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Sen. Velis-led panel on antisemitism tangles with teachers union reps over pro-Palestinian resources
02-16-2025 3:00 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

Over the course of two hours Monday, legislators sitting on the Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism presented numerous pro-Palestinian exhibits — resources that educators might use in their classroom — drawn from a members-only section of the Massachusetts Teachers Association website.

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Healey seeks controls as home care costs soar
02-16-2025 3:00 PM

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey is proposing to limit spending on a rapidly growing home care program that is popular among the state’s expanding senior population but has become one of the state’s most expensive budget items.


Shelburne astronaut Catherine ‘Cady’ Coleman addresses UN General Assembly
02-16-2025 12:01 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

Who better to advocate for what women can do in this world than those who have seen it from afar?


Celebration planned for Athol’s Silver Lake Park
02-14-2025 2:21 PM

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Next week, members of a working group established by the Open Space and Recreation Commission will meet to start planning a celebration of Silver Lake Park, one of the town’s best-loved amenities.


Legislative audit push marked by legal maneuvering
02-14-2025 12:27 PM

By ALISON KUZNITZ

With the House gearing up for a potential legal battle over Question 1, Auditor Diana DiZoglio is trying to attach new urgency to her monthslong request that Attorney General Andrea Campbell intervene or allow her to seek outside counsel.


Athol Police, Fire discuss capital requests for vehicles and equipment
02-13-2025 4:12 PM

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – The Capital Program Committee (CPC) Wednesday night began its annual series of meetings with department heads to consider capital spending priorities for the approaching fiscal year.


Sportsman’s Corner: The facts on glass
02-13-2025 12:01 PM

By Mike Roche


Suspects in death of NH woman found in Warwick held without bail
02-13-2025 9:58 AM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

KEENE, N.H. — Two defendants were held without bail Wednesday afternoon on a variety of charges, including human trafficking, in connection with the death of Justina Steffy, the 31-year-old New Hampshire woman whose body was found in Warwick in October after she went missing weeks earlier.


Athol boards wary of new high school plan
02-12-2025 3:30 PM

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Members of the Selectboard, Finance and Warrant Advisory Committee, and Capital Program Committee met Tuesday night to discuss the possibility of constructing a new Athol High School.


Greenfield Community College expands associate degree options with new majors
02-12-2025 2:00 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — Greenfield Community College opened four new associate degree majors this academic year, allowing students to enroll in programs such as environmental conservation and human services.


Freight train derails in Wendell, knocking 15 cars off tracks
02-12-2025 9:50 AM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

WENDELL — No injuries were reported after a freight train carrying merchandise derailed in Wendell Tuesday afternoon, knocking 15 railroad cars off the track, according to Wendell Fire Chief Joe Cuneo.


Two to face charges in death of NH woman found in Warwick
02-12-2025 9:05 AM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

WARWICK — Police in Keene, New Hampshire, have arrested two individuals on a variety of charges, including human trafficking, in connection with the death of Justina Steffy, the 31-year-old New Hampshire woman whose body was found in Warwick in October after she went missing weeks earlier.


State officials visit Athol High to talk free, affordable college
02-11-2025 2:52 PM

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – On Monday morning, state Education Secretary Dr. Patrick Tutwiler and Higher Education Commissioner Noe Ortega visited Athol High School to meet with students to raise awareness of free and affordable college in Massachusetts.


Layoffs loom at Cooley Dickinson as parent Mass General Brigham seeks to close large budget gap
02-11-2025 11:07 AM

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Mass General Brigham announced large-scale layoffs across its entire hospital system on Monday, a move that is likely to affect Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton.


By-right accessory dwellings now allowed in communities statewide
02-11-2025 11:06 AM

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Accessory dwelling units are now allowed by right in single-family zoning districts across most of Massachusetts, under a law Gov. Maura Healey signed in August. The rule went into effect on Sunday.


Leyden, Phillipston honored for top-notch annual reports
02-10-2025 3:00 PM

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. 


Athol Royalston Middle School Honor Roll Term 2
02-10-2025 1:00 PM

Fifth Grade Gold Honor Roll – Olivia Bishop, Kyla Godette, Nehomi Morales Rodas, Luis Ortiz, Brady Smart, Myles Smith, Aubrey Sumner, Laurence Watson and Tyler While.


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.


Healey to seek reelection in 2026
02-10-2025 10:23 AM

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey intends to run for reelection in 2026, she said Friday.


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.


Healey eyes ‘housing abundance’ in statewide plan
02-09-2025 2:00 PM

By SAM DRYSDALE

The astronomical cost of housing for Massachusetts households across the income spectrum and a bleak outlook for the new units needed over the next decade underscore the focus of the Healey administration’s new housing plan for the next five years – more production.

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