by Scott Merzbach March 13, 2026

Paki Wieland, 82, died early Thursday morning in Conway. The longtime Pioneer Valley resident, shown here in front of the RV she and others drove to North Dakota to support pipeline protesters, was known for her activism across many decades. She once said, “I think it’s really important for people to stand up against whatever we see as injustice. Protesting, I think, is a very important piece of that, in part because it does strengthen our communities.”