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Petersham Art Center opens scratchboard exhibit
07-09-2025 1:46 PM

PETERSHAM – The Petersham Art Center is hosting a reception this Sunday as part of scratchboard artist Joe Smith’s first solo exhibition.

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Orange residents seek school budget cuts to relieve town’s financial stress
05-25-2025 11:32 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — The struggle to finalize a Ralph C. Mahar Regional School budget for fiscal year 2026 has spilled into Wendell, where Orange residents and school officials spoke at a Selectboard meeting to advocate for what they want the budget to reflect.


Orange department heads voice frustration over potential 15% budget cuts
05-12-2025 2:00 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Department heads voiced frustration last week about potentially having to sustain 15% budget cuts as Orange once again grapples with financial woes.


Orange faces $1.7M deficit as officials seek to balance municipal, education needs in FY26
05-04-2025 2:01 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The town reportedly faces “a death spiral,” in the words of a Finance Committee member, as it struggles to draft a proposed budget for fiscal year 2026 that can accommodate municipal needs as well as Orange’s assessment for Ralph C. Mahar Regional School.


Mini Game Con a success in first year at Athol Library
04-29-2025 3:01 PM

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Last Friday and Saturday, game lovers from around the North Quabbin gathered at Athol Public Library for the first Mini Game Con 2025.


Mini Game Con this weekend at Athol Library
04-22-2025 12:30 PM

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – From the classic to the contemporary, gaming fans will have plenty to choose from at Mini Game Con 2025, this Friday and Saturday at Athol Public Library.


Local libraries react to state funding cuts, federal administrative leave
04-04-2025 1:00 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

With all Institute of Museum and Library Services having been placed on administrative leave and the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners announcing cuts to services and grants on Wednesday, local librarians are anticipating continued uncertainty heading into fiscal year 2026.


Orange Selectboard prioritizes library roof, housing as uses for CDBG money
03-23-2025 12:01 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — If awarded the money, the town is looking to allocate $326,500 in Community Development Block Grant funding toward a new Wheeler Memorial Library roof.


Vote to disband Lake Mattawa Docks Subcommittee prompts controversy in Orange
02-09-2025 3:00 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Tempers flared at Town Hall on Wednesday and the woman serving as the Selectboard’s vice chair walked out of a meeting for the second time in almost two years.


New Salem Museum owners seek common ground with abutters as site plan approval sought
02-04-2025 12:16 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — The attorney representing the New Salem Museum and Academy of Fine Art’s owners hopes to meet with some of the institution’s abutters to hash out differences as he works to secure site plan approval for this clients.


Orange Selectboard signs contract for water tower
12-22-2024 12:01 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Selectboard voted unanimously last week to enter into a $3.6 million contract for the construction of a water tower at the Orange Industrial Park, after the pulp and paper company poised to benefit from the structure wired the town...


Nicotine pouch ban would hurt business, Athol convenience store owners say
12-01-2024 2:02 PM

By GREG VINE

ATHOL — Multiple convenience store owners showed up for a public hearing Tuesday afternoon to express their opposition to a ban on the sale of nicotine pouches.New tobacco regulations under consideration by the town’s Board of Health would prohibit...


Land acquisition for water tower causes stir at Orange Selectboard meeting
11-25-2024 1:00 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A Selectboard meeting on Wednesday grew heated after the vice chair expressed outrage over a perceived lack of communication relating to two upcoming Special Town Meeting warrant articles seeking to acquire land to build a water tower at the...


Search for new chief continues
11-01-2024 4:29 PM

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...


Partial demo bids for Erving paper mill approved
08-13-2024 5:02 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING – A bid proposal by Tighe and Bond for the former International Paper Mill’s partial demolition was accepted unanimously during a joint Selectboard, Capital Planning Committee and Finance Committee meeting on Monday night.The base bid proposal...


Erving drafting demolition delay bylaw
07-26-2024 3:51 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

ERVING — The Historical Commission brought a proposed bylaw before the Selectboard this week that would, if passed, allow the commission to place a delay of up to a year on the demolition of historically relevant properties following a public hearing....


4 partial demolition plans presented for Erving’s International Paper Mill
07-12-2024 5:15 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — The Selectboard this week got a glimpse at four potential design plans for partial demolition and restoration of the International Paper Mill property.The $1.49 million property at 8 Papermill Road, which was seized by the town for back taxes...


Orange Selectboard discusses disbanding Armory Commission
07-11-2024 3:38 PM

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ORANGE – The Selectboard meeting on Wednesday night saw a lengthy agenda, including an approved motion to create a new subcommittee for addressing dock issues at Lake Mattawa, a plan to dissolve the Armory Commission and a motion to assign Town...


Orange Selectboard to review proposal to de-fund town libraries
05-15-2024 4:34 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE – Residents are encouraged to attend or tune in to Thursday’s Selectboard meeting to have their voices heard on the possibility of removing all funding from the town’s two libraries.Orange is in dire financial straits and Town Administrator...


Longtime public servant Richard Sheridan dies at 78
05-10-2024 6:06 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE – Richard Sheridan, a longtime public servant whose Selectboard tenure ended in January, died unexpectedly of a massive heart attack on April 29. He was 78.Selectboard members on Wednesday held a moment of silence for their former colleague and...

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