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By LISA GOODRICH

The Smiarowski family name has been a fixture in Valley farming since around 1923 when Alexander Smiarowski came from Poland, and purchased farmland in Montague for a dairy, along with cucumbers, asparagus and corn.

By CHRIS LARABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The few hundred feet of undeveloped land between Industrial Drive West in Deerfield and Fairview Way in Whately, which separates the two communities’ industrial parks, was once jokingly referred to as the “DMZ,” or demilitarized zone, by Whately’s former police chief in 1995.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — While no formal bids were received to conduct a feasibility study on the former Whately Center School, a study will move forward anyway, as a contractor has come forward with what town officials describe as a “comprehensive” proposal.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — With every race uncontested, there were no surprises in Tuesday’s annual town election, although the future Whately Elementary School Committee member has yet to be decided as several folks each received two write-in votes.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — The town election ballot includes a slew of uncontested races.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — Eighty-six residents approved all but one of the 25 articles on Tuesday’s Annual Town Meeting warrant, rejecting a petition that would have added a “Marijuana Product Light Manufacturer” to the town’s table of use regulations.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — Come Jan. 1, all addresses in Whately will be unified under ZIP code 01093.

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.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY – Residents at Tuesday’s annual Town Meeting will be asked to consider a nearly $6.86 million operating budget and several bylaw amendments.

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

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 CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — A new effort to address food insecurity and generate community connection is taking root in Whately.

The Franklin County Solid Waste Management District will hold its “Clean Sweep” Bulky Waste Recycling Day on Saturday, May 17, at three collection sites in Erving, Buckland and Whately.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — Two Community Preservation Act funding requests and two bills from prior fiscal years were approved by residents in a swift Special Town Meeting Wednesday evening.

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 ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s decision to end its Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program has town officials in Whately and Colrain going back to the drawing board to figure out how to fund hazard mitigation work in their communities.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — Residents will be asked to consider two Community Preservation Act requests and two bills from prior fiscal years at a three-article Special Town Meeting on Wednesday, April 30.

DEERFIELD — Stillwater Road will be closed to all traffic from Upper Road/Stillwater Bridge to Hoosac Road on Tuesday, April 22, and Wednesday, April 23, for tree removal between houses 193 and 197.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — A Whately resident was transported to Baystate Medical Center in Springfield by South County EMS Friday afternoon after being struck by a vehicle while she was cycling.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — More than 120 area residents packed into Town Hall on Wednesday for a conversation with U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern to voice their ongoing concerns with the Trump administration.