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By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

DEERFIELD — Fire Chief Daren Melnik said he believes a faulty extension cord may be responsible for a greenhouse fire on Jones Road Tuesday afternoon.

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

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Over the last year, an energy storage solutions research and development company focusing on supercapacitors has been settling into its new facility off of Routes 5 and 10.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Take a trip to Italy this weekend by visiting Frontier Regional School, as the Theater Department adapts the classical romantic musical, “The Light in the Piazza.”

By CHRIS LARABEE

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

By ALEXA LEWIS and MADISON SCHOFIELD

When he started tapping trees for the 2025 sugaring season, Paul Zononi of Paul’s Sugar House in Williamsburg was shocked to find that the sap came at a trickle — and with only half of its typical sugar content.

CONWAY — The Conway Historical Society will welcome Leslie Chaison, director of The People’s Medicine Project, on Tuesday, March 11, for a discussion on how plant medicine was used by both Native Americans and European colonists.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Frontier Regional School District School Committee unanimously approved its fiscal year 2026 $13.29 million general budget Thursday evening following a sparsely attended public hearing earlier in the week.

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 — 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

DEERFIELD — With the Planning Board’s special permit approval this week, Savage Farms will construct a nearly 90,000-square-foot potato storage building for year-round protection of the family farm’s crops.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — A dozen residents from the Plain Road East and Mill Village Road neighborhood came before the Planning Board Monday night to express concerns about the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Regional Dog Shelter’s proposed building.

By SHIRLEY MAJEWSKI

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office has identified the 60-year-old South Deerfield man who was fatally struck by a train Monday evening as Michael Arietta.

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 Northwestern District Attorney’s Office spokesperson Laurie Loisel.

DEERFIELD — Engage Deerfield, a citizens group aiming to increase participation in town affairs, is holding its second community conversation on Thursday, Feb. 27, with this one focused on “Putting ‘Us’ in the Campus.”

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

DEERFIELD — The Friends of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Regional Dog Shelter will come before Deerfield’s regulatory boards in the coming weeks, as the nonprofit seeks 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.