Max Bowen is the editor of the Athol Daily News, and can be reached at mbowen@atholdailynews.com and 413-930-4074. He’s ...

Baystate Health has laid off 117 corporate employees and closed its central warehouse in Holyoke in an effort to drive ...

The Aviation Maintenance Technology Program at Franklin County Technical School has received FAA certification, allowing ...

Reba-Jean Shaw-Pichette captured this photo of “bird whisperer, Piper Pichette in Deerfield. The bird bumped into my large picture window. Amazingly, they climbed into my hand when I went to make sure ...

Russ Raymond has launched a campaign for a seat on the Athol Selectboard, joining three other candidates in the upcoming Town ...

We’ve been reminded what winter can be. For the first time in a long while, we find ourselves bracing for the cold whenever we head outside. We’ve had weeks of nightly temperatures below freezing and ...

State health plan overseers under pressure to tame spiraling health care costs delayed a vote on controversial benefit changes — particularly eliminating coverage for GLP-1 drugs for weight loss — in ...

The 2D8T Steering Committee is considering models for busing students in the Mohawk Trail and Hawlemont regional school districts, with the majority of students having ride times of less than 30 ...

The Frontier fifth and sixth grade girls Suburban basketball team went undefeated over the weekend, winning three straight games. On Sunday, Frontier downed Amherst, 45-8, at Goodnow Gymnasium. Mia ...

The Massachusetts Community College Council has filed an unfair labor practice charge against the Board of Higher Education for altering labor negotiation practices, which the council believes is an ...

ATHOL – Town Manager Shaun Suhoski received glowing reviews in his last job evaluation from the town’s Selectboard at a recent meeting. Based on a grading system of one to five, with five being the ...

The traditional electric meters at thousands of Valley homes serviced by Eversource are in the process of being replaced with “smart meters” capable of tracking electricity use daily rather than ...