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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Athol Public Library and Hero Shack Press hosted the return of Comic Book Fest, featuring 20 local and independent artists, authors, and vendors, as well as activities for all ages, including a ...

Seth Moulton, a 46-year-old Congressman from Salem, has announced his candidacy for U.S. Senate, challenging 79-year-old Ed Markey in the Democratic primary and arguing that Massachusetts needs a ...

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, ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...