Deerfield News

COURTESY PHOTO Kaytlin David, 21, of Athol, left, a participant of The Arc of Opportunity of North Central Massachusetts' Urban Youth Collaborative Program, sits with Arc client Jane Lafond, 49, of Winchendon, at the Magic Wings Butterfly Conservatory & Gardens in South Deerfield.

According to Whately Fire Chief John Hannum, at about 3:22 a.m. Wednesday, lightning sparked the wooden roof of the log cabin home at 17 Laurel Mountain Road.

LITTLE BIG HOUSE GALLERY, 323 Patten Road, Shelburne. 625-6697, www.littlebighousegallery.com . Season opening show.

As spring finally comes to Franklin County, it's great to meet up again with folks we have not seen through the winter, and to enjoy the annual greening happening around us which speaks of new life.

Recorder/Paul Franz Kathy Belanger at the end of her street, Wapping Rd in Deerfield, next to the memorial for her son, Greg Belanger, who was killed in action.

After an 11-month wait, selectmen in Deerfield, Whately and Sunderland have a draft budget and agreement for a future South County ambulance service.

Starting this weekend, "Follow the Thread: America's Jewish Immigrants and The Birth of the Garment Industry," a cultural history exhibit at Memorial Hall Museum and Frontier Regional School will answer that question.

On June 28, Town Administrator Bernie Kubiak will walk out of the front doors of 8 Conway St.

During the first quarter of the eighteenth century-1700 to 1725-the English colonies in Massachusetts sought to strengthen their dominance of the Indian nations of the regions.

Erik K. Larson of Southbridge, president of the Shrewsbury Historical Society, at the Mountain View Cemetery.

The trouble is, two of the Frontier Regional School District's other three towns have only approved some of Frontier's capital requests.

That's two to three times the size of other solar farms proposed or built in Franklin County in recent months.

Greenberg & Sons became a part of Leader Home Centers recently, allowing the local store to provide new products and more services to customers, according to a company official.

With few, if any, April showers or May rains, newly planted and transplanted crops on area farms are begging for water, and firefighters have been busy responding to brush fires around the region and the state.

DEERFIELD - Deerfield Selectmen have unanimously selected Wendy L. Foxmyn, 58, to serve as town administrator until a permanent replacement is found to replace Bernie Kubiak, who plans to retire at the end of June.

David E. Lanoue and his contracting company are dedicated to restoring and preserving traditional architecture, such as barns and houses that date back to the 17th century.

The Frontier Regional School Committee jumped its biggest hurdle in passing its operational budget on Monday - the fiscally conservative town of Deerfield.

DEERFIELD -Opened in 1884, the historic Deerfield Inn has been through a plague of grasshoppers, a drought, a kitchen fire, the great flood of 1936 and tropical storm Irene in 2011.

When former Deerfield police officer Christopher Bilodeau, 39, got the call that he had been selected by the GCC Distinguished Alumni Committee to receive the 2013 award, his first words were "I am honored to have been chosen." That was no light remark from the person who in January received the Award for Heroism from Secretary of State Hillary ... (more)

On Tuesday, incumbent Selectman David Pierce will vie for re-election against challenger Peter Murphy for a second three-year term.