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By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Anyone with a cellphone in their pocket can likely be tracked — to the grocery store or the gym, to work or school, to religious services or health care appointments. With prolific data available on Bay Staters’ day-to-day lives, a bill seeks...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE – Selectboard members hope third time’s the charm in its town administrator search, as offers made to two previous finalists were rescinded for undisclosed reasons.The board voted unanimously in mid-April to offer the position to Kevin Flynn...

By DOMENIC POLI

By DOMENIC POLIStaff WriterORANGE – The town is scheduled to discuss Wednesday the contract a seasoned public service veteran has proposed as he vies to take the reins as interim town administrator for six months to a year.The Orange Selectboard...

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL – Dan Keller has said he will not seek re-election to the Selectboard in the 2023 election, but he never promised his name wouldn’t appear elsewhere on the ballot.The 20-year Selectboard veteran opted to retire from the three-member board, but...

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Though regional school districts could receive more money to pay for student transportation than they’ve gotten in years through Gov. Maura Healey’s fiscal year 2024 budget proposal, the Massachusetts Association of School Committees is still...

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — After a federal judge in Texas suspended FDA approval of abortion pill mifepristone, Gov. Maura Healey issued an executive order on Monday that is meant to clarify that a state law passed last year to protect abortion access from out-of-state...

By COLIN A. YOUNG

BOSTON — From fish being reeled in by anglers in Taunton to the drinking water at an elementary school in New Salem, so-called forever chemicals known as PFAS are everywhere, the questions and comments from lawmakers from various corners of...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE – Tensions were high at Wednesday’s Selectboard meeting, as the clerk walked out after being denied the vice chair position and accusing the board of colluding against her.Following a local election, it’s tradition for the Selectboard to hold a...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE – The 2023 annual Town Meeting will be called to order by Matthew Fortier.The town’s health agent ran uncontested for moderator and won with 164 votes in Monday’s election. He replaces Christopher Woodcock, who decided not to seek re-election...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — What’s the first step in dealing with an overflowing bathtub?That’s the question MASSPIRG legislative director Deirdre Cummings asks to make her pitch for a sweeping new bill aimed at wrangling the presence of PFAS chemicals in food...

By COLIN A. YOUNG

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey, who made gun laws a central part of her eight years as attorney general, said Thursday that so-called ghost guns should be banned and that she would support legislation to do that in Massachusetts.Untraceable ghost guns can...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL—A preliminary version of the FY24 school budget shows a focus on curriculum improvements to all grade levels, as well as a look ahead. Superintendent Matt Ehrenworth and Business Manager Leah Jack met with the Finance and Warrant Advisory...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — When annual Town Meeting convenes in June it will mark the first time in 35 years Christopher Woodcock hasn’t called the session to order.The lifelong Orange resident has opted not to run for another term as the town’s moderator, ending a...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – The old downtown fire station was on the Selectboard’s minds at the Jan. 3 meeting, when Town Manager Shaun Suhoski asked members to weigh potential options for the future of the aging structure.“The old firehouse downtown is continuing to...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL — While the town is months away from voting on a proposed operational budget, Athol Royalston Regional School District Superintendent Matt Ehrenworth met with officials who will weigh in on his portion of the spending plan. Ehrenworth met with...