The Agawam School Committee approved a new occupational therapy assistant position and honored a late former member.
This week's Agawam obituary notices list two residents: Bonavita, Anthony C., 73, and Gingras, Susan Q., 70, both of Agawam, Massachusetts. Bonavita died Monday, October 19, 2026, and Gingras died Wednesday, October 21, 2026.
Agawam's school mascot, logos and uniforms became a City Council topic this week.
Agawam City Council backed two resolutions and tabled a housing trust fund proposal.
Agawam Soccer Association's youth travel teams kept up their ball boy and ball girl duty at Agawam High School varsity soccer games this week, with the 9U Boys (Eutiquio/Martin) covering the Oct. 13 game, the 11U Boys (Peetros) covering Oct. 14, and the 13U Girls (Santucci) covering Oct. 16.
Three Agawam obituaries were published this week: Arment, Alfred; Flood, Carol Ann; and Laffert, Barbara E. Alfred Arment, 90, died Oct. 12. Carol Ann Flood, 86, a Peabody native who had lived in Agawam, died Oct. 14. Barbara E. Laffert, 82, who was raised in Springfield and Agawam, died Oct. 18.
Agawam residents pressed the School Committee to revive a lapsed immigration-response policy past its state deadline.
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