South Athol Church suppers return ATHOL – The first of the five monthly South Athol United Methodist Church suppers will begin on Saturday, April 18, with savory chicken and biscuits with gravy, ...

It’s that time of the year for the clean up of the town cemeteries. Please remove any and all decorations from the graves by ...

Voters will head to the polls in Athol, Petersham, and Royalston on Monday, April 6, for their annual town elections. The only race on the Royalston ballot is to fill one of Athol’s seats on the Athol ...

The Petersham Lions Club recently held its 20th annual charity curling tournament and fundraiser on March 21 to benefit the Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund. This year’s 16 teams were from Athol, ...

The Athol man convicted of holding two people against their will, forcing them to fight and whipping one of them with a belt ...

Franklin County Technical School culinary student Hunter Lane describes his version of a three-course meal made from a ...

The Franklin County Sheriff's Office and Erving Police Department hope to collaborate to address staffing shortages with a ...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has expressed strong support for three proposals to update the state's hunting laws, which would allow Sunday hunting, the use of crossbows, and reduce legal setbacks ...

After a community member "reported seeing someone fall off a boat and drift away in the fog," according to Orange Fire Capt.

Sharp reduction in PhD admissions at UMass raises concerns about impact on graduate programs and undergraduate education.

In the quiet hum of the Greenfield Public Library’s Makerspace, the scent of melting wax and the steady scratching of styluses filled the air. Here, a mix of friends, sisters and strangers gathered to ...

When Gov. Maura Healey set a goal in January to grow early college enrollment tenfold, from about 10,000 students today to 100,000 by 2036, she framed it as both an economic imperative and a promise ...