Annual senior citizens forum As part of the day's festivities, Senator Brian Lees announced raffle winners at last week's Golden Gathering hosted at WNEC in Springfield. State Senator Brian Lees (R East Longmeadow) hosted the last of his 16 annual forums last week at Western New England College. Attended by over 2,000 seniors, the forum, also known as The Golden Gathering, featured information from over 100 agencies and businesses. Lees said he would develop a new event for next year. Reminder Publications photo by G. Michael Dobbs