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DCR sees booking surge at state campgrounds
It seems people from all over are anxious for spring to arrive as bookings at the three state camping locations in Franklin and Hampshire counties are filling up fast.The state Department of Conservation and Recreation reports that at least 756 total...
Orange Libraries director announces resignation, effective May 3
ORANGE – The director of the Orange Public Libraries has decided to close this chapter of her life and step down following eight years in the position.Jessica Magelaner, who heads the Wheeler Memorial Library at 49 East Main St. and the Moore-Leland...
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Denver’s Tristan Broz scores in double-overtime to knock off UMass, 2-1, in NCAA Tournament opening round (PHOTOS)
SPRINGFIELD — When the Massachusetts and Denver hockey teams meet in the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Championship, 60 minutes doesn’t seem to be enough to decide a winner. After playing to overtime in the 2019 NCAA tournament semifinals, the fourth-seeded...
Opinion
My Turn: Discover and protect a Greenfield treasure
There is hidden treasure right here in Greenfield. Years ago, the treasure was in plain sight. Now it is practically unrecognizable except in the early spring. I discovered small nuggets of the treasure when Ted Watt, well-known naturalist and...
Police Logs
Athol Police Logs: Feb 19 to Feb. 27
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....
Arts & Life
Sounds Local: Thriving on a riff: Percussionist Tony Vacca brings Fusion Nomads to Hawks & Reed this Friday for ‘a magic carpet ride’
‘From the first time a musician went beyond his or her home village, or region, or nation,” percussionist Tony Vacca says, “music has been an ever-expanding, multi-culti hybrid of instruments and ways to play them.” According to Vacca, that is the...
Obituaries
Lagrange, GA - Donna Jean Maroni Brand, age 65, of LaGrange, GA passed away at WellStar West Georgia Hospice on March 17th, 2024. She was born in Athol, Massachusetts on January 28th, 1959,... remainder of obit for Donna Jean Maroni Brand
Orange, MA - With profound sorrow, we announce the passing of Leo P. Godin, a cherished father, grandfather, great grandfather and great-great grandfather. Born on June 19, 1927, in Montgom... remainder of obit for Leo P. Godin
Miriam "Mimi" Hellen Jones Petersham , MA - Miriam 'Mimi' Hellen Jones passed away at her family farm in Petersham on January 24 at the age of 74, from undiagnosed cancer. The daughter of Fr... remainder of obit for Miriam Hellen Jones
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.