Attorney General Andrea Campbell and 22 other AGs have filed a lawsuit against the USDA, alleging that the agency is ...

At a Harm Reduction Summit at Greenfield Community College, health care professionals, addiction specialists and people with lived experience discussed strategies to reduce the negative consequences ...

He once claimed he could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and get away with it. He said he could grab women by the genitals and ...

The Athol Public Library hosted its second Zombie Barbies event on Oct. 22, giving local teens a chance to tap into their creativity by transforming dolls into undead creations using paint, glue and ...

In the ongoing matter of a sober house at 217 Spring St., the Zoning Board of Appeals has denied a request for reasonable accommodation by property owner James Parmenter. At the board’s Oct. 29 ...

Barbara Ferron, 73, of Athol, passed away at home in the loving care of her family on September 30th. Barbara was a kind and generous spirit, whose primary joy in life wa ...

LaMar Cook, the deputy director of Gov. Maura Healey’s western Massachusetts office and a former director of Hotel UMass, was arrested Tuesday on charges of cocaine trafficking after police seized 8 ...

The Community Food Pantry at Athol High School has seen an increase in clients due to the ongoing federal government shutdown, which could result in the loss of SNAP benefits for 42 million Americans, ...

Fisher Hill Elementary School in Orange has installed a solar array, battery energy storage system, and outdoor classroom, funded by grants from the Green Communities program, MVP program, and ...

Bar-Way Farm in Deerfield was named the 2025 Massachusetts Dairy Farm of the Year for its quality milk production, pasture and herd management, and sustainable environmental practices, including an ...

At a Special Town Meeting, Orange residents ratified a decision made eight years ago to increase Selectboard membership from three to five, and also approved an article to move the Annual Town Meeting ...

After Massachusetts voters opted to toss out the MCAS test as a graduation requirement during last November's election, 43 teachers, administrators and parents from across the region met on Zoom ...