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By GREG VINE
PHILLIPSTON – Voters breezed through Wednesday’s Annual Town Meeting with very little discussion – until they reached Article 32, the final article on the warrant.
By GREG VINE
PHILLIPSTON – Voters face a 32-article warrant at Wednesday’s Annual Town Meeting, which begins at 7 p.m. at the Phillipston Memorial Building, 20 The Common.
By GREG VINE
PHILLIPSTON – Nicole Gough is running for a three-year term on the Selectboard after serving the final year of the unexpired term of Dan Sanden, who had resigned for personal reasons.
By GREG VINE
PHILLIPSTON – Following his departure from Templeton as its town administrator, Adam Lamontagne recently started work in a similar position for the neighboring town of Phillipston.
By GREG VINE
PHILLIPSTON – The Boston Bruins may have beaten the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Tuesday, but the Black & Gold weren’t the only winners that night.
By MADISON SCHOFIELD
Two Franklin county and North Quabbin towns have received awards from the Massachusetts Municipal Association (MMA) for their annual town reports. Leyden and Phillipston earned second and third place, respectively, for their 2023 reports.
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 GREG VINE
PHILLIPSTON – The Community Preservation Committee will meet next Monday to discuss the applications it has received for Community Preservation Act funding – including $700,000 to rehabilitate the Bates Powers Dam.
By GREG VINE
PHILLIPSTON – After a wait of more than two years, the Fire Department has received its new ambulance.The vehicle was delivered the afternoon of Thursday, Dec. 12. It replaces a 17-year-old ambulance that has needed significant repairs in recent...
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 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 MAX BOWEN
ATHOL — Though it’s been about a month since Cindy Kennedy returned from her deployment with the Salvation Army to assist with the response to Hurricane Helene, she said those impacted by the storm may need a year or two to get back on their...
By GREG VINE
PHILLIPSTON – Peter Morin is bringing his many years of experience in municipal government to the role of interim chief administrative officer.Morin was chosen Monday by Phillipston’s Selectboard to fill the office left vacant when former CAO Melanie...
By GREG VINE
PHILLIPSTON — Phillipston Selectboard member Nicole Gough meets with her counterparts in Athol Tuesday night to see if they will give her town a bit more time to figure out what, if anything, Phillipston officials and residents would like to do with...
By GREG VINE
PHILLIPSTON – After nearly eight months of talking, strategizing and interviewing, the Selectboard has settled on a successor to former Police Chief Kevin Dodge.At a meeting held Monday morning, the board signed a memorandum of understanding with...
By ADA DENENFELD KELLY
PHILLIPSTON—Brush fires continue to be an issue after October’s striking increase in blazes.According to the Department of Fire Services, the state saw a 1,200% increase in the number of fires compared to the average for the month, higher even than...
By GREG VINE
REGION – While lines didn’t stretch out the doors of area polling places in the North Quabbin area, voter traffic – according to area poll workers – was steady on Tuesday.On Monday, Massachusetts Secretary of State Bill Galvin predicted a record...
By SAM DRYSDALE
The state’s top elections official anticipates record voter turnout in Massachusetts this November, exceeding the almost 3.7 million voters who went to the polls in 2020.“We have 1.7 [million] almost having already been returned, we expect more votes...
By GREG VINE
PHILLIPSTON – The Selectboard met with Templeton Police Officer Bill Chapman Wednesday night to discuss his interest in becoming the town’s next chief of police.Chapman was asked to meet with the board after its first choice, Templeton Police Officer...
By GREG VINE
PHILLIPSTON – At its meeting on Oct. 16, the Selectboard accepted the resignation of Chief Administrative Officer Melanie Jackson, who will officially step down on Nov. 1.Jackson began working in Phillipston as town treasurer. After the departure of...
Residents of Athol, Orange, Royalston and Petersham turned out for annual National Night Out events. Originally scheduled to take place on Aug. 6, the event had to be rescheduled due to inclement weather to Tuesday, Oct. 1. National Night Out...
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