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Orange to ask residents for $1M loan for water tower
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
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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Local bulletin: Greenfield's Gianna Conte named MASCAC Pitcher of the Week at Westfield State
Westfield State University’s Gianna Conte was dealing in the circle this past week.Conte, a Greenfield High School alum, made six pitching appearances for the Owls on a spring trip in Naples, Fla., finishing up with a 3-1 record. Conte had a 3.55 ERA...
Opinion
My Turn: Solving humanity’s shared climate crisis
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...
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
Cultivating curiosity in the great outdoors: Grower of native plants creates curriculum for school children
We celebrate today’s Spring Equinox with Colrain resident Jocelyn Demuth, who designs curricula to encourage Massachusetts children to improve environmental health.Through her “Five hundred Yard Field Trip” website, Demuth provides teachers with free...
Obituaries
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.
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
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
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