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The Spartan Walkway, built in 2011 as part of the ELHS 50th Birthday Party, graces the entrance to our school in this September 2012 photo.
 
Sep. 15, 2024 - - - New Chase Bank branch opens on site of former Big Ben Town House and Center Department Store
 
We don't often post news about East Longmeadow, but we thought everyone would be interested in a major facelift in the Center. A new Chase Bank branch has opened on the site of the former Big Ben Town House and Center Department Store, businesses known to us all when we were growing up.
 
 
 
The New Chase Bank on Maple St. in the Center just before its grand opening on Sep. 10, 2024.
 
 
The Big Ben Town House and Center Department Store at night between 1959-1962. 
 
 Sep. 12, 2024 - - - Upperclassman Laurence "Larry" Butler, ELHS 1967, passes away
 
We bid farewell to Laurence "Larry" Butler, ELHS 1967, who passed away on Jul. 8, 2024. Please click here for his obituary and click here for our tribute to Larry and other ELHS Class of 1967 classmates who have passed away.
 
  
 
Larry in 1967 (senior portrait) and later in life.
 
 Aug. 6, 2024 - - - Classmate Malcolm "Mac" White passes away
 
We bid farewell to our dear classmate Malcolm "Mac" White, who passed away on Aug. 2, 2024, the victim of a multi-vehicle crash on I-495 in Middleboro, MA. Mac resided in West Wareham, MA. Please click here for the story of his passing. Click here for Mac's obituary and click here for our tributes to Mac and other ELHS Class of 1970 classmates who have passed away.  
 
  
 
Mac's senior candid and later in life.
 
 Jul. 28, 2024 - - - Classmate Phyllis Vogel Laliberte passes away
 
We bid farewell to classmate Phyllis Vogel Laliberte, who we knew as Phyllis Vogel, and who was in our class from third through fifth grades. She passed away on May 26, 2024. Please click here for her obituary and click here for our tribute to her.
 
 
 
Phyllis in 1970 (she was then in the ELHS Class of 1972) and later in life.
 
 Jul. 24, 2024 - - - Upperclassman Diane Belliveau, ELHS 1968, passes away
 
We bid farewell to Diane Belliveau, ELHS 1968, who passed away on Jul. 16, 2024. Please click here for her obituary and click here for our tributes to Diane and other ELHS Class of 1968 classmates who have passed away.
 
 
Diane's senior portrait.
 
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