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By MADDIE FABIAN

A farm share program providing fresh and locally grown produce to low-income seniors across Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden counties is seeking to expand its reach.Now at the tail end of the season, Senior FarmShare — a program offered by the South...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Members of the Frontier Regional and Union 38 school committees were briefed Thursday night on the results of the districts’ “equity audit,” which examined the schools’ abilities to provide equitable education to all students.The...

By BELLA LEVAVI

Seven Franklin County fire departments are benefiting from a total of $15,934, thanks to a recent round of grants through the state’s Volunteer Fire Assistance Program.The funding will help with training and fire prevention efforts, as well as...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — With consultants on hand Thursday evening, residents got a chance to view some early conceptual designs and share their vision for the town’s proposed municipal campus.While the municipal campus includes the Town Hall/Police Station,...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — During this week’s third and final community discussion, residents and business owners got a chance to review the nearly complete Leary Lot designs.A small group met with the Selectboard and Berkshire Design Group’s Jeffrey Squire to get a...

Flu clinic coming to Senior Center SOUTH DEERFIELD — The South County Senior Center is hosting a flu clinic at its Deerfield location on Wednesday.The clinic is open to everyone and runs from 9 a.m. to noon at the Holy Family Roman Catholic Church,...

I’m a Trump supporter and in 2016 I had a local news reporter come up and talk to me about a sign I had made.In 2020, I bought a Trump poster and after the world’s biggest robbery of an election I said to myself there’s got to be an easier way to show...

Talk on Battle of Bloody Brook set for Sept. 17 SOUTH DEERFIELD — Local historian Peter Thomas is hosting a lecture on the Battle of Bloody Brook on Sunday, Sept. 17, at 2 p.m. in Frontier Regional School’s auditorium.Thomas will share information...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Three years removed from the first COVID-19 school year and a year since all schools officially returned to normal operations, anxious feelings about masking have been replaced with the more typical worries of starting a new school...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — South County EMS is preparing to upgrade its third ambulance with a new cardiac monitor with help from a federal grant. Through the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grants program, the regional...

By CHRIS LARABEE

Several area senior centers will help older adults get up to speed on technology thanks to a state digital literacy grant.At the South County Senior Center, seniors will be able to enter a lottery for one of 129 iPads or for a stipend to pay internet...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

TURNERS FALLS — Having been diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer about seven years ago, South Deerfield resident Frank Marchand, 67, doesn’t expect his life to last much longer. And yet, the 47-year plumber isn’t worried about what’s down the pipeline...

I found it comforting to read in the Aug. 9 article about the Deerfield Planning Board’s approval of a solar array over the old landfill that there would be no blasting on the site according to the engineer from Weston & Sampson. Rest in peace,...

By MICHAEL MAURI

Gov. Maura Healey recently kicked off an initiative to update statewide forest policy, accompanied by a six-month pause in logging on state lands. Her intention: “to ensure that Massachusetts’ forests are conserved and managed to optimize carbon...

I was brought up a Democrat and loved the Kennedy era: “Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.” I can no longer believe the people I grew up with support this Democratic Party. Cancel culture and...

If a trumpet blared in the forest and no one listened, would anyone hear it; would it make a sound? Please refrain from providing free noise amplification!Richard TillbergSouth Deerfield

FRCOG hosting Lake Wyola visit to hear residents’ feedback SHUTESBURY — Residents of the Lake Wyola watershed in Shutesbury and Wendell are invited to share their concerns about water quality and stormwater management in and around the lake with...

By STEPHEN DITMORE

Columnist Jon Huer has apparently never accompanied a loved one in psychological crisis to an emergency room only to see them locked up involuntarily there for lack of a more appropriate walk-in crisis stabilization center. Perhaps he has also never...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — A new state grant will give one of the town’s water suppliers a renewed look at its underground infrastructure.The South Deerfield Water Supply District recently received a $213,000 planning grant from the state Clean Water Trust to...

Seventh Grade Maximum Honors: Joseph Bobala, Anneke Bosman, Mark Brennan, Elsa Brown, Ber Calhoun, Evva Campbell, Griffin Casey, Liv Christensen, Maia Christensen, Makalya Craig, Jack Cusson, Tessa D’Urso, Olivia Donovan, Cody Dubreuil, Saskia Ebling,...