SINCE 1944
VOLUME 81 ISSUE 5
November 3, 2025
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Features:
Reed Street: A small but mighty street getting ready for Halloween
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By Jean-Simon Rhéaume Contributor
ith Halloween just passed, the spirit of the holiday was unmistakable on Lennoxville’s iconic Reed Street. The beloved annual Reed Street Halloween party brings together costumed students, neighbours and curious spectators from all over town. Every year, pumpkins appear on balconies, colourful lights stretch from house to house and the street becomes the setting for one of the most anticipated fall celebrations in Sherbrooke’s student community. For people who think Lennoxville is a quiet borough of the city, Reed Street shows that sometimes even a small street can become the center of the action. Today, Reed Street is mostly inhabited by students, many of whom are studying at Bishop’s University or Bishop’s College School nearby. The houses are often shared by groups of friends, and the neighbourhood has a lively
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reputation. Throughout the school year, Reed Street hosts different events that shape local student culture: Homecoming in the early autumn, St. Patrick’s Day festivities when winter refuses to let Spring happen and of course, Halloween, where the street becomes almost like a movie set of spooky excitement. This cycle of celebrations gives Reed Street an identity full of energy and youthful spirit. But before Reed Street became a gathering place of future graduates and late-night music, its beginnings were much more rural and modest. The name of the street remembers the story of two dairy producers: Edward Reed (1863–1915) and Robert Walter Reid (1877–1943). Their farm once covered the land where the street would later open. It is interesting to note, especially for history lovers, that from 1921 to 1945, the official spelling of the street’s name was “Reid Street,” before being changed to the current “Reed Street.”
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