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By SAMUEL GELINAS

SPRINGFIELD — Bishop William Byrne not only introduced the Diocese of Springfield’s new executive director for its Catholic Charities Agency this week but also laid out the evolution that the agency will see now that protection of immigrants is no longer part of its agenda in the wake of federal cuts.

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — More than 120 area residents packed into Town Hall on Wednesday for a conversation with U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern to voice their ongoing concerns with the Trump administration.

PETERSHAM – Petersham Art Center is sponsoring several classes to brighten up spring and introduce summertime projects.

By COLIN A. YOUNG

A recommendation from a task force the Legislature created a decade ago resurfaced last week before the Revenue Committee, which took testimony related to the machinations involved when a farm wants to use a portion of its land to generate both renewable electricity and supplemental income.

At its meeting on Wednesday, April 17, the Athol Royalston School Committee recognized those students named as Student of the Month at each of the schools. Students were nominated by their teachers, who provided comments on why they felt these students should receive this recognition. Pictured Dylan Wornham, Kaitlyn Rossi, Bentley Irene, Elliot Nartowicz and Dante Morneault. Not pictured are AleyshaCuevas Velez, Jacob Butler and Beverly Mattson. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

By Mike Roche

By SCOTT MERZBACH

For a town like Hatfield, annual road maintenance has become increasingly challenging over the past 12 years, as state Chapter 90 money declines even as the price of hot mix asphalt rises substantially.

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Senate Democrats announced a bill Monday morning intended to shield reproductive and transgender care in Massachusetts from out-of-state threats, saying it was part of the response effort to the Trump administration.

By GREG VINE

Royalston’s Selectboard Tuesday night decided town officials should meet with Athol Town Manager Shaun Suhoski to discuss the terms of the intermunicipal agreement under which Athol public works employees oversee operation of Royalston’s wastewater treatment plant.

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 CHRIS LARABEE

Beginning more than a decade ago and wrapping up in 2016, a wide-ranging coalition in western Massachusetts banded together to resist Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co.’s Northeast Energy Direct project, which proposed a pipeline running through eight Franklin County towns.

By ALISON KUZNITZ

BOSTON — Sheriffs want lawmakers to consider reining in unlimited free phone calls at county jails amid bulging costs and heightened demand on correctional officers to monitor those communications.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Earth Day is just around the corner, so that means Athol’s annual community-wide, post-winter cleanup is also fast approaching.

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — Farms across western Massachusetts losing important grants, such as those that support produce getting from fields to schools and those that help protect the environment. The University of Massachusetts having National Institutes of Health grants stripped, as colleges and universities see their academic freedom impeded.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – A new heat pump system will soon be installed at the police station, at no cost to taxpayers.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Visitors to Silver Lake Park in Athol will be able to get in a good workout along the trail, thanks to a local Scout intent on earning his Eagle badge.

By HANNAH MORIN

Despite a morning of rain, sleet and remnants of snow, the 60th annual River Rat Race started right on time at 1 p.m. on Saturday, sending 194 canoes down the Millers River from Athol to Orange.

By ELLA ADAMS

BOSTON — As National Institutes of Health funding cuts loom over research institutions and the overarching outlook for the system of higher education falters under Trump administration actions, industry leaders are attempting to raise alarm and steady the sector’s footing.

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Town officials believe they are already in compliance with 10 remedial measures that were recommended by the Office of the Inspector General after discovering that Orange lacked formal policies regarding credit card use by employees.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Accusing his Republican colleagues in Congress of being “too scared to stand up to their leadership,” namely, President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern is co-sponsoring a new bill designed to block “backdoor” cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).