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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.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

WHATELY – Northampton Police took a 57-year-old man from Rim Rock, Arizona, into custody Tuesday morning after an 80-mile-per hour pursuit on Interstate 91 North ended with the suspect allegedly pulling a knife on police officers.

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 CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — A big increase driven by special education costs is projected in Whately Elementary School’s fiscal year 2026 budget.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — Residents with thoughts on where they would like to see pollinator-centered landscape projects are encouraged to join town officials for a community forum on Thursday.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — As the South County Senior Center’s feasibility study moves forward, residents of its member towns are invited to public forums to learn about the options being considered for a future home for the center and provide feedback.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — After receiving numerous letters against proposed graduation requirements, the Frontier Regional School District School Committee Tuesday evening tabled a measure that would require students to still pass the MCAS or a similar standardized test to graduate.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — Residents will soon have an opportunity to provide input on a proposed marijuana manufacturing bylaw amendment put forward by Debilitating Medical Condition Treatment Centers (DMCTC).

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — The Selectboard conditionally approved the renewal of Club Castaway’s licenses Tuesday evening, as the business has paid off the majority of money it owed to the town.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — In what is becoming an annual tradition for community service, the South County Senior Center and the Sunderland Men’s Club are once again coming together to offer Christmas Day meals to older adults in Deerfield, Sunderland and Whately...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — The Select Board adopted a single tax rate for all properties in town of $13.34 per $1,000 valuation for fiscal year 2025, representing a roughly 2.5% decrease from the previous year.The decision came following an extended discussion...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — With funding for a feasibility study in hand, progress on the former Center School’s rehabilitation will start picking up steam in 2025.With a $14,000 grant match in hand following approval at the Nov. 12 Special Town Meeting, Town...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — With the incoming presidential administration campaigning on transformational changes to the way government functions, the Whately Select Board recently issued a statement reaffirming its commitment to serving residents. Brought forward by...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — Residents approved numerous housekeeping articles at Tuesday’s special Town Meeting, such as cleaning up Whately’s zoning bylaws and matching a grant to fund a feasibility study of the former Center School.In an approximately 42-minute...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A $100 million fund to support the health and resilience of the Connecticut River watershed, including money that would go toward improving aging flood controls and dikes and upgrading water and sewer systems, is being sought by area...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — Several financial transfers, grant matches and amendments to clean up the zoning bylaws will come before voters in a housekeeping special Town Meeting set for Tuesday.Residents will consider 10 articles during the meeting, which will start...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Still recovering from a devastating fire that destroyed its barn and farm store at 7 Carver St., Red Fire Farm in Granby is receiving $500,000 from the state’s Farm Security Infrastructure Grant program, money that will go some of the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Pedestrian safety and utility infrastructure improvements totaling $4.4 million for an affordable housing development in Easthampton, $1.94 million to build a new roundabout in Amherst at the edge of the University of Massachusetts...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Weeks after narrowing down the search for a potential future home for the South County Senior Center to either the South Deerfield Congregational Church or the Whately Town Offices, the feasibility study’s Deerfield aspect has...

Does anyone really believe that depriving Israeli farmers of the means of supporting their families is going to make Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu create peace in the region? All he cares about is staying in power. Reducing financial support for...

I am writing in response to the arguments presented in the excellent article on Ballot Question 4 [“Question 4: A new chapter for psychedelics?” Recorder, Oct. 21].The supporters of the legalization of psychedelic drugs seem to have forgotten the...