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By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — More than $6 million in revenue is expected to come to the town’s coffers over the next 20 years following Wednesday’s approval of a lease amendment for a solar array on the former landfill on Lee Road.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — With the Planning Board’s special permit approval this week, Savage Farms will construct a nearly 90,000-square-foot potato storage building for year-round protection of the family farm’s crops.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — A dozen residents from the Plain Road East and Mill Village Road neighborhood came before the Planning Board Monday night to express concerns about the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Regional Dog Shelter’s proposed building.

By SHIRLEY MAJEWSKI

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office has identified the 60-year-old South Deerfield man who was fatally struck by a train Monday evening as Michael Arietta.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

SOUTH DEERFIELD — A 60-year-old man from South Deerfield was killed Monday after he was struck by a northbound Amtrak train, according to Northwestern District Attorney’s Office spokesperson Laurie Loisel.

DEERFIELD — Engage Deerfield, a citizens group aiming to increase participation in town affairs, is holding its second community conversation on Thursday, Feb. 27, with this one focused on “Putting ‘Us’ in the Campus.”

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

SOUTH DEERFIELD — An adult was transported to Baystate Franklin Medical Center with injuries described by Deerfield Police Chief John Paciorek as being “life-threatening at minimum” after being struck by a northbound Amtrak train.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — The Friends of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Regional Dog Shelter will come before Deerfield’s regulatory boards in the coming weeks, as the nonprofit seeks to construct an 8,000-square-foot shelter on a 13.4-acre parcel of land off Plain Road East.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — At the first of three planned forums, town officials and consultants from edmStudio laid out the costs of two potential future homes for the South County Senior Center.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Deerfield Police Department is investigating a crash Thursday night that resulted in one driver following another to her Conway residence after she left the scene.

By CHRIS LARABEE

After a strong start to its 2024-25 season, the Brick Church Music Series is closing out with a local string quartet.

Governor Maura Healey, who has announced that she will be seeking reelection in 2026, recently signed the Affordable Homes Act, planning to build or preserve 65,000 homes in Massachusetts over the next five years. A lack of affordable housing is certainly a problem, and the reasons for the dearth of housing are numerous, but the increasing cost of living in Massachusetts is also a major problem.

In his Feb. 15 column, Allen Woods says he’s “baffled” that “young Black voters, young Latinos, low-income voters, and women of any age” voted for Donald Trump. But he need not be baffled.

Maximum Honors: Zorica Ambs, Hunter Arial-Clough, Thomas Bagdon, Maisie Bliss, Jacob Burniske, Chase Campbell, Abigail Cendrowski, Saskia Coggeshall-Burr, Sadie Conlon, Hayden Costa, Theo D’Urso, Maxwell Dean, Reid Desorgher, Elliana DiNardo, Madelyn DiVincenzo, Salome Ehle, Tilly Fahey, Mckinley Fay, Gemma Gochinski, Lexi Hawkins, Sophia James, Amelia Johnson, Danica Kopcza, Mason Krawczyk, Naomi Malloy, Aliya Mazumdar, Theodore McCarthy, Leah Meattey, Daniel Mule, Claire Myre, Ayden Novak, Madison O’Neil, Abigail Pollock, Amelia Potter, Sonnet Severance, Ainsley Southergill, Jerison Stokes, John Sullivan, Olivia Talbott, Rileyanne Tine, Kayla Tudryn, Susannah Van Driesche, Ella Whittier and Brenna Zilch.

When Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-LA, became a medical doctor in 1983, earning a degree from LSU School of Medicine, he had to have sworn to uphold some iteration of the Hippocratic Oath. Not all medical schools share the same language, though most people assume that “do no harm” is elemental. Perhaps it’s only aspirational; after all, everyone — no matter their profession — inevitably does harm in the execution of their work.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — As the South County Senior Center’s feasibility study moves forward, residents of its member towns are invited to three public forums to learn about the options being considered for a future home for the center and provide feedback.