🌱 Frontier shakes off tournament nerves to reach the Round of 16
Deerfield, Massachusetts Patch AM: a 4 min readHi there, Deerfield! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Frontier shakes off tournament nerves to reach the Round of 16
- Deerfield students bring poetry to a gathering for peace
- Deerfield’s CISA receives $68,000 for small-business support
Also on today's calendar: Luke DeRoy and Dan Becker and 10 more events.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Intervals of clouds and sun, with a high of 56 and low of 40 degrees.
- Thursday: Cloudy and cooler; p.m. rain, temps: high: 46, low: 39.
- Friday: Colder with occasional rain, with a high of 39 and low of 34 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. MIAA boys soccer: Frontier offense comes alive in second half in 3-0 shutout against Excel Academy Charter in Div. 4 (recorder.com) — Frontier’s boys soccer team shook off a scoreless first half in South Deerfield to beat Excel Academy Charter 3-0, avoiding another early state tournament exit. Xavier Fripp and Henry Pleasant scored after halftime, sending the Redhawks to face third-seeded Monument Mountain on Wednesday at 5 p.m. 
2. ‘Voices of Young Peacemakers' event in Greenfield shares stories of courage, kinship (recorder.com) — Deerfield Academy students Peggy Huang and Katie Kim brought their club’s poetry anthology to a Greenfield gathering about courage and connection. Huang also played cello at the library event, where speakers Nate Woodard and Corinne Coryat shared personal experiences and participants joined peacebuilding workshops.
3. MassDevelopment Awards $4.6M in Small Business Grants (high-profile.com) — Deerfield-based Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture will receive $68,000 in a statewide round of small-business assistance grants. MassDevelopment awarded $4.61 million to 42 organizations to expand advising, training and access to financing for businesses with fewer than 20 employees, including $150,000 for Greenfield’s Franklin County Community Development Corporation.
4. John Neal Burns (recorder.com) — John “Jock” Neal Burns, who grew up in Deerfield and graduated from Deerfield Academy in 1968, died November 2 in Maine. A teacher, coach and school administrator, he was inducted into Wesleyan’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2023. Family and friends will gather November 14, 2–4 p.m., at Pingree School in South Hamilton.
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Luke DeRoy and Dan Becker →
Two Ghosts Vinyl Cafe, 104 Avenue A, Montague
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Saturday November 14
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Other local events
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Zoning Board of Appeals Regular Meeting →
Main Meeting Room, 8 Conway St, South Deerfield
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Prime Rib →
Champney's Restaurant & Tavern, 81 Old Main Street, Deerfield
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Pizza Special →
Champney's Restaurant & Tavern, 81 Old Main Street, Deerfield
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Burger Night →
Champney's Restaurant & Tavern, 81 Old Main Street, Deerfield
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Deerfield Board of Assessors Meeting →
Assessors Office, Rm 117, 8 Conway St, South Deerfield
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Oyster Night →
Champney's Restaurant & Tavern, 81 Old Main Street, Deerfield
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Conservation Commission Regular Meeting →
Main Meeting Room, 8 Conway St, South Deerfield
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Cultural Council Meeting →
Conference Room, 8 Conway St, South Deerfield
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Prime Rib →
Champney's Restaurant & Tavern, 81 Old Main Street, Deerfield
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Pottery Demonstration →
Historic Deerfield, 84B Old Main Street, Deerfield
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Pizza Special →
Champney's Restaurant & Tavern, 81 Old Main Street, Deerfield
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Burger Night →
Champney's Restaurant & Tavern, 81 Old Main Street, Deerfield
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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