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 ...

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

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

It’s a fallacy to say that young people are only into new things. Despite push back from the Vatican against traditional Catholics in recent years, young people in particular are leading a movement to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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, ...

A community planning meeting is scheduled for Oct. 29 at Athol Public Library to discuss potential improvements to Fish Park, including ADA-compliant pathways, play areas for children of all abilities ...

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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 ...