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By MADDIE FABIAN

WASHINGTON — After a historic week in Washington, D.C. involving a near government shutdown and the ouster of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, both western Massachusetts representatives in the U.S. House criticized the former speaker and the Republican...

By GREG VINE

PETERSHAM — Shawn Hayden, vice president of the Gardner Athol Area Mental Health Association (GAAMHA), met with Petersham officials to address concerns with a sobriety home that the organization opened on the grounds of the Quabbin Retreat in May.The...

By MAX BOWEN

ATHOL — Third time may be the charm for Bruce Chester as he seeks the Republican nomination in a race for Anne Gobi’s former Senate seat.Chester, a resident of Gardner, will face off against state Rep. Peter Durant, R-Spencer, in the Oct. 10 primary...

By MAX BOWEN

ATHOL — After many years in both local and state politics, Peter Durant is eyeing the Senate seat last held by Anne Gobi.Durant said he’s running for the seat with the goal of bringing back “common sense” to Beacon Hill, as well as more effectively...

By GREG VINE

GARDNER – A Special Election has been scheduled to fill the state Senate seat left vacant by the departure of former Sen. Anne Gobi, who left to take a post in the Healey-Driscoll administration. State Rep. Peter Durant of Spencer and Gardner resident...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — Lawmakers have given no indication they are any closer to compromise on the tax relief they promised more than a year ago, and they continue to be buffeted by competing affordability crosswinds.Beacon Hill received another pair of pitches in...

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON — Advocates for decriminalizing psychedelic drugs are hoping to get traction on Beacon Hill and in Massachusetts cities and towns this year, though they are taking different approaches to changing the law.Grassroots coalition Bay Staters for...

By Max Bowen

ATHOL—A house fire on Froman Street left the home uninhabitable, but efforts by fire crews allowed occupants to claim some personal possessions.According to Athol Deputy Fire Chief Jeff Parker, the fire at 61 Froman St. was reported at 3:20 a.m. on...

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 MAX BOWEN

ATHOL — Olivia Paras got to see one of her favorite shows from a different angle when she joined HGTV’s “House Hunters.”The episode, “Family Basecamp in Massachusetts,” aired on May 17, and Paras, who works as a realtor at LAER Realty Partners in...

By SAM DRYSDALE

BOSTON—With the House once again pushing to legalize online Massachusetts Lottery sales and Gov. Maura Healey signaling that she supports the move, the pressure is on the Senate –where the measure has died in the past – to decide this session if they...

By Sam Drysdale

BOSTON — This Earth Week, the Healey administration is revamping what it calls the state’s “flagship climate resilience program” by planning to help 30 cities and towns upgrade their climate resiliency plans through an equity lens.The Municipal...

CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — Bishnu Tamang’s home in Massachusetts has always been infested with cockroaches.After immigrating years earlier from Nepal, Tamang moved to a public housing apartment in Brookline in 2015 with her four-year-old son, where she found not only...

By Sydney Ko

Western Massachusetts will have ample representation on a new legislative committee focused on agriculture.Sens. Anne Gobi, D-Spencer, and Jo Comerford, D-Northampton, were named Senate chair and vice chair, respectively, of the new Agriculture...

With temperatures expected to drop into the negative digits on Friday and Saturday, Baystate Hospital and the Mass State Fire Marshal have issued warnings and advice for how to cope with the cold.Cold weather can be hazardous and result in frostbite,...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

Massachusetts could become the third state in the country to decriminalize the use of several psychedelic plant-based substances, such as psilocybin mushrooms, should state lawmakers approve bills recently introduced in the Senate and House.The bills...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – When asked what the North Quabbin real estate market will do in 2023, Hometown Realtors owner Sara Lyman believes prices will decrease, though not by much.“When you follow the economists and you look at what’s happening right now in January,...