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By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — With two areas of River Road degrading, the Weston & Sampson engineering firm received preliminary Select Board approval last week to explore potential solutions to the problem.The $27,500 contract will have the Reading-based firm examine...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — More than a decade after first receiving approval, Walter’s Propane will finally construct a small office building at 225 Greenfield Road (Routes 5 and 10).With site plan approval from the Planning Board on Monday, Walter’s Propane, run by...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — As numerous projects and initiatives continue to move forward, the town has tapped a longtime public servant to be its assistant town administrator.The Selectboard last week approved the hiring of Greg Snedeker, a former music and...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — With two successful years behind it, the South County Senior Center’s Informational Fair & Cruise Night returns to the community for its third installment.With food, vintage vehicles and more than 16 community partners, the Senior Center is...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — With a request for $3.8 million in Community Preservation Act funding on the table, the town made its pitch for the renovation of the 1888 Building to the Community Preservation Committee on Wednesday.Led by Select Board Chair Tim Hilchey...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD – Citing precedent set last year, the Frontier School Committee declined to dedicate its volleyball court to longtime coach Sean MacDonald, who retired after the 2023-24 school year, capping off 21 years and a whole slew of sectional...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

Member institutions of Museums10, a consortium of 10 museums located across the Pioneer Valley, is investing more than $600,000 into professional training development for staff members and student interns to promote career advancement in the museum...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — The U.S. Postal Service has honored the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (PVMA) with a Forever stamp for its continued efforts in promoting the history and culture of the region.A brief ceremony was held outside Memorial Hall Museum...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — After three site visits, the South County Senior Center Board of Oversight and its director sat down with architecture firm edmStudio to lay out their desires for a future home for the Senior Center.The Board of Oversight, Director...

I’ve written about this country being $33 trillion dollars in debt and we still have no one questioning this. There’s not a business in the world who could carry this kind of debt.We used to hear millions and now it’s billions. Nine trillion dollars...

By JAMES PENTLAND

Well into its second half-century as a touring and recording outfit, the “freight train comin’ atcha,” — in late guitarist Paul Barrere’s phrase — that is Little Feat will roll into Deerfield for an Aug. 20 show at Tree House Brewing Co.The band’s...

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

DEERFIELD — For its fourth year, Arena Civic Theatre is running a free summer theater program to give local students the opportunity to participate in theater while school is out of session.This year’s summer program will culminate in three...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — In an increasingly polarized country, schools have often become battlegrounds for issues relating to free speech and academic freedoms.As the nation prepares for the presidential election — amid continued fallout from college campus...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — After serving as executive director at Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture’s (CISA) for the last 16 years, Philip Korman is stepping down from his position at the end of August with the hope of welcoming a fresh perspective...

We appreciate the article by reporter Chris Larrabee, “Farmers grateful to have normal growing season after devastating 2023 floods,” [July 17]. Devastating is a good word for it: river flooding on July 10th of 2023 swept away millions of dollars and...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — After several years of preparation, preliminary construction on the Leary Lot is beginning, marking the start of the first major project in South Deerfield’s revitalization plan.With an expected completion date of early October, the...

By LISA GOODRICH

After much anticipation, peaches are ripe and now available on farm stands and at farmers markets in the Valley. Ben Clark, fourth generation farmer and owner/operator of Clarkdale Fruit Farms, explains that western Massachusetts is generally the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — The old saying goes that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, but what if there was no need to throw the item out in the first place? Beginning this past weekend, Deerfield residents using the Transfer Station now have a new outlet...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — While the near-completion of the South Deerfield Wastewater Treatment Plant is welcome news for residents, the reveal of a damaged effluent pipe to the Connecticut River is likely less so.As the years-long project approaches the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — With a $195,090 MassTrails grant, visions of people walking and biking on the Norwottuck North Shared-Use Path from Whately to Amherst are one step closer to becoming a reality.Alongside a $76,840 match from Sunderland, which is the lead...