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Coffee pros: Price squeeze a grind
02-10-2025 4:03 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

Don’t talk to the American people until they’ve had their coffee.

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Vote to disband Lake Mattawa Docks Subcommittee prompts controversy in Orange
02-09-2025 3:00 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Tempers flared at Town Hall on Wednesday and the woman serving as the Selectboard’s vice chair walked out of a meeting for the second time in almost two years.


Birth on Erving’s Route 2 marks second baby born on same highway within six months
01-28-2025 10:19 AM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — Though her midwife told her to be prepared for a quick birth, Amy Clukey expected to make it to Baystate Franklin Medical Center in Greenfield from her home in Templeton in time to deliver her second child.


Cereal factory cleanup planned, new staff arriving in 2025 in North Quabbin
01-12-2025 2:01 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

Editor’s note: To mark the start of a new year, the Athol Daily News is publishing stories about what Franklin County residents can likely expect to see happening in their communities in 2025.


In $20M deal with W.D. Cowls, New Hampshire timber company buys, will preserve 2,400 acres in 7 communities
01-08-2025 4:01 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — A New Hampshire timber company has closed on a massive land buy of nearly 2,400 acres in seven communities in Hampshire and Franklin counties, acquiring five parcels for more than $20 million from Amherst-based W.D. Cowls Inc.


Orange Selectboard signs contract for water tower
12-22-2024 12:01 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Selectboard voted unanimously last week to enter into a $3.6 million contract for the construction of a water tower at the Orange Industrial Park, after the pulp and paper company poised to benefit from the structure wired the town...


‘This is so needed’: Children’s Advocacy Center opens new location in Orange
12-18-2024 12:29 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Children’s Advocacy Center of Franklin County and North Quabbin area has opened a second office in the Health Center Plaza in Orange, with the plan to fully open by Jan. 1.The current location on Wisdom Way in Greenfield morphed out of...


LaunchSpace, Workers Credit Union team up to teach personal finance to 16- to 24-year-olds in Orange
12-09-2024 10:01 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — LaunchSpace and the central Massachusetts-based Workers Credit Union have teamed up to educate 16- to 24-year-olds on personal finance in the event they want to start their own businesses.“It’s something that LaunchSpace has always really...


Orange voters accept land for water tower, approve animal control bylaws
12-04-2024 5:00 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The water tower proposed for the Orange Industrial Park is a go, after voters at Monday’s Special Town Meeting opted to accept land from Seaman Paper and to accept or take land from Power Fund Partners for its construction.Seaman Paper,...


Home on Winter Street rendered uninhabitable following two-alarm fire
12-02-2024 4:42 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE – There were no injuries resulting from a fire caused by the ignition of combustible materials near a pellet stove’s flue pipe early Sunday morning, the town’s fire chief said.James Young said his department was dispatched to a reported...


2 water tower articles top Orange Special Town Meeting warrant
11-29-2024 4:48 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A Special Town Meeting is asking voters to address two warrant articles pertaining to land acquisition for a crucial water tower, which officials believe will take up the bulk of public discussion on Monday.Town Administrator Matthew Fortier...


A Page from North Quabbin History: Trustees of Soldiers’ Memorials in Orange
11-26-2024 5:00 PM

By Carla CharterThe Trustees of the Soldiers’ Memorials in Orange are tasked with the upkeep and maintenance of all of the veteran’s memorials in town, including an ongoing project to expand the Honor Roll Wall in Memorial Park. The monument lists...


‘We just want to help as many as we can’:Volunteers prep for free meals on Thanksgiving
11-26-2024 11:38 AM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — Across Franklin County and the North Quabbin region, volunteers are preparing to dish out meals on Thanksgiving to ensure no one goes hungry on the holiday, regardless of their financial circumstances.Stone Soup Café meal and Day of...


Land acquisition for water tower causes stir at Orange Selectboard meeting
11-25-2024 1:00 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A Selectboard meeting on Wednesday grew heated after the vice chair expressed outrage over a perceived lack of communication relating to two upcoming Special Town Meeting warrant articles seeking to acquire land to build a water tower at the...


PHOTOS: Riding the updraft
11-13-2024 2:31 PM


Victims in fallen tree incident in Orange sue property owner
11-13-2024 2:30 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

ORANGE — Three women who suffered serious injuries after being hit by a fallen tree in Orange in August are suing a property owner for negligence, arguing that he neglected to remove the “decaying” tree.According to Orange Police Chief James Sullivan,...


Memorial Hall in Orange dedicated for service with bronze plaque
11-11-2024 4:27 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ORANGE – Residents gathered behind Orange Town Hall Monday afternoon to dedicate the placement of a bronze plaque on the stone monument to the former Memorial Hall at Prospect and High streets, which was demolished in 1996.The work of three Orange...


Four Orange firefighters to receive honors for actions in fatal blaze
11-10-2024 10:00 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Four Orange Fire Department members are slated to be honored this month for their actions during a fatal fire last year.Lts. Phillip Dupell and Jason Rushford, firefighter/paramedic Nino Rodriguez, and Tim Matthews, who is now an acting...


Free car wash for veterans
11-08-2024 5:32 PM

House of Wax Touchfree Carwash will be hosting its annual Veterans Day car wash on Monday, Nov. 11, from 9 a.m. to 3 p,m. All U.S. veterans will receive a free Ultimate car wash. The car wash is located at 31 New Athol Road in Orange.This event is a...


Trump wins vote in four Franklin County, North Quabbin towns
11-06-2024 4:42 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

ROYALSTON — In a nation so bitterly divided over its politics, there’s perhaps no town more evenly divided than Royalston, in which election results Tuesday evening showed President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris in a dead tie,...


Orange taps firm for asbestos, debris removal at former cereal factory
11-04-2024 5:00 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Town officials have set a goal to remove the expansive asbestos and brick pile at 16-36 West River St. before the new year. The debris was left in the wake of an arson at the former cereal factory, which was burned down by three juveniles on...

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