The Municipal Decarbonization Task Force and Town Energy Committee held a joint meeting to review the town's clean-energy efforts, including delays to a solar panel installation and a heat pump system ...

The Athol-Royalston School District is implementing new initiatives linked to the Vision of a Massachusetts Graduate, a statewide effort to develop "thinkers, contributors, and leaders" in students, ...

According to data from the Communities That Care Coalition’s Prevention Needs Assessment Survey, schools that have ...

After spending most of the past two weeks traveling and bird hunting in Nova Scotia and New York, the vagabond and his dogs have returned to Orange. It was a most enjoyable getaway and the dogs ...

High school students in Massachusetts could need to pass tests tied to specific coursework in order to graduate, under new draft regulations being considered by state officials — a year after voters ...

Just days after the Six Town Regionalization Planning Board voted to postpone the Special Town Meeting votes and Montague ...

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Newly-released data from Coalition that Cares' Prevention Needs Assessmentshows that while youth tobacco, alcohol and drug use dipped this year, students from Franklin County and the North Quabbin ...

The state Senate has passed a bill that would mandate menstrual product manufacturers to disclose the ingredients used in their products, an effort sparked years ago by three eighth graders appalled ...

Nancy Allen was charged with permitting injury to an elderly or disabled person after she allegedly allowed her then-boyfriend, Charles Crowley III, to remain on the floor for two and a half days ...

Theresa "Tre" Battaini Belchertown, MA - Theresa "Tre" Battaini passed away on October 19, 2025 and left an indelible mark on the world and the hearts of those who loved her. The daughter of Edm ...