A vast display of blankets, scarves, coats and stuffed animals will be sprawled across the Common for the next few days, ready for those in need to take home.Eight years ago, Sandra Cross was thinking ...

The Phillipston Selectboard has requested that the U.S. Postal Service assign the town its own unique ZIP code, as it currently shares the 01331 ZIP code with Athol, which can cause confusion for ...

Educators and legislators from western Massachusetts have called for increased funding for rural schools, which are facing ...

The campaign behind a proposed 2026 ballot measure to establish rent control across the state says it has cleared the highest signature-gathering hurdle in the initiative petition process, submitting ...

A small cabin is reflected in Tully Pond in Orange on a still late fall day. PAUL FRANZ / Staff Photo ...

A recent headline heralded the commonwealth’s purchase of a woodlot in Deerfield (“DCR Protects 262 acres of forest,” Oct. 21 ...

The House committee plans to remove a proposal to ease Massachusetts' mandatory 2030 climate target from an energy affordability bill, which will likely not be taken up before the end of the year.

As state legislators, for the first time in 18 years, reshape the formula that determines how the state funds education, representatives from local school districts shared their views on how state ...

Fall is here and with it comes the phenomenon of lake turnover, which is essential for a healthy ecosystem, as well as the end of upland bird season and the start of shotgun and black powder deer ...

An Athol man was arrested Thursday morning for allegedly assaulting a female victim with a kitchen knife. Jack Newbrough, 25, was arrested at approximately 1 a.m. Thursday and charged with assault and ...

In 1929, the U.S. economy fell off the cliff it had been dancing along while the stock market roared in the 1920s. Almost 25% of workers were unemployed by 1933 (compared to 3.2% before the crash); ...

Michael Indelicato, 41, of Athol, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges related to possessing child sexual abuse materials, and is facing up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to ...