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By JAMES LOMASTRO

As we mark the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War’s conclusion in 2025, we confront anew the enduring questions that follow in the conflict’s wake. How do societies move forward while honoring the truth of what occurred? The answer lies not in convenient forgetting but in the difficult practice of remembrance. There exists a fundamental distinction between forgiveness and amnesty and an even sharper distinction between amnesty and amnesia. While societies may grant legal pardons or establish reconciliation processes, these mechanisms cannot and should not erase the collective memory of suffering.

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — In the only contested race on Conway’s town election ballot, political newcomer Cecilia Van Driesche mounted a successful challenge against Frontier Regional School District School Committee incumbent Jared Campbell.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

CONWAY — Annual Town Meeting voters approved all 36 articles on the warrant on Saturday, including the creation of a new stabilization fund for the Highway Department and amending town bylaws to allow Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals members to continue their terms even after moving out of town.

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — A Frontier Regional School District School Committee race tops Conway’s election ballot, as incumbent Jared Campbell is facing a challenge from Cecilia Van Driesche.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Despite persistent rain showers, 92 Frontier Regional High School seniors graduated on Friday and were encouraged to break barriers.

“Half the truth is often a great lie” Ben Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1758.

WHATELY — The Whately Congregational Church’s food drive for veterans continues through the town’s Memorial Day celebration.

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — With a deep love for the natural land of western Massachusetts serving as her artistic muse, a local artist is opening up her studio this weekend to raise money for the Franklin Land Trust’s conservation efforts.

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — Each month at Conway Grammar School, students are treated to a pop-up tasting event inspired by local farm products with offerings ranging from potatoes to kale.

DEERFIELD — To facilitate Eversource’s grid enhancement project, Stillwater Road will be closed to all traffic from Upper Road/Stillwater Bridge to Hoosac Road on Thursday, May 8, and Friday, May 9.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

CONWAY — After it was struck by lightning, a barn containing farm equipment at 14 Sabans Road was destroyed Saturday afternoon, according to Fire Chief Robert Baker.

By CHRIS LARABEE

Names like John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin all evoke the image of the United States’ Founding Fathers, but have you ever heard of Major Joseph Hawley?

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Frontier Regional School students will be setting sail into the Gulf of Mexico this weekend when they put on performances of “Wild Kate: A Tale of Revenge at Sea.”

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The lights will be a little brighter on Frontier Regional School’s stage this upcoming school year, as the School Committee has approved a $100,000 transfer to replace the auditorium’s lighting.

Kudos to every person who attended a Hands Off! protest on Saturday, April 5, and thank you to the organizers whose hard work resulted in a turnout that often doubled expectations in every major city in the nation. I was one of approximately 350 citizens standing in the cold rain in Conway center where I was inspired to see so many people displaying signs protesting the various methods Donald Trump and Elon Musk are using to dismantle our democracy.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The Frontier Regional and Union 38 School Committees solidified their policies on access to education, student privacy and immigration enforcement this week.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — When one thinks of high school concerts, they may think of a choir, the marching band or a classical orchestra, but at Frontier Regional School Thursday evening, the public is invited to see a show of a different kind.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Producer and assistant director Michael Haley, whose name has appeared in the credits of 60 feature films and 18 television movies, will speak at Greenfield Community College on Thursday about his journey from being a Berkshire Community College graduate to a Hollywood veteran.

By CHRIS LARABEE

CONWAY — With a 65-acre conservation restriction enacted in mid-March, 74 acres of land on Reeds Bridge Road have now been permanently conserved by a local family and the Franklin Land Trust.