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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,...

By DOMENIC POLI

To all of you out there reading this online or in print, there is something I desperately need to confess: For a portion of my July, I have been drinking on the job.But, in my defense, my editor told me to.The number of craft breweries has exploded...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — With South County EMS analyzing several aspects of its operations as it prepares to find a new chief, its Board of Oversight is also taking a look at the number of mutual aid calls the agency accepts.Of its 678 calls from January...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

The Frontier Regional boys volleyball program wouldn’t exist without Jesse Kurkulonis.Inspired by the success of his friends on the Redhawks girls team, which has won 11 state championships including last fall, he began inquiring with newly minted...

By DOMENIC POLI

Some Franklin County towns were relatively unscathed while others had to work tirelessly to reopen closed roads Monday during the worst flooding to strike parts of New England since Tropical Storm Irene in 2011.Amanda Herrmann, Conway’s emergency...

By KYLE GRABOWSKI

FITCHBURG — An early deficit didn’t hamper the West field hockey team in the Bay State Games bronze medal match Sunday at Game On. The West took down Metro, 3-2.Metro struck first, but Sarah Kreibel (Agawam) and Grace Rajpold (East Longmeadow)...

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — With the departure of South County EMS’ first and only chief, the department’s Board of Oversight and the Deerfield Selectboard have tapped another longtime resident to serve as interim chief.The boards officially appointed Tim...

Mt. Toby Concerts presents Heather Pierson, Leah Boyd LEVERETT — Mount Toby Concerts is welcoming Peaceful Means, a new musical duo comprised of Leah Boyd and Heather Pierson, for a July 15 concert at 4 p.m. at 194 Long Plain Road (Route 63).Boyd and...