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Athol ‘scarf bombing’ returns this Sunday
01-10-2025 9:00 AM

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Now in its 10th year, the annual ‘scarf bombing,’ which helps those in need through the winter months, will return this weekend.

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‘Scarf bombing’ gives away more than 400 donated hats and scarves
01-13-2025 3:01 PM

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Volunteers spread out around downtown Athol Sunday to adorn parking meters, signs, trees and railings with scarves, mittens, gloves and warm socks for the annual “scarf bombing.”


Officials make pitch for $100 million fund to make Connecticut River watershed more resilient
11-13-2024 2:30 PM

By SCOTT MERZBACH

NORTHAMPTON — A $100 million fund to support the health and resilience of the Connecticut River watershed, including money that would go toward improving aging flood controls and dikes and upgrading water and sewer systems, is being sought by area...


Survey shows seven-year peak in student bullying in Franklin County, North Quabbin
10-27-2024 11:00 AM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

This article is the last installment in a four-part series exploring the results of the Communities That Care Coalition’s 2024 Student Health Survey. The Communities That Care Coalition is co-hosted by the Franklin Regional Council of Governments...


Survey shows teen screen use, on the rise since 2007, dips from 2021 peak
10-25-2024 5:00 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

This article is the third in a four-part series exploring the results of the Communities That Care Coalition’s 2024 Student Health Survey. The Communities That Care Coalition is co-hosted by the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) and...


Communities That Care Coalition survey shows decrease in youth self-harm, suicidal planning
10-22-2024 1:18 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

This article is the second in a four-part series exploring the results of the Communities That Care Coalition’s 2024 Student Health Survey. The Communities That Care Coalition is co-hosted by the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) and...


Survey shows drop in youth drug, alcohol use in Franklin County, North Quabbin
10-20-2024 1:36 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

This article is the first in a four-part series diving into the results of the Communities That Care Coalition’s 2024 Student Health Survey. The Communities That Care Coalition is co-hosted by the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG) and...


Western Mass farmers battle ‘pumpkin plague’
09-30-2024 3:50 PM

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

With the start of October right around the corner, some squash and pumpkin farmers in the Pioneer Valley and North Quabbin are bearing the burden of Phytophthora capsici — a soil-based disease described by one farmer as being “like the plague” for...


First feature-length film by Haydenville director will highlight five Franklin County towns
09-29-2024 8:58 AM

By CHRIS LARABEE

WHATELY — The Whately Diner and Shelburne Falls’ Iron Bridge will soon return to the silver screen — alongside the debut of other Franklin County locations — as a local director prepares to begin filming his first feature-length...


Farmers grateful for more typical growing season after 2023 floods devastated fields
07-18-2024 1:10 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

After a frantic emergency response to save animals and equipment on July 10, 2023, David Fisher and Maggie Toran assessed their farm field as memories of Hurricane Irene came flooding back.At their horse-powered, community-supported agriculture (CSA)...


Franklin County exploring changes to town accountant positions
01-19-2024 4:39 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

Seven towns around Franklin County are re-examining their town accountant positions due to a change in policies with the current software system contracted through the Franklin Regional Council of Governments (FRCOG).For nearly 20 years, FRCOG has...


Downtown Athol to be covered in scarves, hats for annual “scarf bombing”
01-03-2024 4:02 PM

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – For a decade or more, Ann Willhite, owner of Deja Vu Women’s Consignment in Athol, has been doing her part to ensure that local residents in need of some warmth during the winter have access to a little comfort, and this year will be no...


Farmers applaud state, private donors for support through Farm Resiliency Fund
09-26-2023 4:00 PM

By CHRIS LARABEE

With $10,000 donations already sent to hundreds of farms around western and central Massachusetts, farmers have praised the joint efforts of the state and private donors for supporting the Farm Resiliency Fund.The initial round of funding went out on...


Slim pickings: Farmers face smaller pick-your-own apple crop following May frost
09-17-2023 6:00 PM

By JAMES PENTLAND

Picking apples is one of the rites of fall, with crisp, sunny mornings beckoning families out to the orchard to help gather in the season’s brilliant red and green bounty.This year, though, pick-your-own opportunities will be limited because so much...


Senate President Spilka stops at Hatfield farm to announce creation of $20M fund to help beleaguered farmers
07-25-2023 5:00 PM

By JAMES PENTLAND

HATFIELD — Farmers who lost crops to this month’s floods, the February freeze and May frost will be able to seek compensation from a new $20 million fund announced Monday by Senate President Karen Spilka.“We have added $20 million to the supplemental...


With climate education, Hitchcock Center looks to help children envision ideal world
01-19-2023 11:46 PM

By JULIAN MENDOZA

WHATELY — While winter’s warmest days remind us that our climate’s future could be bleak, the future generation reminds us that it may not have to be.Stephanie Apanell’s fourth grade class at Whately Elementary School joined forces with Amherst’s...


A Page from North Quabbin History: The Raymond and Estabrook Ledger
01-18-2023 2:37 PM

By Carla CharterA ledger donated to the Royalston Historical Society has opened a window to the hat-making industry in the town in the 1800s. “Hatmaking was a huge industry in Massachusetts from the early 1800s to the 1930s,” said Kathy Morris,...


Some Franklin County flags don’t fly with vexillological association
01-11-2023 3:07 PM

By DOMENIC POLI

The designs of municipal flags in western Massachusetts generally did not fare well in a survey conducted late last year, but those associated with the towns made it clear they are proud of the banners they feel encapsulate their beloved homes.The...


Downtown (and Uptown) Athol scarfbombed
01-09-2023 3:10 PM

By GREG VINE

ATHOL — Motorists heading through downtown Athol Monday morning may have wondered what was going on as they spied signposts donned with scarves or parking meters topped with knit hats.No, it’s not part of some new winter public works initiative to...

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