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By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — South County Senior Center Board of Oversight members, alongside other officials from the three towns, are eyeing yet another potential long-term home for the Senior Center.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — The South County Senior’s governing document has finally received a long-overdue review.

By THE REV. RANDOLPH CALVO

Our Bible study group is reading currently from First Samuel. Israel petitions Samuel to anoint a king for them so that they may be “like other nations.” Samuel warns the people about the costly prerogatives kings, both good and evil, will assume. He finishes with the dire announcement that once kingship is established and they come to realize the truth of his warning, it will be too late to do anything. (1 Sam. 8:18)

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SUNDERLAND — After a two-hour discussion on potential traffic impacts, the Zoning Board of Appeals agreed to continue the public hearing on a proposed Dollar General on Route 116 to Aug. 27.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — To mark Juneteenth this week, the Sunderland Public Library and the Human Rights Task Force are inviting the public to a film screening and discussion exploring systemic inequities in the United States that have lingered from post-Civil War society to today.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SUNDERLAND — The Zoning Board of Appeals has continued the public hearing on a proposed 9,100-square-foot Dollar General store on Route 116 to June 24.

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.

May 25th: We remember George Floyd, murdered in Minneapolis at the hands of four police officers. Only because of Darnella Frazier do we know the truth. That 17-year-old courageously videoed Derek Chauvin as he brazenly knelt on Floyd’s neck, while the other cops stood by. On Darnella’s video we watched and heard George Floyd call out “I can’t breathe” while Chauvin choked the life out of him.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — For the fifth year in a row, three area advocacy groups will be standing out on the Sunderland Bridge to mark the anniversary of the murder of George Floyd and keep the racial justice conversation alive in the region.

By EMILEE KLEIN

“Reset!”

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — While final tweaks and changes are expected before the end of June, residents and the Selectboard got a first look at the feasibility study for the Norwottuck North Shared-Use Path Monday evening.

By MICHAEL SEWARD

Amherst College blithely contributed to the housing shortage in Amherst. That was the takeaway of a recent Gazette article about the liberal arts college’s request to demolish two historic properties, which, according to the article, was purchased to prevent a housing development by outbidding private housing developers with $4.3 million in 2003. It’s an astonishing case of wealth and privilege preventing the construction of much-needed housing, regardless of the detriment to others, while irresponsibly allowing two historic homes to fall into a state of disrepair.

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 CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — There were no surprises in Sunderland’s town election on Saturday as there were no contested races and just 97 voters went to the polls at the Sunderland Public Library.

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

SUNDERLAND — For the fourth year in a row, every race on the town election ballot is uncontested.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

SUNDERLAND — Residents approved all 20 articles on the Annual Town Meeting warrant on Friday, including a $10.56 million operating budget for fiscal year 2026 and a citizen’s petition to create a land acknowledgement.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SUNDERLAND — Residents at Friday’s Annual Town Meeting will consider a $10.56 million budget and a $472,173 Community Preservation Act allocation for the proposed restoration of the Graves Memorial Library, as well as a citizen’s petition regarding land acknowledgment.