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 ...

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 ...

NEW SALEM — Rehabilitation of the historic Keystone Bridge near the Gate 30 parking area off Route 122 began last week, after the nonprofit that is dedicated to increasing public awareness and ...

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 ...

It’s a fallacy to say that young people are only into new things. Despite push back from the Vatican against traditional Catholics in recent years, young people in particular are leading a movement to ...

Housing officials at the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce's breakfast discussed the need for strategic housing development to meet the needs of current and future residents, while also emphasizing ...

A community planning meeting is scheduled for Oct. 29 at Athol Public Library to discuss potential improvements to Fish Park, including ADA-compliant pathways, play areas for children of all abilities ...