Government

Whately and Sunderland select boards jointly assessed the South County Senior Center crisis after Deerfield declined to submit an IMA withdrawal notice before a July 1 deadline, pushing any possible departure back by at least a year.

Whately Select Board moves senior center dispute to joint Sunderland session as Deerfield exit looms.

Deerfield Select Board approves $14,000 in staff stipends and advances draft kratom sales ban at packed June 24 meeting.

Whately reorganizes its Select Board and confronts a fracturing senior center partnership. Fred Beale was elected chair at the board's first meeting of the new municipal year June 17, with Julie Wagoner chosen as vice chair.

Whately Select Board names farm sign horses "Maple and Sugar" and backs a $30,000 community garden grant.

Sunderland Select Board defers its annual committee reappointment vote after finding multiple boards missing from the draft list.