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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BOSTON — Massachusetts students would need to complete college-preparatory coursework, pass end-of-course exams, develop postsecondary plans, and finish a capstone project or portfolio under final ...

The deaths of Diane Opper and Emma MacDonald, two local women allegedly killed by their husbands within a month of each other this spring, have brought renewed attention to domestic violence and the ...

BOSTON – As the legal landscape shifts around them and a national fight increasingly spills into the states, Massachusetts lawmakers are hoping that business groups, banks, credit card companies and ...

GREENFIELD — A rainbow sea flooded Sanderson, Federal and Main streets on Saturday as about 2,500 people decked out in rainbow tutus, shirts, hats and flags braved the 90-degree heat for the ninth ...

Town Clerk Nancy Burnham has been honored as Town Clerk of the Year by the Massachusetts Town Clerks Association, a recognition of her nearly 40 years of service to the community. ATHOL – Town Clerk ...

The Board of Planning and Community Development in Athol has approved the town's updated master plan, which outlines goals and priorities related to housing, transportation, economic development, ...

NORTHFIELD — Times are changing for the Class of 2026 at Pioneer Valley Regional School. The song “Landslide” by Stevie Nicks was preformed by the Pioneer Valley Regional School chorus and graduating ...