Wage Guard"
    Dec 6 2024

    This week's So That Reminds Me:

    • Intro: 0:12
    • Welcome, Ken Harris: 2:36
    • Foes of A Minimum Wage Guard: 10:16
    • Show at Northampton Center for the Arts: 18:20
    • Ken’s advice to other artists: 20:56
    • Why the show resonates with audiences: 25:33
    • Ticket information: 26:38
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    29 mins
  • Paper City Fabrics designs "Oz" dress + Arrest made in decades old homicide case
    Nov 22 2024

    This week’s So That Reminds Me:

    • 0:10 – Catch up with Chris and Tyler
    • 7:00 – Arrest made in decades old homicide case
    • 12:20 – Grant funding announced for food enterprise systems in the area
    • 18:22 – Paper City Fabrics designer creates dress for Oz historian for “Wicked” Premiere
    • 25:00 – East Longmeadow secures funding for potential new Town Hall
    • 31:09 – Red Thread network hosts annual Yule Tree Jubilee
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    36 mins
  • Bright Nights + Toy for Joy + big project updates
    Nov 15 2024

    This week's So That Reminds Me:

    • Intro/Payton goes to Bright Nights ball and Dennis goes to a wedding: 0:11
    • Toy for Joy returns for 102nd year: 8:01
    • A topping off ceremony for the Veterans Home in Holyoke: 16:17
    • Bright Nights returning for its 30th year: 22:32
    • East-West rail gets a funding boost: 32:54
    • Monte’s March for the Food Bank returns: 37:10
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    41 mins
  • A sit down with Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity Executive Director Aimee Giroux
    Oct 25 2024

    On this week's So That Reminds Me Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity Executive Director Aimee Giroux sits down with Chris Maza to discuss the organization's work, and its upcoming Building Dreams Benefit at Twin Hills Country Club in Longmeadow.

    • Intro: 0:15
    • Conversation with Aimee Giroux: 2:46
    • Outro: 23:13
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    24 mins
  • Thunderbirds sticking around for long haul + LL Bean opens in Enfield
    Oct 11 2024

    This week's So That Reminds Me:

    • Intro/Go Local Marketplace recap: 0:10
    • Paradise City Arts Festival returns for its 30th year: 9:12
    • Thunderbirds staying in Springfield along with AHL offices: 13:44
    • Psychedelic Drug and Tipped employee minimum wage ballot questions: 17:53
    • Threats at Holyoke, Springfield schools: 32:30
    • LL Bean opening their newest location in Enfield: 40:06
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    49 mins
  • MCAS ballot question + Springfield Museums Irish exhibit
    Sep 27 2024

    This week's So That Reminds Me:

    • Intro: 0:10
    • A West Springfield resident heads to the Dominican Republic to build homes and play baseball: 4:30
    • Chicopee and Westover host an EMP exercise: 11:23
    • A ballot question to remove the MCAS as a graduation requirement: 23:50
    • Mary Lane Hospital demolition delayed: 36:33
    • Springfield Museums Irish Exhibit 50:06
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    57 mins
  • Springfield election results + Exit 7 play
    Sep 13 2024

    This week's So That Reminds Me:

    • Intro: 0:20
    • Primary election – Gomez vs. Brown and Williams vs. McKnight: 9:23
    • Ware selectmen’s eligibility complaint: 11:57
    • Overdose Awareness Day in Western Mass.: 17:48
    • West Springfield Firehouse Restaurant at The Big E: 25:02
    • Exit 7 Players present “Next to Normal”: 30:07
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    37 mins