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By JAMES PENTLAND

HATFIELD — If deer, bobcats or foxes are passing through their neighborhood, Hatfield Elementary School students have a new way of finding out.With the help of two Amherst College students and two Smith Academy eighth-graders, John Higuera and Ted...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — Town officials are recommending the use of free cash to cover a significant and unanticipated increase associated with the cost of tuition and transportation for Hatfield students attending Smith Vocational and Agricultural School in...

HATFIELD — Incumbents and a couple of newcomers, all in uncontested races, will make up the ballot for the May 21 town election.Edmund E. Jaworski Jr. is running for another three-year term on the Select Board, having been first elected to the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A $12 million upgrade to the town’s wastewater treatment plant is proceeding, but another $1.4 million is expected to be sought from town voters this spring to complete all aspects of the project.The Select Board Tuesday voted unanimously...

HATFIELD — The Hatfield Historical Society’s featured exhibit this year will focus on 10 children in need who became indentured servants with Hatfield families during the 18th century, as part of what was known as the Overseers of the Poor program.On...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A hand-woven linen known as a piano scarf, designed in the 18th century by a Hatfield woman with expertise in embroidery and then completed by three women over a period of 153 years, is on view this month at the Daughters of the American...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, coupled with a $9.5 million 40-year loan, is providing the upfront funds for wastewater treatment plant upgrades expected to get underway this spring.Town officials announced...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A Hadley landscaping business is planning to relocate to 137 North Hatfield Road, pending Planning Board approval of its site plans and a special permit for a new building and on-site storage of materials and equipment.The Planning Board...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A cannabis manufacturing and processing company will be allowed to continue its operations on Routes 5 and 10, with a new host community agreement in place and pledge from the business to make a $40,000 contribution to the town.Despite...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — Building more affordable and workforce housing, protecting farmland and making the town more resilient to flooding are among areas that could be prioritized as Hatfield undertakes a review of current town rules and regulations as part of...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — The town’s housing authority is turning away nearly a half-million dollars in state money to install air source mini-splits at the 44 apartments at Capawonk Housing for the Elderly, noting that a majority of the people who live in the...

Staff Report

HATFIELD — Nomination forms to run for elective office in Hatfield at the May 21 annual town election will be available at the town clerk’s office at Town Hall starting Feb. 5.Following are the positions and the incumbents in those seats, according to...

By SCOTT MERZBACHand CHRIS LARRABEE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — Yankee Candle is closing one of its three distribution sites in South Deerfield by the end of this year as Newell Brands, the candle maker’s parent company, moves ahead with consolidation plans.The company said an auxiliary warehouse...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A new veterans agent to assist Hatfield military veterans is being sought by town officials, as the possibility of a more permanent link up with the Central Hampshire Veterans Services in Northampton is considered.The Select Board’s...

HATFIELD — Hatfield’s Holiday Luminarium, with luminarium candles lit throughout the community, and musical performances, a visit from Santa Claus and a fireworks display downtown, is being held Saturday evening.In its 43rd year, the luminarium...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — An increasing number of people driving golf carts on Hatfield streets, to get to restaurants, stores and even summer concerts in town center, is prompting officials to consider action that would bring them into compliance with state law.“It...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — Smith Academy Principal Conor Driscoll will become the interim superintendent for Hatfield’s public schools early in the new year when Superintendent Michael Wood retires.The Hatfield School Committee voted unanimously this week to appoint...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — An extension of a five-year host community agreement with a cannabis manufacturing and processing company on Routes 5 and 10 could be in jeopardy as town officials informed a representative from Treeworks LLC that none of the terms of the...

Thank you for the Nov. 7 column by Joanna Buoniconti [“Finding love with disability seems nearly imposssible”].Always inspiring and heartfelt as to the world many live in that we all too often are blind to. She always opens the door and mind to issues...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

HATFIELD — A part-time behavioral health clinician is expected to soon join police officers on certain calls handled by the Hatfield, Sunderland and Whately police departments.With grant funding received by Sunderland from the state’s Department of...

One of my all-time favorite quotes comes from one of my favorite authors, Bill Bryson: “In my experience, the last people you want trying to solve any problem, but especially those involving roads, are highway engineers. They operate from the...