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Mark St. Amand loads a reproduction 1861 Colt Navy black powder pistol at the Franklin County League of Sportsmen Club in East Deerfield. His weapons and others like them will be on display Sunday at the Cap and Ball Revolver Shoot.

GREENFIELD -- Mark St. Amand is a longtime fan of historic weapons, particularly of black powder pistols like the 1848 Colt Dragoon. He has in his collection guns that resemble those used by cavalrymen and officers in the Civil War and by cowboys in the old West.

St. Amand's weapons and others like them will be on display Sunday at the Cap and Ball Revolver Shoot being held by the Deerfield Education and Conservation Corp. at the Franklin County League of Sportsmen's Club, 721 River Road in East Deerfield.

GREENFIELD -- The state will begin its upgrade of the town's eight major intersection traffic signals on Monday.

The 40-year-old traffic lights will be replaced, new curbing, sidewalks and wheelchair ramps will be installed, draining work will be done and new signs and pavement markings will be installed.

The $27.5 million project, paid for with a state grant, will be overseen by the Massachusetts Highway Department, which has hired E.T.&L. Corp. of Stowe to do the construction.

Laurence F. Petrin, engineering superintendent for the Town of Greenfield, said some work on the sidewalks and curbing at Conway and Allen streets and at Deerfield Street, Mill Street and Bank Row will be done this fall.

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