The lights have been on at a high school near Springfield for almost a year and a half. The saga began in August 2021, when the lighting system of Minnechaug Regional High School in Wilbraham failed.

During the show’s “Weekend Update” segment, Colin Jost introduced viewers to the story of Minnechaug Regional High School in Wilbraham, where the lights have been stuck on for more than a year.

The lighting system was installed at Minnechaug Regional High School when it was built over a decade ago and was intended to save money and energy. But ever since the software that runs it failed ...

As superintendent John Provost walks into his office at Minnechaug Regional High School every morning, all of the lights in the Massachusetts building shine bright. When he walks out in the ...

It’s lit to the extreme. The lights at Minnechaug Regional High School in Wilbraham, Mass., have been on 24/7 for over a year — because the district reportedly can’t shut them off.

WILBRAHAM, Mass. (WWLP) – The state’s inspector general is using a lighting mishap at Minnechaug High School in Wilbraham to highlight some of the risks of using smart technology in schools.

WILBRAHAM, Mass. (WWLP) – Minnechaug Regional High School in Wilbraham is addressing the problem that caused the lighting system to malfunction and stay on constantly, for almost two years.

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Minnechaug Regional High School, located on Main Street in Wilbraham, was completed in 2012. About a decade later, in August 2021, the lighting system failed. By November 2021, the student ...

But at Minnechaug Regional High School, the lights have shone day and night for more than a year, with no end in sight. The ironic culprit? A glitch in the energy conservation software that runs ...