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By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey visited Athol High School Thursday, where she toured manufacturing and robotics classrooms associated with the school’s Innovation Career Pathways Program as part of an announcement of a new statewide investment.

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — The Friends of the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Regional Dog Shelter will come before Deerfield’s regulatory boards in the coming weeks, as the nonprofit seeks to construct an 8,000-square-foot shelter on a 13.4-acre parcel of land off Plain Road East.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Planning and Development Director Eric Smith and John O’Leary of the Central Mass Regional Planning Commission updated the Selectboard on infrastructure improvements along Lumber and Canal streets.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Planning and Development Director Eric Smith is urging residents, frequent visitors, and out-of-towners who are employed in Athol to complete the online Downtown Athol Restaurant Survey in time for the March 1 deadline.

By ELLA ADAMS

The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education voted unanimously Tuesday to put its proposed competency determination regulations out for public comment, and solicit comment about a second potential pathway to graduation that could still feature use of the MCAS exams.

PETERSHAM—Petersham Memorial Library will host Dr. Cynthia Crosson’s course Introduction to Handwriting Analysis from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on four consecutive Tuesdays: Feb. 25, March 4, March 11 and March 18. Registration is required by telephoning 978.724.3405.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Town Manager Shaun Suhoski told the Selectboard at its meeting on Feb. 18 that there appear to be bumps in the road on the way to a balanced budget.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

State and local officials joined members of the public in expressing concern for river quality and habitat for wildlife, among other considerations, during a hearing Wednesday on a draft decision approving a water quality certification for FirstLight Hydro Generating Co.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — Paula Betters, director of the Erving Senior & Community Center, is taking the next 142 days before her retirement on July 18 to put the cherry on top of her decade of work.

By SAMUEL GELINAS

AMHERST — Researchers at the University of Massachusetts flagship campus are anxiously awaiting a courtroom showdown in Boston on Friday that may determine whether the Trump administration can follow through on its plan to slice National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding.

By CHRIS LISINSKI

The Healey administration moved to overhaul the way vocational and technical schools admit students after years of criticism that the system excludes applicants from certain backgrounds, but some advocates who sought the changes are concerned the proposal will lead to “the same discriminatory selection pattern.”

By EMILEE KLEIN and MADISON SCHOFIELD

Brunch restaurant Jake’s in Northampton is scrambling for eggs.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – As of Wednesday, Athol’s public works crews were still at it, cleaning up from the multifaceted storm that struck the region last weekend.

ATHOL – For the fourth consecutive year, Sheriff Lew Evangelidis and Worcester County Sheriff’s Office staff celebrated the nationally recognized Random Acts of Kindness Week.

By CHRIS LARABEE

A decision on the longstanding practice of stocking trout in the upper Deerfield River will come before the state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife next week, following a request from Franklin County-based anglers.

By AMANDA SEITZ and KEVIN FREKING

WASHINGTON — Republicans are weighing billions of dollars in cuts to Medicaid, threatening health care coverage for some of the 80 million U.S. adults and children enrolled in the safety net program.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Dave Small, best known as president of the Athol Bird & Nature Club, has been chosen as the new director of conservation for the Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust.

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — The citizens group that formed in 2023 in opposition to a now-withdrawn proposal for a 105-megawatt battery storage facility has started a crowdfunding campaign to defray legal costs for the town, which is appealing the state attorney general’s rejection of a battery energy storage bylaw.

By HANNAH MORIN

Do you struggle to find books that truly reflect different cultures, identities, and experiences?

By MICHAEL P. NORTON

Private sector efforts to seek and support diverse, equitable, inclusive and accessible workplaces are not illegal, a coalition of state attorneys general said Thursday, and the federal government can’t prohibit such efforts in the private sector through executive order.