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By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Representatives of Howard Stein Hudson Engineering met with Athol’s Open Space and Recreation Commission last week to go over what will be in the designs of the Rabbit Run Rail Trail’s first phase.This phase calls for about a mile of trail...

By Carla CharterA mystery of a sudden population spike in Wendell from 1847 to 1850 has led to the rediscovery of railroad laborer camps housing a majority of Irish immigrant workers during the construction of the Vermont and Massachusetts Railroad in...

By Carla CharterA roundhouse once used by the Rabbit Run Railroad is currently being renovated off of South Athol Road. The route of the Rabbit Run Railroad ran through Athol, Petersham and New Salem, as well as the lost Quabbin towns of Dana,...