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By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — The town’s search for a developer to create affordable senior housing on the former St. James Church property will continue.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — The town’s zoning bylaw is clear: a special permit is required for any use that creates noise perceptible more than 200 feet from the property line.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — For many Bikes Fight Cancer cyclists, they are riding in honor of friends or family members who have battled the disease that has touched the lives of so many people.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — Deerfield Academy has reached a “low six-figure settlement” with another sexual abuse victim of longtime teacher Peter G. Hindle.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Despite persistent rain showers, 92 Frontier Regional School seniors graduated on Friday and were encouraged to break barriers.

By CHRIS LARABEE

As the national art and celebrity worlds coalesced at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Met Gala in early May, the exhibition coinciding with the event at the nation’s most-visited museum also featured several local ties.

By JOHN CARNEY

Proponents of Death with Dignity legislation in Massachusetts are heartened by positive feedback in the current session of the State House. At the present time, 10 states, and Washington D.C., have laws which allow terminally ill patients the legal option to end their lives with a physician-issued prescription. Massachusetts is not one of those states.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — With a late-arriving elevator, Tilton Library’s expected completion date has been moved to August.

By SAM FERLAND

DEERFIELD — Deerfield Academy’s 207 graduates were urged to be who they are, fearlessly, by a commencement speaker who seized the opportunity of a lifetime.

I had to laugh when I read about the protest from the neighbors on Plain Road East in South Deerfield about the traffic concerns and noise. We also live in South Deerfield on a street with three houses and get over 1,000 cars, trucks, buses, and farm vehicles daily plus we have noisy AMTRAK.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — While final tweaks and changes are expected before the end of June, residents and the Select Board recently got a first look at the feasibility study for the Norwottuck North Shared-use Path.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The mother of Meaghan Burns, a Deerfield resident and U.S. Navy corpsman murdered in 2019, is bringing back a 5K walk and run this Memorial Day weekend to honor fallen American Service members.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — While one developer inquired about the town’s senior housing project, no bids were submitted in response to the request for proposals (RFP) to transform the former St. James Church parcel at 83-85 North Main St. into affordable housing.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — Following months of hearings, the Planning Board has approved the site plan for the proposed new location of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Regional Dog Shelter.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — Select Board Chair Tim Hilchey was reelected to his seat on Monday, fending off a challenge from former Select Board member David Wolfram, 814-558.

I am writing in support of Tim Hilchey’s re-election to the Deerfield Select Board. In addition to his selectboard seat, Tim has a history of service to our town, including participating in the Community Preservation Committee, South County EMS Oversight Board, Medical Reserve Corps, and Friends of Deerfield 350th fundraiser. As a selectman, he has worked tirelessly for the people of Deerfield, even donating his own physical labor! In tough financial times he has fought for state and federal funds, including almost $3 million to fund the Leary Lot and EV Charger Project— at no cost to the town.

For many years, I have been an active member on various boards and committees that helped “run” the town of Deerfield. My professional job and my volunteer Deerfield committee work has helped me realize the importance for voting David Wolfram as a Selectboard member. He is a no nonsense person, does not believe in smoke and mirrors, and has plain common sense with full transparency.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — As the 20th annual show for the Antique Truck Club of America’s western Massachusetts chapter is set to kick off this weekend, the event is nearly old enough to be considered “antique” itself.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — For the second time in two years, annual Town Meeting voters have rejected a citizen’s petition that would have asked the state Legislature to lower the municipal voting age to 16.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — The town will pursue engineering of a phased upgrade plan for the Old Deerfield Wastewater Treatment Plant, as the community continues to examine the best route forward for the aging facility.

Please join me in supporting Tim Hilchey for reelection to the Deerfield Select Board, on town election day, Monday, May 5. Tim is hard-working, a good listener, and has had years of experience in serving Deerfield, including chairing the Conservation Commission, chairing the Community Preservation Committee, and in his current term on the Select Board. He works well with other town boards and departments, and has brought money into town from state sources to help offset the cost of various projects. I believe he truly has the interests of all Deerfield residents in mind as he carries out his duties on the Select Board, and I know he will do the same if reelected. Vote for Tim Hilchey on May 5!