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By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The Selectboard voted unanimously last week to enter into a $3.6 million contract for the construction of a water tower at the Orange Industrial Park, after the pulp and paper company poised to benefit from the structure wired the town...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL — Multiple convenience store owners showed up for a public hearing Tuesday afternoon to express their opposition to a ban on the sale of nicotine pouches.New tobacco regulations under consideration by the town’s Board of Health would prohibit...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A Selectboard meeting on Wednesday grew heated after the vice chair expressed outrage over a perceived lack of communication relating to two upcoming Special Town Meeting warrant articles seeking to acquire land to build a water tower at the...

By GREG VINE

PHILLIPSTON – The Selectboard met with Templeton Police Officer Bill Chapman Wednesday night to discuss his interest in becoming the town’s next chief of police.Chapman was asked to meet with the board after its first choice, Templeton Police Officer...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING – A bid proposal by Tighe and Bond for the former International Paper Mill’s partial demolition was accepted unanimously during a joint Selectboard, Capital Planning Committee and Finance Committee meeting on Monday night.The base bid proposal...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

ERVING — The Historical Commission brought a proposed bylaw before the Selectboard this week that would, if passed, allow the commission to place a delay of up to a year on the demolition of historically relevant properties following a public hearing....

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — The Selectboard this week got a glimpse at four potential design plans for partial demolition and restoration of the International Paper Mill property.The $1.49 million property at 8 Papermill Road, which was seized by the town for back taxes...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ORANGE – The Selectboard meeting on Wednesday night saw a lengthy agenda, including an approved motion to create a new subcommittee for addressing dock issues at Lake Mattawa, a plan to dissolve the Armory Commission and a motion to assign Town...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE – Residents are encouraged to attend or tune in to Thursday’s Selectboard meeting to have their voices heard on the possibility of removing all funding from the town’s two libraries.Orange is in dire financial straits and Town Administrator...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE – Richard Sheridan, a longtime public servant whose Selectboard tenure ended in January, died unexpectedly of a massive heart attack on April 29. He was 78.Selectboard members on Wednesday held a moment of silence for their former colleague and...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Town officials are looking to include short-term rentals in the local zoning bylaws though without burdening people who rely on income from stays at their properties.  Walker Powell, the community development director, explained to...

By COLIN A. YOUNG

BOSTON—With peak season for respiratory illnesses like the flu and COVID-19 approaching, the Department of Public Health on Thursday launched a refreshed dashboard to track trends and provide the public with helpful information focused on COVID-19,...

By GREG VINE

ROYALSTON – Things look pretty different at Selectboard meetings these days.The meetings still take place in the dining hall at Town Hall, and Deb D’Amico and Rick Martin still show up for meetings. But for the first time in a dozen years, Chris Long...

By GREG VINE

ROYALSTON – Voters who thought there would only be one choice for the newest Selectboard member may be surprised to hear that they now have another option.Shelby Bronnes recently announced that she is running as a write-in candidate, mounting a...

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...