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By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — The town’s new planning and economic development coordinator officially settled into Town Hall on March 24, bringing a background in planning, zoning and grant applications.

By AALIANNA MARIETTA

DEERFIELD — When the New England West Skating Club hosted its yearly exhibition at the Deerfield Academy ice rink on Saturday night, the skaters performed not only for a crowd of family members and friends, but to honor the figure skaters who died in the Jan. 29 American Airlines crash in Washington, D.C.

By LIZ BROWN

There are so many outrages that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are perpetuating that it’s hard to know what to focus on. But RumeysaOzturk’s arrest really affects me deeply.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — In an effort to boost participation at Annual Town Meeting in April, Deerfield will offer child care for the first time to provide an opportunity for parents to make their voices heard.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — One of the prospective owners of Magic Wings often thinks back to fond memories of celebrating a life milestone at the nearly quarter-century-old butterfly conservatory and gardens on Routes 5 and 10.

To my Republican friends — congratulations, you have owned us libs. Eventually though, you may come to notice that you are also owned.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — As protests against the Trump administration proliferate across the U.S., a new group of voices is rising in South Deerfield, on the corner of Route 116 and Sugarloaf Street.

By CHRIS LARABEE

Budget season rolls on at the Frontier Regional and Union 38 school districts, with Sunderland, Deerfield and Conway elementary schools recently sharing their fiscal year 2026 budget proposals.

By CHRIS LARABEE

If you take a look at the spreadsheets on Mason Smith and Tyler Wolkowicz’s computer screens, you might think they’re undertaking an extensive math project.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — With the town continuing to explore options to repair or replace the Old Deerfield Wastewater Treatment Plant, the Select Board/Sewer Commissioners will take a step back to see if a phased repair plan might be the most sensible choice.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — A dozen residents from the Plain Road East and Mill Village Road neighborhood are expressing concerns about the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Regional Dog Shelter’s proposed building.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — More than $6 million in revenue is expected to come to the town’s coffers over the next 20 years following Wednesday’s approval of a lease amendment for a solar array on the former landfill on Lee Road.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WESTBOROUGH — The Division of Fisheries and Wildlife announced at Thursday’s Fisheries and Wildlife Board meeting it would cease stocking of rainbow trout in the five-mile stretch of the Upper Deerfield River from the Fife Brook Dam to Zoar Gap, in response to the comments of dozens of anglers in the region.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — A nonprofit formed to raise money for regional dog shelter services in Franklin County is seeking permission from the town of Deerfield to construct an 8,000-square-foot shelter on a 13.4-acre parcel of land off Plain Road East.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — At the first of three planned forums, town officials and consultants from edmStudio laid out the costs of two potential future homes for the South County Senior Center.

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

DEERFIELD — After taking the Williston Northampton girls hockey team to overtime the last two years, Deerfield Academy finally got over the hump on Wednesday. 

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

SOUTH DEERFIELD — A 60-year-old man from South Deerfield was killed Monday after he was struck by a northbound Amtrak train, according to a spokesperson from the Northwestern district attorney’s office.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

SOUTH DEERFIELD — An adult was transported to Baystate Franklin Medical Center with injuries described by Deerfield Police Chief John Paciorek as being “life-threatening at minimum” after being struck by a northbound Amtrak train.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Ahead of the March public hearing, Frontier Regional School administrators pitched their fiscal year 2026 draft budget to the full School Committee Tuesday evening.

Gov. Maura Healey, who has announced that she will seek reelection in 2026, recently signed the Affordable Homes Act, planning to build or preserve 65,000 homes in Massachusetts over the next five years. A lack of affordable housing is certainly a problem, and the reasons for the dearth of housing are numerous, but the increasing cost of living in Massachusetts is also a major problem.