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By GREG VINE

ATHOL –A total of 166 voters completed the 49-article Town Meeting warrant in just under two hours Monday night.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Voters will be asked to decide on 49 articles when they gather for Athol’s Annual Town Meeting Monday. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in Memorial Hall at Town Hall.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Lee Gershon, a member of the Town Energy Committee and the Decarbonization Task Force, tried unsuccessfully to convince the Capital Program Committee to recommend the purchase of an electric vehicle for use by North Quabbin Animal Control.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – The Capital Program Committee (CPC) Wednesday night began its annual series of meetings with department heads to consider capital spending priorities for the approaching fiscal year.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Members of the Energy Committee met Tuesday afternoon with Paul DeMaria and Joseph Duquette, representatives of Worcester-based Commonwealth Electrical Technologies, to discuss the installation of new electric vehicle charging stations.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – After some brief delays, the Energy Committee will celebrate the installation of two new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in town.A “plug-in ceremony” is planned for 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 19. The devices installed in the parking...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – The town has taken receipt of its first electric vehicles (EVs).One of the vehicles is assigned to the Public Works Department’s water division, the other to the sewer division. DPW Assistant Director Paul Raskevitz said the purchase of the...

By MAX BOWEN

PHILLIPSTON – Four Rhode Island residents have been charged in U.S. District Court in Providence for the theft of dozens of vehicles, including 11 dirt bikes stolen from a dealership in Phillipston, according to U.S. Attorney Zachary A. Cunha.The...

Staff Report

GARDNER – Mount Wachusett Community College (MWCC) is one of 65 educational institutions to receive Skills Capital Grants to upgrade technology and instructional spaces to expand career programs for young people and adults.The $425,000 grant will...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – The town’s Capital Program Committee last Thursday managed to trim departmental requests for just over $1.6 million in capital expenditures down to $824,000—the amount available in the FY25 capital budget.The Police Department got everything...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – A proposal from the town’s Public Works Department to purchase two all-electric vehicles (EVs) was met with some skepticism at last week’s Capital Program Committee meeting as it begins a review of FY25 capital expenditure requests from...

By EMILEE KLEIN

The influential lobby group Mothers Out Front took aim at the natural gas industry this week, using its monthly climate action call to encourage people to push for a future without gas.Each month, the statewide group with local chapters in Pioneer...