The 2025 Baystate Franklin Medical Center Community Health Needs Assessment identified people experiencing homelessness as a ...

The 57th Annual Christmas Bird Count in Athol identified 6,500 individual birds across 56 species, including a new species of duck, and a flock of 30 evening grosbeaks, which had not been seen in the ...

J. Shepardson (née Loverro) passed away December 19, 2025. She was born in Athol on February 12, 1951, to Dominic and Margaret Loverro. Peggy was predeceased b ...

Nursing vacancies in Massachusetts have decreased, with one in every 10 roles now vacant compared to one in every six roles during the post-pandemic years. However, nurses have reported that working ...

Massachusetts state legislators are working to pass a bill that will provide clear guidelines for the removal of materials from libraries, protect librarians from disciplinary action and ensure that ...

Rep. Bob Breshnahan, a Republican congressman elected this year to serve Pennsylvania’s 8th district, is missing in action — ...

The Selectboard voted to allow overnight parking at Fish Park through April 1, 2026, following complaints about an overnight parking ban enacted earlier this year.

Richard C. Rivers, 80, of Millers Falls Road, died on December 13, 2025.Born in Orange on September 25, 1945, he was the son of Arthur H. and Nina F. (Smith) Rivers.

Charlotte Nadine Parsons, 75, of Orange, Massachusetts passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Thursday, December 18, 2025.Nadine was born in Covington, ...

The Democrat representing the 2nd Congressional District of Massachusetts is furious with his colleagues after they narrowly rejected his War Powers Resolution that would have directed President Trump ...