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By JACOB NELSON

“Compost is not soil, but it makes your soil better,” says Mike Mahar, owner of Bear Path Compost in Whately. “It adds life to it. If you’re going to take something out of the soil by harvesting, you should put something back in, and compost is...

By DOMENIC POLI

WHATELY — Tea Guys LLC must pay more than $2 million to a Baltimore tea company due to a breach of contract, a Franklin County Superior Court judge has ruled.The small business in Whately was sued last summer by Zest Tea LLC and had two bank accounts...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — In an effort to promote housing diversity and affordability in town, the Planning Board is proposing a community housing bylaw that mirrors the state’s Chapter 40B process, while preserving local permit control.The board held a public...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — With the rejection of two reuse proposals that involved selling the building, the future of the Whately Center School is now back in the hands of the town, as the Select Board opted last week to let the school’s Visioning Committee flesh out...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — Having received two responses to a request for proposals for the sale of the Whately Center School, members of the Center School Visioning Committee are asking for more time to come up with an idea to retain the historic building.Jenny...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — With the departure of its town administrator earlier this week, Whately is now being led by two interim leaders.The Select Board last month opted to appoint longtime municipal servant Lynn Sibley and former Scituate Town Administrator and...

The Republicans’ demand that we deprive Ukraine of financial and armament support unless we also spend a large amount of money on closing our southern border is the equivalent of creating a massive hurricane to address a house on fire.If Putin takes...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — With the impending departure of Town Administrator Brian Domina, the Selectboard is planning to find an interim solution while the town undergoes the extended process of finding a permanent replacement.Domina, who has served as Whately’s...

By CHRIS LARABEE

Despite the South County Senior Center’s three member towns having received a $75,000 grant in December 2022 to conduct a feasibility study on the South Deerfield Congregational Church to see if it could serve as the center’s long-term home, a study...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — As the town prepares to undertake its master planning process to chart out Whately’s next 15 years, it is seeking residents’ input for phase one.With the last update to the town’s master plan coming in 2011, Whately, in partnership with the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — Following several check-ins, the Select Board has opted to loosen Club Castaway’s police detail requirements to just Friday and Saturday nights.When the club reopened in October, the board opted to require a police detail each Thursday,...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — Joining several neighboring communities in the Pioneer Valley, Whately’s Select Board has signaled its support to write a letter to the Legislature advocating for legislation that could allow municipalities more control over solar energy...

By JACOB NELSON

‘The best carrots you’ll ever eat are picked in January or February,” says Erik Debbink, owner of Lombrico Farm in Whately. In the dead of winter, their sweetness shines through.Lombrico Farms is one of a growing number of local farms working hard to...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — With the Deerfield Selectboard’s vote Wednesday afternoon and contract signatures delivered Friday, South County EMS will welcome Auburn Fire Department EMS Coordinator Joshua Sparks as its second-ever chief.Sparks, 48, who has a...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — With two purchase proposals submitted for the former Whately Center School, the Select Board has convened a review committee to provide a recommendation on which one to accept.After years of trying to determine the future of the nearly...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Three years after they began looking for a site that could accommodate their rapidly growing polyurethane manufacturing business in Deerfield and Whately, officials at Nupro LLC hit pay dirt only a few miles up the road.Now the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — After the death of James Pasiecnik in January, his three daughters banded together to ensure the family business, 5J Creamee and Pasiecnik Farmstand, is operating in full force this summer.Justine Pasiecnik, the oldest of the three sisters,...

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — As the Select Board mulls the transfer of Club Castaway’s liquor and adult entertainment licenses, the focus of its latest discussion revolved around the new owners’ inexperience in managing a strip club.At its Wednesday meeting, the board...

NORTHAMPTON — Familiar exit numbers on Interstate 91 will begin being replaced by exit numbers based on mileage starting Wednesday.The highway corridor that runs between Connecticut and Vermont will be the final highway in the state to get the new...

By DOMENIC POLI

WHATELY – Production of wax and wicks in town is expected to increase starting in the fall, when Chesapeake Bay Candle’s operations move from Maryland to the Whately plant that manufactures Yankee Candles.Chesapeake Bay Candle and Yankee Candle are...