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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 Selectboard, at its meeting Tuesday night, March 19, voted to increase the rates for water and sewer service in the town of Athol.

By Mike Roche

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – In October 2020, Athol and Royalston entered into an intermunicipal agreement under which Athol agreed to allow employees of it sewer division to operate Royalston’s sewer treatment plant in exchange for payments from Royalston.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Athol’s Selectboard has given the Town of Phillipston until early May 2025 to decide if it wants to assume ownership of the nearly 150-year-old Bates Powers Dam.The dam, constructed in 1876, and the reservoir it created sits entirely within...

By GREG VINE

PHILLIPSTON – Selectboard member Nicole Gough went before the Athol Selectboard on Sept. 17 to seek more time for Phillipston officials to determine if they wish to take ownership of the Bates Powers Dam.The dam, constructed in 1846 and last...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Town Manager Shaun Suhoski this week issued an order to proceed on infrastructure improvements along Canal and Lumber streets, just west of Lord Pond Plaza.The town has contracted with A. Martins & Sons Construction of Ludlow to do the work at...

ATHOL – Mandatory outside water use restrictions are now in effect, according to the Department of Public Works.The water restrictions were put into effect on July 5 after the level of the Millers River dropped to below 186 cubic feet per second for...

By MAX BOWEN

ATHOL – With the help of a $106,800 grant from the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust, the town will soon have updated digital maps of its stormwater collection system.The grant is among $75,748,203 in low-interest loans and grants for 15 communities and...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – For the second consecutive year, the town’s Water Division has been recognized for what the Department of Environmental Protection called “noteworthy performance” in recent years. Athol is one of 45 public water systems to be receive a Public...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – The Lake Ellis Watershed Management Partnership Wednesday endorsed Planning and Development Director Eric Smith’s proposal to seek a $200,000 grant to address stormwater runoff entering the lake.The competitive Section 319 grants are funded by...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Steps are being taken to reduce the amount of stormwater runoff that makes its way into Lake Ellis.Planning and Development Director Eric Smith told members of the Lake Ellis Watershed Management Partnership that the town plans to apply for a...

By SAM DRYSDALE

As House Democrats eye the expansion of its public drinking water service area, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) is considering whether the communities where that water comes from should finally get to reap the benefits of the...