Search Results

Keyword search: facebook

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Town officials and interested residents attended a recent presentation for a municipal aggregation plan and how it could benefit the community.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – There has been a changing of the guard at the Athol-Orange Housing Authorities.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

GREENFIELD — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s public comment sessions at Greenfield Community College on Wednesday drew opposition from attendees who cited a lack of transparency in the comment process pertaining to FirstLight Hydro Generating Co.

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Summer reading programs, English language classes, online research databases used in public schools across the state, free newspaper archives, e-book access and career prep resources are on the chopping block as a cut to federal funding is poised to hit Massachusetts libraries.

By COLIN A. YOUNG

The multi-family zoning requirements on communities near Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) service are the highest-profile state efforts to influence local zoning, but a committee heard another proposal Tuesday in the long-running quest to stir housing production: up the financial incentives for communities that zone to allow starter homes.

By Grace Chai

AMHERST — Though the temperature rose to 90 degrees outside on Wednesday, the ire of many staff members at the University of Massachusetts was arguably fiercer.

By GREG VINE

ROYALSTON – “Your commitment, not just to the town, but to the people who live in this town, is something that people will remember for generations to come.”

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

BOSTON — State legislators are considering the value of school resource officers and whether to create a grant fund to support their training.

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON—Massachusetts could become the first state to ban future generations from buying tobacco or nicotine products, a move that some say will finally end addiction to the harmful products, but others argue removes adult choices and freedom and would hurt small businesses. 

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – The FY26 state budget signed into law by Gov. Maura Healey on July 4 included a mixed bag for cities and towns when it comes to local aid for the upcoming fiscal year.

By CHRIS LISINSKI

After a more than two-year tenure in which she charted the state's path through the tumultuous Steward Health Care collapse, Health and Human Services Secretary Kate Walsh will step down and hand the reins over to Undersecretary Kiame Mahaniah at a pivotal time for the sprawling secretariat.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

ORANGE — Seeking camaraderie and a challenge, a group of local veterans joined in an effort seeking to break a world record by jumping out of a plane over the weekend.

The Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game and MassWildlife, in collaboration with Athol-based Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust, has successfully protected nearly 40 acres of forest and fields in central Massachusetts along the New Hampshire border.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – This afternoon, residents can learn about the goal of municipal aggregation and how it can help lower electricity costs.

By ELLA ADAMS and Chris Larabee

BOSTON — Massachusetts experienced a more than 36% decrease in opioid-related overdose deaths in 2024, the state Substance Addiction Services Bureau reported Wednesday.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Athol and Royalston will be among the beneficiaries of a three-year Mass Save Municipal Energy Manager Grant to undertake projects with the goal of reducing energy use and carbon emissions in municipal buildings.

By Chris Lisinski

BOSTON — A key legislative committee moved forward on a nearly $1.2 billion borrowing bill that embraces Gov. Maura Healey’s push for more road maintenance funding while rebuffing her attempt to authorize half a decade of money at once.

By GRACE CHAI

Massachusetts is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the Revolutionary War this year and next with initiatives and events across the state, funded by $2 million in grants from the Healey-Driscoll administration. The statewide initiative — known as Massachusetts 250 — will celebrate anniversaries and events significant to the state’s role in the American Revolution.

By HANNAH MORIN

ATHOL — Molly Bennett Aitken Strouse lived many vibrant lives in one extraordinary journey.

By GREG VINE

WINCHENDON – Anthony Geraci has played and recorded with some of the best of blues music and on July 19, he will bring his talents to Winchendon.