🌱 How a weekend skydiving trip in Orange turned deadly
Longmeadow, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 4 min readHello Longmeadow! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How a weekend skydiving trip in Orange turned deadly
Also on today's calendar: Live Music w/Bermudez Triangle — ONE WAY BREWING and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What is seen in the middle of March and April that can’t be seen at the beginning or end of either month? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 95 and low of 65 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Thursday: Breezy and hot with some sun, temps: high: 92, low: 63.
- Friday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 87 and low of 58 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Skydiving accident claims life of 28-year-old in Orange (wwlp.com) — A Boston man died after a skydiving accident at Jumptown Skydiving in Orange, where a gust of wind reportedly disrupted his parachute and caused a 30-foot fall. While this tragedy occurred outside town, Longmeadow residents may also notice it mentioned alongside a separate headline about crews working to contain a local gas leak, underscoring a weekend of serious safety incidents across western Massachusetts. 
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The Longmeadow Shops, Farmers Market →
The Longmeadow Shops, 690 Bliss Rd, Longmeadow
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Thursday July 16
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Public Forum - Future Building Use Task Force →
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Summer Concert on the Green - Oakland Stroke →
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Live Music w/Bermudez Triangle — ONE WAY BREWING →
ONE WAY BREWING, 807 Maple Rd, Longmeadow
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Park and Recreation Commission Meeting →
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Hybrid - Select Board Regular Meeting →
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Chat and Splash with the Town Manager →
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Farmers Market at The Longmeadow Shops →
The Longmeadow Shops, 690 Bliss Rd, Longmeadow
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Thursday July 16
Saturday July 18
Monday July 20
Wednesday July 22
Thursday July 23
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Chalk the Walk
Liberty Branch 765 State St., Springfield, MA, 01109, US
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Knot Just Knitters
Liberty Branch US
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Maker Time!
East Forest Park Branch 136 Surrey Rd., Springfield, MA, 01118, US
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Adult Chess Club
East Forest Park Branch 136 Surrey Rd., Springfield, MA, 01118, US
2:00 pm
Wednesday July 15
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Does anyone have a recommendation for someone who can help with weeding flower beds and other areas around the house?
I'm offering $25 an hour and would like the work done on Tuesday, Wednesday, or by the first half of Thursday. (Nextdoor Wolf Swamp) - Silly question.
We're in Longmeadow. We just got a bed-in-a-box, and it is wrapped in massive amounts of LDPE plastic film, which is recyclable. What am I… (Nextdoor Longmeadow South)
- Mathnasium posted a job opening for Math Instructor / Tutor in Longmeadow. Apply here.
- Foundation Building Materials, LLC posted a job opening for Stocker in Springfield. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Longmeadow here.
🗞 Nearby News
East Longmeadow
- Food Near Me: Krave in East Longmeadow makes it how you like it (masslive.com)
Springfield
- Common Wealth Murals to host paint parties in Springfield, Holyoke (masslive.com)
- Unregistered scooter stop leads to gun seizure, two arrests in Springfield (westernmassnews.com)
- Springfield man rams occupied vehicle, flees on foot before arrest, police say (westernmassnews.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The letter “R.” (Thank you Manuela A. for sending it in!)
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