South Deerfield News

The School Committee today elected Marion Kelley, Houghton School eighth grade teacher, principal of Haskins School.

In a field off Old Goshen Road in Williamsburg, David McCulloch drives a tractor pulling an automatic baler, while helpers Dave Waldo, left, and Caleb Carriere, both of Williamsburg, work to stack a mounting harvest of hay.

Later this month "muggles" and "wizards-in-training" all across the globe will celebrate the premiere of the latest film in the "Harry Potter" series, and Laurie McDonald of Chandler's Restaurant in South Deerfield has arranged a very special opening night event to mark the occasion.

Independence Day is the archetypal outdoor holiday, and here in the Pioneer Valley it usually marks the slowest restaurant week of the year.

Morris William Fuqua, 65, of South Deerfield, died Sunday at home. He was born on July 21, 1943 in Somerville.

Mary Dihlmann, left, and her daughter, Kathy Steve, talk about a door at Shutesbury Community Church, one of many artifacts that were discovered while renovating the church.

SOUTH DEERFIELD, Mass. All of the recent wet weather can be devastating for local crops.

For the third year in a row, J.J. Tanguay of Hawley will be riding 150 miles in two days to go to Provincetown on Cape Cod from Quincy.

Disaster was averted in Hatfield on Tuesday night thanks to the quick response of the Hatfield Fire Department.

When Terry Sinclair and fellow union workers were laid off in January from Kennametal's Greenfield factory, a lesson from an earlier round of layoffs came back to remind him of an assistance program that might be worth checking into.

The Rev. Richard Jones, standing, acting pastor of North Hadley Congregational Church, delivers a sermon during the service on Lake Warner, located behind the church.

Funeral services were held Thursday morning to honor a Massachusetts State Trooper killed in a motorcycle accident.

Hundreds of family, friends, and fellow state troopers packed a South Deerfield church to say goodbye to Dennis Eugin.

With federal stimulus funding to 'turbocharge' the state's $40 million effort to provide broadband service to the least-served communities in Massachusetts, Gov.

Arlene E. Rodovich, 74, of Conway and Kissimmee, Fla., died Tuesday at a hospital in Kissimmee.

Something may be brewing in Millers Falls. The Zoning Board of Appeals has scheduled a public hearing later this month on a proposal to build a microbrewery near the center of the western Massachusetts village.

There are plans afoot to build a micobrewery in Millers Falls. On May 27, the Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a public hearing regarding a request to allow the development of a brewery and small store in the village downtown.

Three girls won two events for Frontier Regional School Tuesday and the Red Hawks extended their winning streak to 86 consecutive meets with a 104 2/3-31 1/3 win over Mahar Regional School in a Franklin County League track meet in Orange.

With the state staring at a ''bleaker and bleaker'' financial condition, in the words of Gov.

Motor Vehicles Registrar Rachel Kaprelian will headline a pair of western Massachusetts community forums on behalf of Gov.