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By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — Recent receipt of $25,000 as part of the state’s fiscal year 2025 budget is driving renovations forward at the 466 Wendell Depot Road site slated to become a historical museum and gift shop. Wendell Historical Society President Ed Hines...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — Assisted by Brian Knight Research of Manchester, Vermont, the Historical Commission is starting a project to document 140 historical properties and create a cultural resources report that would include land on Routes 63 and 2, as well as the...

By Carla CharterI saw a cardinal at the feeder today. Which I thought was a bit ironic, after searching the web, and learning that they are believd to symbolize new beginnings and transitions. You see, this flighted sign appeared at the same time I...

By Carla CharterA plan to create a memorial for the Academy of the Sisters of Maria Assumpta in Petersham has begun.In 1950, the sisters of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin purchased the former Nichewaug Inn, converting the building into the...

By GREG VINE

PHILLIPSTON – With the deadline for Community Preservation Act funding applications less than a month away, only one party has expressed interest.According to Community Preservation Committee Chair Peter Travisano, the Congregational Church is seeking...

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...

Golden Age Club’s November MeetingATHOL – The Athol Golden Age Club meeting at the Athol Senior Center on Nov. 18 will feature a potluck lunch at noon. Please bring a dish to share. A cake celebrating November birthdays will also be served. Marc...

By GREG VINE

BARRE – Just shy of two years ago, on Nov. 5, 2022, Barre’s Woods Memorial Library returned to the Oglala-Lakota Nation more than 130 items connected to the 1890 massacre of nearly 300 Native Americans near Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge...

By Carla CharterTwo pews from the area’s past have made their stage debut in A New England Ballet Theatre performance of “The Long Black Veil” in Hartford, Connecticut.“The pews were featured in the opening scene of the ballet. I wanted to incorporate...

By Carla CharterA collection of 444 Royalston plant specimens dating from 1895 to 1915 can now be found online. The specimens were collected by Rev. James Bates, pastor of the Second Congregational Church in South Royalston, from 1898-1903.Bates...

By Carla CharterVisitors to the Petersham Historical Society on Oct. 26 from noon-4 p.m. will have the opportunity to see what education was like during the days of one-room schoolhouses. The society is located at 10 North Main St.It was decided to...

By Carla CharterOver the summer, Athol Historical Society President Michael Adams began working on the organizing and preservation of the society's textiles.While attending college at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, Adams said he...

By Carla CharterThe Royalston Historical Society’s annual candlelit history tour will be held at the historical society building on Oct. 18. The tour will coincide with the final night of the Women’s Lives in Royalston exhibit.“We have put so much...

By CARLA CHARTERI will start by stating some of the most fascinating real-life stories that can ever be found are documented in town histories. I have become an avid reader of these histories which led me to my current mystery.It began with a book...

By CARLA CHARTER

Rose (Nelson) Gosselin, who retired with her husband Cleophas Gosselin in Ervingside, spent her career in the family business – the circus.Gosselin, a native of England, was born on Jan. 12, 1864, the daughter of Samuel Nelson, one of four brothers...

By SAM DORAN

BOSTON — Paul Revere rode up Beacon Street blaring the news of rapidly approaching redcoats while Gov. Maura Healey trumpeted a message of her own, calling for Massachusetts to “show off our state over the next two years” as it prepares for center...

By Carla CharterDuring a visit to the Narragansett Historical Society in early August, Folk Art Specialist Emily Esser was able to identify several of the society’s paintings, which previously were listed as by an “unattributed artist” as works done...

By GREG VINE

PHILLIPSTON – The Community Preservation Committee (CPC) will hold an informational meeting for residents interested in securing funding for projects in fiscal year 2026.The meeting will be held on Monday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m. at the Phillipston...

By Carla CharterNorth Quabbin historical societies are offering the opportunity to time travel back in time through the first North Quabbin History Tour.The tour gives visitors a chance to visit seven North Quabbin-area historical societies on Sept....

By Carla CharterAt Red River Ski and Summer Area in Red River, New Mexico, at the top of the Platinum Chairlift is a sign which reads “Athol, 2,180 Miles Away.”The story of this sign begins in Athol, Massachusetts, with Frank Judycki, an Athol native,...

By CARLA CHARTER

Templeton 100 years ago was quite different from the town we see today.“[There were] farms, and more factories than our neighboring towns, with trains buzzing on a regular schedule, the Templeton Street railway carrying people from neighboring towns,...