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By GREG VINE

PETERSHAM – Advisory Finance Committee member Mark Bishop gave a primer on the town budget to about two dozen residents at a public meeting held Feb. 26 at Town Hall.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey visited Athol High School Thursday, where she toured manufacturing and robotics classrooms associated with the school’s Innovation Career Pathways Program as part of an announcement of a new statewide investment.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Planning and Development Director Eric Smith and John O’Leary of the Central Mass Regional Planning Commission updated the Selectboard on infrastructure improvements along Lumber and Canal streets.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Planning and Development Director Eric Smith is urging residents, frequent visitors, and out-of-towners who are employed in Athol to complete the online Downtown Athol Restaurant Survey in time for the March 1 deadline.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Between factors such as a new presidential administration and changes to interest rates, there’s some uncertainty among new home buyers in the region.

By GREG VINE

ROYALSTON – One of the first to announce his candidacy in the Town Election is Chris Deveneau, running to fill the unexpired term of Selectboard member Shelby Bronnes, who announced her resignation earlier this year and attended her last board meeting on Feb. 18.

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

ATHOL – As of Wednesday, Athol’s public works crews were still at it, cleaning up from the multifaceted storm that struck the region last weekend.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Dave Small, best known as president of the Athol Bird & Nature Club, has been chosen as the new director of conservation for the Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust.

By HANNAH MORIN

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By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Next week, members of a working group established by the Open Space and Recreation Commission will meet to start planning a celebration of Silver Lake Park, one of the town’s best-loved amenities.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – The Capital Program Committee (CPC) Wednesday night began its annual series of meetings with department heads to consider capital spending priorities for the approaching fiscal year.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Members of the Selectboard, Finance and Warrant Advisory Committee, and Capital Program Committee met Tuesday night to discuss the possibility of constructing a new Athol High School.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – On Monday morning, state Education Secretary Dr. Patrick Tutwiler and Higher Education Commissioner Noe Ortega visited Athol High School to meet with students to raise awareness of free and affordable college in Massachusetts.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Following a career in the Fire Department that has lasted 30 years, Jeffrey Parker has been named its new chief.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – The Capital Program Committee met Wednesday, Feb. 5, to discuss the Athol Royalston Regional School District’s proposal for the two towns to fund a feasibility study for a new high school.

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

ATHOL – In November of last year, Athol was awarded a $25,000 Mass Downtown Initiative grant to undertake a Downtown Athol Restaurant Study.

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 – A community meeting will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 8, to discuss the third and final phase of the Canal and South Neighborhood Improvement Plan.