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DEERFIELD — The Selectboard officially approved a grant agreement for the 1888 Building project with the Community Preservation Committee last week, as the town prepares to move the process to site plan review.Voters at the Oct. 7 Special Town Meeting...

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NORTHFIELD — After a few weeks of sorting out write-in votes and tracking down winners to accept their election, results are finally in for the Pioneer Valley Regional School District’s School Committee election, which saw six seats on the ballot...

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SOUTH DEERFIELD — New life may soon be coming to the vacant farmstand at the intersection of Routes 5 and 10 and North Hillside Road.Maple Valley Creamery, the Hadley-based dairy farm that also operates Maple Valley’s Scoop at the Silos, is eyeing the...

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GREENFIELD — With a tentative contract agreement in hand, American Medical Response (AMR) and Teamsters Local 404 union have averted a 10-day strike that was slated to go into effect on Sunday, Nov. 24.The union had previously approved the strike on...

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NORTHFIELD — Even more than a decade on, Northfield Elementary School’s annual food drive to benefit the Northfield Food Pantry is still fresh.That special tradition continued Wednesday afternoon, as Carolyn Baskowki’s fourth grade class rallied the...

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NORTHFIELD — Join the Pioneer Valley Regional School theater program this weekend as students explore the twisting relationships of “This Changes Everything.”In the 2015 play by Joel Horwood, a group of young women who are fed up with living on the...

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GREENFIELD — With a fist raised in the air, state Sen. Jo Comerford and dozens of advocates and business leaders, as well as state and local officials, rallied in support of the Northern Tier Passenger Rail Monday morning at the John W. Olver Transit...

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SUNDERLAND — As the town’s Energy Committee continues to explore potential transfer station locations in town, the executive director of the Franklin County Solid Waste Management District suggested a different route: Why not share with a neighbor?In...

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SOUTH DEERFIELD — After a few months with Christopher Dunne serving as the interm town administrator, the Selectboard stripped the temporary tag off his title and appointed Dunne to the permanent role last week.The Selectboard voted on Nov. 14 to...

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SOUTH DEERFIELD — Nearly 30 years after the town purchased the property, the new-and-improved Leary Lot opened to residents and travelers on Friday, marking a national milestone.With $2.46 million from the Federal Highway Administration’s Charging and...

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GREENFIELD — With more than 800 farms and hundreds and thousands of workers providing food to the region and beyond, farming is more than just a way of life here in Franklin County.To celebrate what Franklin County Chamber of Commerce Executive...

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WHATELY — Electronic voting tabulators will soon be coming to Whately, however, it is unclear whether the community will actually use them for future elections without first getting resident input.The Selectboard approved using $2,000 in American...

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DEERFIELD — After a few months of a temporary closure in which its owner was determining the next steps, Bittersweet Bakery & Cafe reopened its doors this week with a revamped business plan.Laura Thiem, who owns and operates the 6-year-old bakery and...

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SOUTH DEERFIELD — Head on through the saloon doors and meet Ernest and Ernest at Frontier Regional School this weekend, as the theater program throws a western twist on Oliver Wilde’s 1895 classic “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Attendees are...

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WHATELY — Residents approved numerous housekeeping articles at Tuesday’s Special Town Meeting, such as cleaning up Whately’s zoning bylaws and matching a grant to fund a feasibility study of the former Center School.In an approximately 42-minute...

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SOUTH DEERFIELD — Ask any longtime Deerfield residents and they’ll probably say they worked with Mary Stokarski in one form or another.Perhaps it was at the Town Clerk’s Office, or they were paying their tax bill. Maybe they’re a member of the South...

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GREENFIELD — With a $99,900 grant, Regenerative Design Group, a Greenfield-based ecological design firm, will develop best practices to help implement the state’s Healthy Soils Action Plan.The state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs...

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SOUTH DEERFIELD — As schools continue to address the mental and social-emotional needs of students following the pandemic, Frontier Regional School is inviting parents and caregivers to a presentation featuring a specialist who focuses on anxiety...

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WHATELY — Several financial transfers, grant matches and amendments to clean up the zoning bylaws will come before voters in a housekeeping Special Town Meeting set for Tuesday, Nov. 12.Residents will consider 10 articles during the meeting, which...

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ROYALSTON — In a nation so bitterly divided over its politics, there’s perhaps no town more evenly divided than Royalston, in which election results Tuesday evening showed President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris in a dead tie,...