Orange to ask residents for $1M loan for water tower

03-18-2024 5:00 PM

ORANGE — The Selectboard intends to add to the Annual Town Meeting warrant an article asking to borrow $1 million to subsidize a water tower needed at the Orange Industrial Park.The engineering firm Weston & Sampson has designed a potable water...


Athol begins master plan updates

03-18-2024 5:00 PM

ATHOL – The town’s newly-formed Master Plan Committee has started work on portions of Athol’s existing master plan, last updated in 2015. To aid in that effort, the committee has developed a survey seeking resident input on topics ranging from...


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My Turn: Solving humanity’s shared climate crisis
03-18-2024 4:41 PM

 A great many of us care about the climate crisis. Many of us have taken steps to reduce our carbon footprints. Many of us have advocated for good climate policy at the local, state, and national levels. We have voted for candidates who seemed most...

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03-13-2024 3:49 PM

Monday Feb. 1912:03 a.m. - Welfare check requested on Crescent Street. Caller reporting someone sitting on the bridge. No contact with anyone matching the description of person on bridge.12:52 a.m. - Business/building check on Daniel Shays Highway....

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West Boylston, MA - Roger Underwood Wellington, Jr. of West Boylston, MA and Vero Beach, FL died on March 6 at the age of 82. He passed peacefully with support from his loving family after a len... remainder of obit for Roger Underwood Wellington Jr.

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Carol (Robinson) Sullivan ORANGE, MA - Carol (Robinson) Sullivan, 80, of Putnam Street, died unexpectedly at home on March 12, 2024 after being stricken ill. Born on May 14, 1943 in New Lon... remainder of obit for Carol Sullivan

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Kissimmee, FL - Shirley Sakowicz passed peacefully March 4th, 2024 at the Advent hospital in Orlando, FL surrounded by loved ones. Shirley was born in Athol, MA on October 30, 1953. She wa... remainder of obit for Shirley Sakowicz

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Greenfield, MA - Esther Beatrice (Wilensky) Plotkin 96, of Greenfield passed away peacefully on March 7, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Worcester, Mass. on November ... remainder of obit for Esther Plotkin

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