Rachel’s Table acquired a dedicated gleaning vehicle funded by grants and donations to expand its ability to recover and distribute surplus produce from local farms to communities facing food ...

Campbell Ironworks crews worked with Oxbow Design Build and Greenfield Community College staff on Wednesday to lift a shipping container turned weatherization lab into place behind the East Building.

Athol, MA – It is with deep sorrow that we announce the peaceful passing of Anita Paulin-Pinard on July 20, 2026. Born on 03/03/1937 in Athol, Massachusetts to parents Jochim and Georgine Paulin, ...

A partial demolition of a building at 339 Main St. in Athol was completed last week following reports of a wall bowing and bricks falling. Owned by Woodland Realty Trust, the structure formerly housed ...

Kyla St. Louis of Ky’s Krafts poses next to her vendor booth at the Red Apple Farm’s Blueberry Jamboree on Sunday, July 19. HANNAH MORIN / For the Athol Daily News ...

Gov. Maura Healey speaks on a prop phone to singer-songwriter Noah Kahan in a press conference at the State House to promote her proposal to cap ticket resale prices. SAM DRYSDALE / State House News ...

Seth Kelly has been named the new CEO of the Athol Area YMCA. He has previously worked as grants administrator at the YMCA and community conservation program manager with the Mount Grace Land Trust.

Select Board and Athol Royalston School Committee member Mitch Grosky reads a portion of the Declaration of Independence at a ceremony recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration’s signing.

Residents of Franklin and Hampshire counties voiced longstanding frustrations with the state’s payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) program during a listening session on Thursday night. The Commission on ...

BOSTON — Less than a week after signing the new state budget, Gov. Maura Healey filed a supplemental budget on Wednesday seeking an extra $100 million for public schools. Her announcement comes amid a ...

GRANBY — The smoke blown in from the Canadian wildfires cleared just in time for local farmers and state officials to celebrate a significant milestone in the popular nutrition incentive program known ...

WINCHENDON – The Beals Memorial Library is seeking poets to submit one original, unpublished poem for the seventh annual Beals Prize for Poetry competition. Ten poets will be selected by a panel of ...