Conservation

DEERFIELD — April 13, 2026 — Deerfield Conservation Commission clears 1,400-square-foot ranch house on Cross Street despite neighbor flooding concerns. The commission voted 4-0 on April 13 to issue a Form 2 Negative 3 Determination for applicant Jeremy Ober's proposed single-family ranch at 0 Cross

DEERFIELD — March 26, 2026 — Deerfield Conservation Commission cleared an Academy boathouse project and pressed MassDOT on wetland conditions at a proposed roundabout during its March 26 meeting. The four-member commission voted 4-0 to issue a Form 2, Negative 2 determination under the Wetlands Protection Act for a Deerfield

DEERFIELD — March 12, 2026 — Deerfield Energy Conservation Committee advances Frontier Regional School grant planning and solar procurement at March meeting. The committee, chaired by David Gilbert Keith, heard from administrator Alex Galloway that the state has accepted the closeout of the Deerfield Elementary School Building Management System project, making the

DEERFIELD — February 24, 2026 — Deerfield Energy Conservation Committee hears solar pitch, votes to pursue site proposals before June federal incentive deadline. At the February 24 meeting, Chair David Gilbert Keith convened the committee to hear a presentation from Power Options — a Massachusetts nonprofit serving more than 830 municipal and nonprofit

DEERFIELD — February 12, 2026 — Deerfield Conservation Commission unanimously approved a school parking lot repaving project near Bloody Brook and announced a commission vacancy. The three-member quorum — Chair Peter Law, Sean Libbey, and Kate Devlin, with Ben Byrne absent — voted 3-0 Thursday to approve the Notice of Intent filed

Deerfield Conservation Commission continues Frontier Regional School parking lot hearing, sets special February 12 meeting.

DEERFIELD — January 22, 2026 — Deerfield's Energy Conservation Committee unanimously seated Bruce Dolan, an ISO New England data governance employee, as its newest member at its January 22 meeting. The committee, which also heard from Franklin Regional Council of Governments guest Ted Harvey, discussed a proposed one- to two-