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DA’s office confirms 60-year-old South Deerfield man killed by train
SOUTH DEERFIELD — A 60-year-old man from South Deerfield was killed Monday after he was struck by a northbound Amtrak train, according to Northwestern District Attorney’s Office spokesperson Laurie Loisel.

Arms Library in Shelburne Falls seeks input while developing ‘Library of Things’
SHELBURNE FALLS — Get your library cards ready because Arms Library is working to develop a “Library of Things” this spring.
Sports

MIAA tourneys: Greenfield boys basketball blows past Maimonides, 67-33, and into D4 Round of 32 (PHOTOS)
GREENFIELD — It might not have been the regular season the Greenfield boys basketball team had hoped for, but the Green Wave are hoping a run in the MIAA Division 4 state tournament can make up for it.
Opinion

Jonathan von Ranson: Trump, Musk an existential risk to stable evolution
President Donald Trump and Elon Musk (and many others in our government) are sociopathically impressed with themselves. Both of these individuals suffer from the illness of right now and never enough, and are thus unable to respect the mindset of citizen participation, modesty and acceptance that lies behind democracy, or order itself.





Your Daily Puzzles

An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."

A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.

Chess but with chaos: Every day is a unique, wacky board.

Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.

Align the letters in just the right way to spell a word. And then more words.
Business

One year on, Bernardston custom apparel biz growing
BERNARDSTON — From her home on Shaw Road surrounded by rolling fields and horse stables, Melissa Murphy crafts custom embroidered apparel for local businesses.




Arts & Life

Speaking of Nature: The hawks are not happy: The snow and ice are creating a big problem for the big birds
If there has been any theme to this winter it has been the cold. For the first time in years the temperatures have dropped below freezing and generally remained there for weeks on end. Back when I was a kid, my father used to make a skating rink in the back of our house where we would spend endless hours playing hockey. My father even put spotlights in the bedroom windows so that we could play outside at night. On particularly cold nights, my mother would insist that the faces of her children were slathered with copious amounts of Johnson’s baby cream so that we didn’t freeze solid. Those were the days.
Obituaries

Margaret A. (Villeneuve) Jarvis Montague , MA - Margaret "Peggy" Jarvis entered eternal rest on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, surrounded by her loving family after 86 years full of life! Peggy was born in Montague on September 28, 1938, ... remainder of obit for Margaret A. Jarvis

Shelburne, MA - Janie L. (Miller) Churchill, 76, passed away on February 9, 2025 after a lengthy illness. She would have been 77 years old on February 14, 2025. She was born on February 14, 1948, the daughter of Raymond and Ellen (Purin... remainder of obit for Janie L. Churchill

Buckland, MA - Joseph Glenn Schmidt, 93, passed on February 20, 2025. Glenn was born at home in Ansonia, CT on January 14, 1932, son of the late Lincoln and Lillian (Haaf) Schmidt. He graduated from the Charles H Pine Manual Training S... remainder of obit for Joseph Glenn Schmidt

Alice "Jeanne" Pelletier Greenfield, MA - Alice "Jeanne" Pelletier, 86, formerly of Greenfield, MA, died Sunday 2/9/25 with her family by her side. She was born in Montague, MA in May 1938, the daughter of Valerian and Leah Chagnon. Jea... remainder of obit for Alice Pelletier