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Open Space Committee prepares conservation fund and river access improvements for town meeting. The committee, chaired by Julie Caswell with members Christopher Curtis, Andrea Leibson, and Alan C. Swedlund, identified four speakers to promote the conservation fund initiative. Plans advanced for a

Finance Committee recommends nearly $641,000 in FY2027 town appropriations, including $87,780 for Assessors Administration Salary, $154,243 for Treasurer and Collector Salary, and $108,000 for General Insurance. Chair Julie Chalfant's committee also authorized a $110,000 payment from free cash for

Deerfield Conservation Commission approves determination for Cross Street house project. The commission approved a Form 2 negative determination for applicant Jeremy Ober's proposed 1,400-square-foot ranch home on Map 169, Lot 79, allowing construction to proceed with erosion-control conditions.

The 1888 Building Advisory Committee approved prior minutes and updated construction progress on the municipal building project. The addition is fully framed with most sheetrock complete, though fire protection and IT cabling delays have affected ceiling installation, with plans to meet on site

The South County Senior Center Board of Oversight questioned a proposed relocation without endorsing it. Three members present (Joyce Palmer-Fortune, Trevor McDaniel, and Daniel Murphy) discussed moving the center to 8 Conway Street in Deerfield from 112 Amherst Road in Sunderland. Director