The Orange Economic Development & Industrial Corporation is seeking developers to purchase and redevelop the former Butterfield School, with the goal of creating sustainable tax revenues, supporting ...

In the “Letter from the Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King Jr. warned that the greatest obstacle toward true change is not ...

Franklin County has received $3.4 million in Community Development Block Grants to support infrastructure upgrades, housing ...

The capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro at the beginning of the month has, in many ways, raised more questions than answers, according to local experts on the region who recently gathered at a ...

The Athol Cultural Council recently awarded a total of $16,400 of funding to several local organizations to support cultural, educational and artistic initiatives in the greater Athol community. The ...

Librarians across western Massachusetts are calling for an additional $1 million for public library aid in the state's fiscal ...

Tully River as it flows south into the Tully Reservoir as seen from Doane Hill Road in Royalston. GREG VINE / For the Athol Daily News ...

The Athol Public Works Department successfully cleared the town's roads after a 16-inch snowstorm, and residents are encouraged to help by keeping snow out of the roads and digging out fire hydrants ...

State Auditor Diana DiZoglio has released an audit of the Veterans Home at Holyoke and the Veterans Home at Chelsea, which ...

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston has awarded $2.12 million in grants and a $1.2 million loan to support the construction ...

Gov. Maura Healey has proposed a 4.4% increase in local aid for fiscal year 2027, a $1.2 billion road and bridge funding bill, and a $75 million bridge repair program to help cities and towns reopen ...