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By GREG VINE

ATHOL – A review of the proposed budget for the Athol Royalston Regional School District on Wednesday shows that a few changes could have significant impacts.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – At the Selectboard meeting of Tuesday, April 1, Town Manager Shaun Suhoski provided the board, the Finance and Warrant Advisory Committee, and the Capital Program Committee with a picture of the budget difficulties he’s dealing with.

By HANNAH MORIN

WINCHENDON — At a recent legislative breakfast at the Beals Memorial Library, the topic discussed was its possible closure, due to a massive budget shortfall.

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 GREG VINE

ATHOL – Town Manager Shaun Suhoski went before the Finance and Warrant Advisory Committee Tuesday night to present his revenue projections for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1.

By GREG VINE

PETERSHAM – Only 118 out of Petersham’s 1085 registered voters – or about 11% – turned out to cast ballots in Monday’s annual election.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Town Manager Shaun Suhoski told the Selectboard at its meeting on Feb. 18 that there appear to be bumps in the road on the way to a balanced budget.

By GREG VINE

PETERSHAM – “This is a ten-minute meeting,” said Moderator Bart Wendell Saturday as he called the Special Town Meeting to order. “That’s if no one has any questions.”As it turned out, there were very few questions, and voters managed to dispense with...

By GREG VINE

PETERSHAM – Voters are invited to kick off the New Year by attending a Special Town Meeting this Saturday afternoon.They’ll be deciding on a three-article warrant when the meeting gets underway at 2 p.m. at Town Hall. At the 2024 Annual Town Meeting,...

By COLIN A. YOUNG

BOSTON – Facing softening non-surtax revenue collections, spending demands inflated by pandemic-era initiatives and a mountain of uncertainty about the direction of key federal policies, state budget managers and economic analysts agreed Monday that...

By GREG VINE

PHILLIPSTON – Peter Morin is bringing his many years of experience in municipal government to the role of interim chief administrative officer.Morin was chosen Monday by Phillipston’s Selectboard to fill the office left vacant when former CAO Melanie...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

Health care spending in Massachusetts continued to grow faster than household incomes, according to new research, fueling concerns about access to care, even before accounting for the recent upheaval inflicted by Steward Health Care’s bankruptcy.The...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

The Healey administration’s budget chief is “cautiously optimistic” about the economic outlook for the year ahead, even though he expects lackluster tax collections to continue and sees “unavoidable deficiencies” on the horizon.Administration and...

By SAM DRYSDALE

Six months later and $180 million lighter, lawmakers on Thursday returned to Gov. Maura Healey a spending bill that ratifies 38 collective bargaining agreements for state employees and approves millions in last-chance spending of federal pandemic...

By MADISON SCHOFIELDand ALEXA LEWIS

An extensive series of safety standards being proposed by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is leading to howls of disapproval from rural fire departments, whose leaders are warning there’s no way they can implement the changes...

By COLIN A. YOUNG

BOSTON – Gov. Maura Healey gave her OK to sweeping statewide policy changes Monday afternoon as part of the overdue fiscal year 2025 budget, signing free community college, online Mass Lottery products, free rides on regional transit authorities and...

By GREG VINE

PHILLIPSTON – July 18 was supposed to be the final day for Phillipston Administrative Assistant Melanie Jackson, who had submitted her resignation.Instead, she will remain in the role, but with the new title of chief administrative officerSelectboard...

By GREG VINE

PHILLIPSTON – A Special Town Meeting convened Wednesday night saw a good deal of debate around one proposed pay increase.The meeting was held following the defeat of a $175,000 Proposition 2 ½ override at the recent Town Election. The override was...

By GREG VINE

PHILLIPSTON – Voters at tonight’s Special Tonight Meeting will be faced with only two warrant articles on which to act.The first asks that the $2,711,000 FY25 budget approved at the May 8 Annual Town Meeting be rescinded and replaced by a proposed...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – It took just about an hour for 120 voters to approve the 35 articles on the warrant at Monday’s Annual Town Meeting in Athol.The Town Charter required the presence of at least 91 voters to conduct the town’s business.There was very little...

By GREG VINE

ROYALSTON – Ninety-six voters showed up for Saturday’s Annual Town Meeting at Town Hall, but many did not stay the entire four hours it took to finish the 31-article warrant.In the end, one Proposition 2 ½ override, two debt exclusions and a $2.9...