Thorp, 84, of White Pond Road, died Saturday evening, October 25, 2025 at Quabbin Valley Healthcare in Athol. Born in Holden on July 8, 1941, sh ...

He once claimed he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and get away with it. He said he could grab women by the genitals and ...

Veronica E. Mikulskis Athol, MA - It is with profound sadness and heavy hearts we share that our beloved sister, Veronica E. Mikulskis passed away peacefully on October 22nd, 2025 at Heywood Hospital, ...

More than 1,500 people of all ages attended Thursday’s Athol Royalston Community Night Out at Athol High School, which featured the annual Trick or Trunk competition. The event saw nearly 50 community ...

Bar-Way Farm in Deerfield was named the 2025 Massachusetts Dairy Farm of the Year for its quality milk production, pasture and herd management, and sustainable environmental practices, including an ...

Fisher Hill Elementary School in Orange has installed a solar array, battery energy storage system, and outdoor classroom, funded by grants from the Green Communities program, MVP program, and ...

Bickford, 103, of Lincoln Avenue, died peacefully at home on Thursday evening, October 23, 2025, two days after her birthday. Born in ...

After Massachusetts voters opted to toss out the MCAS test as a graduation requirement during last November's election, 43 teachers, administrators and parents from across the region met on Zoom ...

Real estate interests are lobbying against a proposed initiative petition to revive rent control across Massachusetts, arguing that it would worsen the state's housing shortage and hurt tenants, ...

The Municipal Decarbonization Task Force and Town Energy Committee held a joint meeting to review the town's clean-energy efforts, including delays to a solar panel installation and a heat pump system ...

Democratic legislators and officials have criticized President Donald Trump for halting SNAP benefits to more than 1 million Massachusetts residents starting Nov. 1, which they say is a choice that ...