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There are so many outrages that President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are perpetuating that it’s hard to know what to focus on. But Rumeysa Ozturk’s arrest really affects me deeply.

DEERFIELD — The registration deadline for “Engaging with the Legacies of Northern Slavery,” a one-day conference slated for Saturday, April 5, from 9:15 a.m. to 5:45 p.m., is approaching.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — In an effort to boost participation at Annual Town Meeting in April, Deerfield will offer child care for the first time to provide an opportunity for parents to make their voices heard.

CONWAY — Nomination papers for the June 12 annual town election are available at the Town Clerk’s Office through April 24.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — One of the prospective owners of Magic Wings often thinks back to fond memories of celebrating a life milestone at the nearly quarter-century-old butterfly conservatory and gardens on Routes 5 and 10.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

DEERFIELD — Following a public hearing attended by more than 50 residents Thursday evening, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Regional Dog Shelter will appear before the Zoning Board of Appeals again next month, as it seeks a special permit to open a dog shelter near Plain Road East.

DEERFIELD — The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association (PVMA), in partnership with Montague Public Libraries, has announced its spring programming for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Big Read. This year’s Big Read explores the theme “Where We Live” through Ross Gay’s poetry collection “Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude.”

To my Republican friends — congratulations, you have owned us libs. Eventually though, you may come to notice that you are also owned.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Medicaid false claims case against two personal care attendants who worked in South Deerfield has been continued without a finding for two years, during which time the defendants will be on probation and required to pay restitution.

To all my Democratic friends, please ease up on yourselves over Donald Trump being president. Reading the Recorder makes it obvious that you all seem to be in a state of despair over what he is doing. It should be more obvious to you that this is what our country is all about and what the majority of patriotic Americans want.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — As protests against the Trump administration proliferate across the U.S., a new group of voices is rising in South Deerfield, on the corner of Route 116 and Sugarloaf Street.

By CHRIS LARABEE

Budget season rolls on at the Frontier Regional and Union 38 school districts, with Sunderland, Deerfield and Conway elementary schools recently sharing their fiscal year 2026 budget proposals.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Over the last year, an energy storage solutions research and development company focusing on supercapacitors has been settling into its new facility off of Routes 5 and 10.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

DEERFIELD — Fire Chief Daren Melnik said he believes a faulty extension cord may be responsible for a greenhouse fire on Jones Road Tuesday afternoon.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Take a trip to Italy this weekend by visiting Frontier Regional School, as the Theater Department adapts the classical romantic musical, “The Light in the Piazza.”

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — With the town continuing to explore options to repair or replace the Old Deerfield Wastewater Treatment Plant, the Selectboard/Sewer Commissioners will take a step back to see if a phased repair plan might be the most sensible choice.

By ALEXA LEWIS and MADISON SCHOFIELD

When he started tapping trees for the 2025 sugaring season, Paul Zononi of Paul’s Sugar House in Williamsburg was shocked to find that the sap came at a trickle — and with only half of its typical sugar content.

CONWAY — The Conway Historical Society will welcome Leslie Chaison, director of The People’s Medicine Project, on Tuesday, March 11, for a discussion on how plant medicine was used by both Native Americans and European colonists.