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 ...

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 ...

Residents of Athol expressed concerns about a proposed design plan for Fish Park, which included an ADA-compliant playground, arguing that the project overwhelms the space and overlooks other ...

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 ...

According to data from the Communities That Care Coalition’s Prevention Needs Assessment Survey, schools that have ...

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 ...

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 ...

Local, state and federal officials celebrated the official groundbreaking of the Residences at the Park, a 53-unit housing project at the former Riverbend and Bigelow schools in Athol, which is ...

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 ...

In the ongoing matter of a sober house at 217 Spring St., the Zoning Board of Appeals has denied a request for reasonable accommodation by property owner James Parmenter. At the board’s Oct. 29 ...

Just days after the Six Town Regionalization Planning Board voted to postpone the Special Town Meeting votes and Montague ...