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By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Town Clerk Nancy Burnham went before the Selectboard at its meeting Tuesday, May 6, to speak on plans for the special election that must be held to replace former member Andy Sujdak.

By GREG VINE

WINCHENDON – One of two Proposition 2 ½ overrides to shore up town finances and maintain services has passed the Town Election, but a second round vote awaits at the upcoming Town Meeting.

By GREG VINE

PHILLIPSTON – Nicole Gough is running for a three-year term on the Selectboard after serving the final year of the unexpired term of Dan Sanden, who had resigned for personal reasons.

By GREG VINE

A longtime veteran of local politics and a newcomer will each assume their respective seats on Athol’s Selectboard when it reorganizes next Tuesday, following the April 7 Town Election.

By GREG VINE

Voters in Athol and Royalston will head to the polls Monday, April 7, for the town elections in each community. There are competitive races for Selectboard in both towns.

By GREG VINE

WINCHENDON – When voters go to the polls for The Annual Town Election, they’ll be faced with making a choice between two Proposition 2 ½ override questions.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — Interim Franklin County Sheriff Lori M. Streeter has announced plans to run for sheriff and seek the Democratic nomination on the November 2026 ballot.

By GREG VINE

ROYALSTON – Retired U.S. Army officer Steven Egan is one of three people running to fill the seat on Royalston’s Selectboard which was vacated when former board member Shelby Bronnes resigned in January.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Katalin Krieger is one of four people currently in the race to fill two seats on Athol’s Selectboard.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Following a two-year absence from local elective office, Mitch Grosky is hoping to return as a member of Athol’s Selectboard.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Marc Maxwell, a 23-year resident of Athol, is one of four people who hope to win one of two three-year Selectboard seats in next month’s town elections.

By GREG VINE

ROYALSTON – One of the first to announce his candidacy in the Town Election is Chris Deveneau, running to fill the unexpired term of Selectboard member Shelby Bronnes, who announced her resignation earlier this year and attended her last board meeting on Feb. 18.

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey intends to run for reelection in 2026, she said Friday.

By GREG VINE

ROYALSTON – Voters at this year’s Town Election will have one more seat to fill on the Selectboard than originally anticipated.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Town Clerk Nancy Burnham has announced that nomination papers are now available for anyone interested in running for office in the Annual Town Election on April 7.

By ALEXA LEWIS

Hunched against the cold in a warehouse filled with freshly picked vegetables, a farm laborer sat down for lunch. But her mind was somewhere else.“I’m feeling scared, because when I go out, I’m not feeling safe to walk to the supermarket. I’m worried...

By SAMUEL GELINAS

NORTHAMPTON — Even many in Donald Trump’s circle are unsure whether the president-elect intends to follow through on his often expansive, and some would say, hyperbolic rhetoric — the kind of exaggerated speech that heralded a “big, beautiful wall”...

By HANNAH EDELHEIT

The night before electors for the 2024 presidential race were announced, 19-year-old Kaveesh Pathak wasn’t sure he was going to win. He had spent the last two weeks calling and campaigning to become one of the 11 Massachusetts Democrats to serve on...

PETERSHAM – The Petersham Annual Election will include open seats on the Board of Health and two school committees.The election will be held on Monday, March 3, 2025. The polls will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. The last day to register to vote is...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — In the days following the presidential election, local LGBTQ organizations began hosting support sessions to help foster community amid rising fears that a second Trump administration will rollback the progress made on rights and legal...

By MADISON SCHOFIELD and ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

The ballots have been counted and the results are in: MCAS is no longer a requirement for graduation. But what does this change mean for students in Franklin County? “No one has a full-fledged plan yet,” said Martha Thurber, chair of the Mohawk Trail...