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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.

By MADISON SCHOFIELD

GREENFIELD — The Franklin County Justice Center celebrated the future of law by welcoming middle and high school students from across the county for an inside look at the judicial system on Thursday morning.

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — As President Donald Trump passes 100 days in his second term in office, Gov. Maura Healey says she’s still willing to work with him, but called his administration “a disaster” so far.

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — An Athol man will spend the next five to seven years in state prison after being found guilty of charges related to child abuse.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – The town is holding off on using nearly $1 million collected from cannabis businesses, due to several ongoing lawsuits across the state.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – For the third consecutive year, students from Athol Community Elementary School joined Town Manager Shaun Suhoski, Public Works Superintendent Dick Kilhart, Assistant Superintendent Paul Raskevitz, and workers from the DPW to plant a tree on a patch of green in the school’s parking lot.

By COLIN A. YOUNG

BOSTON – Gas companies were told late Wednesday night they need to immediately begin ratcheting down the amount of money they can bill customers for efforts to replace old and leaking natural gas pipelines until reaching the lowest level allowed under state law in two years.

By Mike Roche

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — While Senate Democrats do not have much legislative action ready to launch in response to President Donald Trump, they spent more than two hours Monday ripping into the administration’s immigration crackdown and warning about damage to the rule of law.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – At its meeting Tuesday night, the Selectboard reviewed the draft warrant for the June 9 Annual Town Meeting, which will include the proposed $26.4 million FY26 budget.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – As the North Central Massachusetts Association of Realtors plans a food drive this Saturday, the local food pantry is seeing supplies getting tighter.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A restructuring of the progressive New College of Florida by that state’s Republican leadership in 2023 prompted Hampshire College to offer students there a respite and opportunity to continue their studies in Amherst.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — DIAL/SELF Youth and Community Services, a Greenfield-based nonprofit that serves youths across Franklin, Hampshire and Hampden counties and the North Quabbin region, announced Tuesday that the federal Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is expected to cut nearly 40% of its roughly $2 million budget.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Motorists driving between Winchendon and Royalston inevitably pass a small, inconspicuous sign letting them know they’re near the Eagle Reserve Conservation Area.

By MAX BOWEN

ATHOL – Eric Powell of Athol is to be sentenced in Franklin County Superior Court Friday on five charges, including indecent assault and battery on a child, according to court records.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL — Selectboard member Andy Sujdak has resigned from his position, following a video posted to social media in which he made disparaging remarks about town officials and threatened an unnamed person.

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.

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — The citizens group that formed in 2023 in opposition to a since-withdrawn proposal for a 105-megawatt battery storage facility plans to present clean energy siting suitability findings to state policymakers in Holyoke on May 5.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

AMHERST — Federal officials are restoring the previously terminated student immigration statuses for 13 international students at the University of Massachusetts, according to information posted on the university’s federal actions page Monday.

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