Flu and COVID-19 vaccine clinic set for Friday

SOUTH DEERFIELD — A flu and COVID-19 vaccine clinic will be held at Deerfield Elementary School on Friday, Oct. 27, from 3:30 to 7 p.m.

Advance registration is requested, but not required. To register, visit bit.ly/46YAzom.

Bement School hosting fourth annual Winter Community Needs Drive on Nov. 12

DEERFIELD — The Bement School’s annual Winter Community Needs Drive is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the school’s campus.

Donations can be brought to the Routes 5 and 10 parking area of campus located at 583 Greenfield Road in Deerfield.

Articles of clothing — for men, women and children — that are requested include: coats and sweaters, warm hats, waterproof gloves or mittens, warm socks, long underwear (new only), warm boots or shoes, and scarves.

Other items requested include: personal hygiene products — such as toiletries, body soap, oral hygiene and deodorant — house cleaning products, surgical face masks, COVID-19 tests, baby wipes and blankets.

Donations will be distributed to families in need around western Massachusetts through the Franklin County Community Meals Program, the Friends of Hampshire County Homeless Individuals, ServiceNet and Stone Soup Cafe’s free store.

Conway seeking volunteers to set up town wood bank

CONWAY — The town is seeking volunteers to help set up a new town firewood bank.

Wood banks enable rural communities to recycle surplus trees and other sources of wood into firewood to address energy insecurity. Typically, according to a state webpage, public and private trees are cut down during work on utility rights of way. The trees are then brought to the local highway department to be cut into rounds for firewood.

Conway’s wood bank will be located behind the Conway Grammar School, next to the Highway Department’s garage.

Anyone who is interested in volunteering or has expertise in the area can contact Town Administrator Veronique Blanchard at townadmin@conwayma.gov or 413-369-4235, ext. 3.

Historical Society hosting talk on town’s sugaring families

CONWAY — The Conway Historical Society is hosting Howard Boyden and Bill Burnett to talk about their families’ extensive history in maple sugaring and how the industry has changed over time.

The presentation will be held at the Conway Historical Society Museum, 50 Main St., on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 7:30 p.m.

Boyden and Burnett are both eighth-generation farmers, whose families came to Conway in the mid-18th century. The event is free and open to the public, and refreshments will be served.