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By GREG VINE

ATHOL – The Selectboard has voted to back an application for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for water and sewer line repairs.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – The Polus Center for Social and Economic Development is one of five organizations to receive state grants to support job training, employment placement and post placement services for young adults with disabilities.

By GREG VINE

PHILLIPSTON – At its meeting on Monday, Jan. 13, the Community Preservation Community denied its support to three of six applications it received.

By CHRIS LISINSKI

President-elect Donald Trump continues to pledge large-scale deportations of foreign-born residents, stoking concerns about massive economic consequences and reigniting debate in Massachusetts about law enforcement cooperation.Trump spent much of his...

By ALISON KUZNITZ

Massachusetts should slash its reliance on hotels and motels used as shelters, invest in rental assistance and rehousing support, offer more tailored resources for homeless families, and more clearly communicate policies, according to a draft report...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING – Rural Development Inc. (RDI) has been awarded $227,553 in predevelopment funding to forward the senior and affordable housing project planned for Care Drive. According to a press release from the Community Economic Development Assistance...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – With the infusion of a new state grant, the town can complete updates to its master plan.Last year, Athol received a $49,000 Planning Assistance Grant from the state to update elements of the master plan.Two chapters in the plan – one dealing...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

Towns in Franklin County have signaled their support for the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) to apply for the U.S. Housing and Urban Development’s Pathways to Removing Obstacles to Housing (PRO Housing) grant for assistance in...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Gov. Maura Healey’s office announced recently that the Town of Athol has been awarded a Community Development Block Grant [CDBG] of $950,000 for an infrastructure improvement project along sections of South and Freedoms streets.The grant...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – A $251,000 Assistance for Firefighters Grant will allow the town to send six firefighters to receive paramedic training.The grant, which is overseen by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, is one which Fire Chief Joseph Guarnera said he...

By GREG VINE

ROYALSTON — The town has received a Green Communities Grant of nearly $169,000 to pay for weatherization projects at five town-owned buildings.The awarding of the competitive grant was announced in a letter to Selectboard Chair Deb D’Amico sent by...

By Greg Vine

ATHOL – The Selectboard will consider a proposal to declare the community a “non-sanctuary city,” following concerns that there is a lack of housing and resources to handle an influx of migrant families.The proposal came at the board’s Sept. 19...