The National Weather Service has issued an extreme heat warning for much of Massachusetts, including the North Quabbin Area, from Wednesday morning through Saturday night. The high on Thursday could ...

The Massachusetts Rural Policy Plan is being updated for the first time since being released in 2019, with a focus on supporting rural equity and capacity. The updated document, now in its draft phase ...

To celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States, North Quabbin Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Missy Eaton and her husband Dan Eaton are organizing a reading of the Declaration of ...

ATHOL — A Smith College alumna recently ascended to the helm of Athol-Orange Community Television, becoming the second executive director in the public-access cable station’s history. Liz Walber has ...

BOSTON — It wasn’t until the Senate passed a sweeping child welfare bill Friday that Sen. Jo Comerford, D-Northampton, realized a seven-and-a-half-year effort had finally reached the finish line. The ...

Following a 5-4 vote by the Athol-Royalston Regional School Committee to extend Superintendent Matthew Ehrenworth's contract, Chairman Lee Chauvette and committee member Kiley Hall submitted their ...

The 75th season of the Athol-Orange Chuck Stone Little League and Babe Ruth League will close out with a ceremony on June 27. There will be a dedication to late league board member Shaun Sherman, who ...

ATTLEBORO , MA – Joan (Kellogg) Taylor, 95, formerly of New Salem, Athol and Greenfield, died on the evening of June 20, 2026 at Brookdale Assisted Living in Attleboro with her daughters at her ...

ORANGE — The town’s fire chief has another month on the job before starting an identical position in a neighboring state. James Young Jr. will finish in Orange on Feb. 13 and take over as the chief in ...

Hinsdale, NH – Maria C. Shaw, 88, of Pierce Road, a longtime resident of Hinsdale, died early Thursday morning, June 25, 2026 at her home following a period of declining health.

The deadline to apply for the drawing for antlerless deer permits, aka doe permits, in Massachusetts is July 16 each year and applicants may check to see if they were selected by a computerized ...

9:27 a.m. – Caller reporting that there is an open door on one of the old Morgan Memorial Fresh Air Camp buildings. Officer confirming that there is an open door and that there is property damage to ...