Voters in Franklin County oppose corporate personhood

GREENFIELD - The Occupy Wall Street movement may have garnered plenty of media attention last year, but it's in town halls that the grass-roots movement has paid off this spring: Half of Franklin County's 26 towns have either voted to reject the U.S. Supreme Court's giving corporations the same rights as people or are scheduled to do so.

Valley's CSA farms a model for growth

When Brookfield Farm in Amherst became one of the first farms in the country to adopt the Community Supported Agriculture model 25 years ago, not many people knew what the acronym "CSA" stood for.

Two hurt in Deerfield hit-and-run

DEERFIELD - Two people were injured in an repeat hit-and-run early Sunday on Foxtown Road.

Michael Gonyer, 20, of Greenfield, was arrested Sunday and charged with leaving the scene of an accident resulting in serious injury, leaving the scene of an accident resulting in injury and reckless operation of a motor vehicle.

Deerfield voters approve borowing for highway garage

DEERFIELD - By a 265-231 vote, voters Monday approved a Proposition 2½ debt exclusion override to borrow $4.9 million for a new highway garage.

The garage, at a total cost of $5.9 million, was approved by a two-thirds majority at town meeting last week, but borrowing for the project required the vote on Monday's ballot.

Deerfield voters asked to approve new highway garage

DEERFIELD - Earlier this week, Town Meeting voters approved funding for a new highway garage, but the project still requires ratification at Monday's annual election.

Voting takes place from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the Town Offices.

Deerfield to vote on $4.9 million debt exclusion for new highway garage

DEERFIELD - When voters head to the polls on Monday, they'll decide on a Proposition 2½ debt exclusion to borrow $4.9 million for a new highway garage they approved at Town Meeting this week.

Deerfield approves $12.56 million budget at Town Meeting

DEERFIELD - Two consecutive evenings of voting have delivered approval for a new highway garage, tombstone restoration, a patch for a zoning bylaw loophole and the town budget.

The meeting extended to two days because of the length of time devoted to discussion of the highway garage at the special town meeting that took up much of Monday evening.