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By DOMENIC POLI
Don’t talk to the American people until they’ve had their coffee.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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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