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Sportsman’s Corner: It’s all about the fishing
06-19-2025 9:42 AM

By Mike Roche

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Anthony Brighenti, longtime Athol public servant, dies at 80
05-27-2025 2:57 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ATHOL – Anthony A. Brighenti, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and retired state Environmental Police officer who served many years on the Athol Selectboard and School Committee, died earlier this month. He was 80.


Anthony Brighenti, longtime Athol public servant, dies at 80
05-27-2025 12:30 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ATHOL – Anthony A. Brighenti, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and retired state Environmental Police officer who served many years on the Athol Selectboard and School Committee, died earlier this month. He was 80.


Winchendon Musical Festival returns for 10th year
05-26-2025 8:33 PM

By GREG VINE

WINCHENDON — The Winchendon Musical Festival will celebrate its tenth year with a bit of a change in format for 2025. While still offering a broad array of musical offerings, the WMF will take place over the course of several months, rather than being squeezed into the span of two or three weeks.


MassWildlife honors brothers from Petersham as outstanding youth anglers
05-25-2025 11:30 PM

By HANNAH MORIN

MassWildlife has concluded its 2024 Freshwater Sportfishing Awards Program, recognizing anglers across Massachusetts for their accomplishments in freshwater fishing.


Sportsman’s Corner: Honoring veterans and a trip to Maine
05-22-2025 3:07 PM

By MIKE ROCHE

Happy Memorial Day!


Photo: Royalston students explore the great outdoors
05-15-2025 5:00 PM


Sportsman’s Corner: Of boats, birds, bears and fish
05-15-2025 10:33 AM

By MIKE ROCHE

Occasionally, as this writer sits down each week to pen my weekly rant, there are several topics which will come to mind. This is one of those weeks and instead of going into any depth on these topics, each will be touched upon.


North Quabbin Notes, May 14
05-14-2025 11:46 AM

ATHOL – The Knights of Lithuania will be holding a Lithuanian breakfast on Sunday, May 18, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the St. Francis Church hall, 101 Main St., Athol. Price is $12 for adults and $5 for children age 12 and under. For more information, contact Richard Gatautis, 978-501-7480.


PHOTOS: Loon on the water
04-27-2025 12:00 PM


Health Center Pharmacy opens in Orange
03-28-2025 10:10 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The town has a new pharmacy after two months without one.


Friends of Quabbin seeks 60K for Keystone Bridge repairs
03-03-2025 11:04 AM

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM – The nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to increasing public awareness and appreciation of the Quabbin Reservoir and watershed is soliciting donations to help restore a stone arch bridge erected the year after the Civil War ended.


Western Mass legislators pan study of ways towns could tap Quabbin water
02-10-2025 10:25 AM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

A preliminary report showing how the 12 communities in the Quabbin Reservoir watershed might be able to get potable water from the resource falls short of a comprehensive study being sought by legislators representing the Quabbin region.


Local stores report a drop in those using HIP benefits since cuts took place
01-13-2025 3:13 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

Just over a month since Healthy Incentives Program (HIP) benefits were cut by a minimum of 50%, local businesses and advocates for the initiative are hopeful that it will be restored, as farmers, vendors and stores are seeing the effects of reduced benefits.


Valley delegation remember impact of Jimmy Carter
12-30-2024 2:17 PM

By GREG VINE

REGION – Local officials and members of the area’s congressional delegation say Jimmy Carter, the nation’s 39th president, left a legacy of public service that will live on.In a statement issued Sunday night, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern said, “Jimmy...


Sportsman’s Corner: Holiday deer tracks lead to new year
12-27-2024 6:00 AM

By MIKE ROCHE

Happy New Year!Last Saturday morning a deer, a mature doe, stood broadside a little over 50 yards away from this writer as he waited “on stand.” Being motionless was not difficult using the T-Stand that has been a part of my deer hunting gear for...


Opioid Task Force hosts methadone advocates to speak on stigma, proposed treatment expansion
12-08-2024 12:00 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

Advocates from the National Coalition to Liberate Methadone discussed the stigma associated with methadone treatment and recommended ways to expand it during a virtual event hosted by the Opioid Task Force of Franklin County and the North Quabbin...


North Quabbin, Franklin County food pantries struggle with holiday need
11-27-2024 12:03 PM

By MADISON SCHOFIELD and ALEXA LEWIS

It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and for many one of the most stressful times of the year. As people prepare for holiday feasts with family and friends, food pantries across the region are preparing to stretch donations further and support...


CiderDays marks 30 years of cidermaking across western Mass
11-01-2024 4:28 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

What started as a small tour of orchards around the region has grown into a celebration of the apple, as CiderDays celebrates 30 years of fermentation.From North Adams to Northampton to Phillipston, as well as numerous Franklin County stops in...


Athol town clerk lays out voting ground rules
10-18-2024 1:40 PM

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Town Clerk Nancy Burnham met with Athol’s Selectboard at its meeting Tuesday to remind board members and the public that early voting for the Nov. 5 general election begins this weekend.“Beginning the Saturday, October 19,” said Burnham, “this...


A Page from North Quabbin History: Preserving the historic textiles
10-14-2024 5:02 PM

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...

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