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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.
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.
By DOMENIC POLI
Who better to advocate for what women can do in this world than those who have seen it from afar?
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.
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.
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.
By Mike Roche
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
By SAM DRYSDALE
BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey intends to run for reelection in 2026, she said Friday.
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.
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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