A coalition of conservation organizations is collecting signatures to put a ballot initiative on the 2026 ballot that would ...

Attorney General Andrea Campbell and 22 other AGs have filed a lawsuit against the USDA, alleging that the agency is ...

At a Harm Reduction Summit at Greenfield Community College, health care professionals, addiction specialists and people with lived experience discussed strategies to reduce the negative consequences ...

Ahead of public food benefits running out for over a million Bay Staters on Saturday, Gov. Maura Healey announced Thursday that the state will advance a scheduled $4 million payment for food pantries ...

Local, state and federal officials celebrated the official groundbreaking of Residences at the Park, a 53-unit housing project in Athol, Massachusetts. The development will consist of 20 one-bedroom, ...

Columnist and author Tamar Haspel will be at the Royalston Library this Sunday, Nov. 2, to discuss her book “To Boldly Grow: Finding Joy, Adventure, and Dinner in Your Own Backyard,” in which she and ...

He once claimed he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and get away with it. He said he could grab women by the genitals and they’d let him. Now he’s routinely ordering the military to murder civilian ...

The Petersham Art Center has a new exhibition, “Familiar Places: Landscapes by Stephanie Vignone” on display through Nov. 23. The center invites the public to join the artist for an opening reception ...

U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern has proposed a bill that would increase federal reimbursement rates for free and reduced school meals in an effort to offset costs of labor and nutritious foods in public ...

The Athol Public Library hosted its second Zombie Barbies event on Oct. 22, giving local teens a chance to tap into their creativity by transforming dolls into undead creations using paint, glue and ...

Barbara Ferron, 73, of Athol, passed away at home in the loving care of her family on September 30th. Barbara was a kind and generous spirit, whose primary joy in life wa ...

The Municipal Police Training Committee suspended and then fired Christopher J. Donelan and Edward A. Dunne after allegations of misconduct surfaced.