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By JAN FLASKA

I often ask the students I teach to tell me which fruit was forbidden by God in the Garden of Eden. A quick, abrupt answer is speculative: “Apple!” A thoughtful answer obligates us to read the source, which states that it is not specified. Now the...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

DEERFIELD — Love them or hate them, political parties play a big role in American government. But how do they work? In a bipartisan educational effort, Massachusetts party leaders Amy Carnevale (Republican State Committee chair) and Steve Kerrigan...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — A new financial aid initiative announced by Deerfield Academy will see all qualifying families earning less than $150,000 pay $0 in tuition and fees at the private school.The move, announced publicly by the school last week alongside an...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — In an increasingly polarized country, schools have often become battlegrounds for issues relating to free speech and academic freedoms.As the nation prepares for the presidential election — along with continued fallout from college campus...

By LIESEL NYGARD

DEERFIELD — Speakers at Deerfield Academy’s commencement ceremony on Sunday shared jovial messages with the 201 graduates, including lessons that could be learned from a creative senior prank.Leila Govi, a Deerfield Academy alumna who graduated in...

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — When the three Deerfield Academy students walked into Jeremy Brunaccioni’s kindergarten class Wednesday morning, they were greeted by a wave of “Holas!” from their newest amigos.The visit was part of a continuing partnership between Deerfield...

The Northfield Mount Hermon boys basketball team was forced to battle back against No. 5 Worcester Academy on Wednesday in the NEPSAC Class AA quarterfinals. The third-seeded Hoggers trailed at the half but stormed back in the second to earn a 61-53...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

DEERFIELD — The Williston Northampton School girls basketball team controlled the majority of Wednesday’s NEPSAC contest against Deerfield Academy, but the Big Green didn’t go down without a fight late.The Wildcat defense held the Big Green to just...

By STEVE PFARRER

Back in 2004, actor Paul Giamatti teamed up with screenwriter/director and Alexander Payne in “Sideways,” an offbeat comedy/drama about two friends who take a road trip through the California wine country as they both grapple with midlife crises of a...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — Following a June press conference seeking to “validate” a sexual abuse claim against former Deerfield Academy teacher Peter G. Hindle, the lawyer representing the victim announced Wednesday they have reached a settlement with the...

By BELLA LEVAVI

With “The Holdovers” trailer giving them a sneak peak, Franklin County residents are likely to recognize many familiar locations when the film is released in November.Many scenes were filmed at Deerfield Academy and Northfield Mount Hermon School,...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — Standing outside Deerfield Academy, the director of a nonprofit assisting sexual abuse survivors and a lawyer present on a Zoom call announced the settlement of a credible sexual abuse claim regarding an Athletics Department member at the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — The lawyer representing an alleged sexual abuse victim is requesting Deerfield Academy “validate” a claim of abuse at the hands of former teacher Peter G. Hindle.In a press conference held outside the school Wednesday, Boston-based...

By JULIAN MENDOZA

DEERFIELD — Commencement ceremonies typically encourage graduates to mobilize their education toward making the world a better place. Deerfield Academy’s 224th annual ceremony, however, also provided the Class of 2023 with a considerable head...

By STEVE PFARRER

Time was when Rachel Portesi did much of her photography using Polaroid film. She loved the immediacy of the image, the way each photo was different and often didn’t quite match what her eye had seen, and what she calls “the feeling of Christmas when...

By DOMENIC POLI

DEERFIELD — Deerfield Academy is, for the second time this month, mourning the death of a former student who came from a powerful American family.David Koch, the libertarian billionaire businessman who graduated from the prestigious institution in...

By DOMENIC POLI

DEERFIELD — A former English teacher is suing Deerfield Academy over alleged gender discrimination and retaliation during her 18 years at the prestigious prep school.Sonja Krusic O’Donnell has filed a federal lawsuit against her former employer,...

By TOM RELIHAN

DEERFIELD — Deerfield Academy has settled a federal lawsuit filed by a former student who accused a former mathematics teacher at the prestigious private school of sexually abusing him.The victim, referred to in the lawsuit as “John Doe” and who was...