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By BELLA LEVAVI

With an eye toward increasing climate resilience and reducing public safety risk, preliminary design studies to examine the removal of three dams in Franklin County and the North Quabbin region are being backed by funding from the state Department of...

By THE REV. CANDI ASHENDEN

We are now right in the middle of the Advent season and also in the middle of the frenzied holiday rush. We are trying desperately to find the joy in the season as we shop for gifts, or help others out, or begin to consider baking special treats, or...

ATHOL — The Athol Bird and Nature Club’s 2024 calendar, filled with nature notes, trivia questions and photos of local birds, animals and plants, is now available.The “Birds and Nature of the North Quabbin” 2024 calendar focuses on the beauty of the...

I don’t often agree with columnist Jon Huer. I have to agree his recent column was spot on [“Pictures without words,” Recorder, Dec. 2]. Without dialogue one does not know what the image is trying to say. An image can conjure up a multitude of...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — An Athol man will remain free another week before serving time in county jail after pleading guilty to eight charges stemming from a domestic incident involving a firearm on April 30, 2022.Timothy Chandler, 37, had his sentence stayed...

By MAX BOWEN

A handful of Franklin County and North Quabbin organizations were among the recipients in the latest round of workforce development planning grants from the state, including an Athol-based organization aiming to develop a program to train those who...

By DOMENIC POLI

Heather Taylor knows how it feels to be a child waking up to zero gifts on Christmas morning.The 38-year-old Athol resident grew up in Spencer, in a household with parents “who chose their addiction over buying presents for me, or my brother or my...

Thanks to the Department of Public Works for the great job on replacing old pieces of sidewalk on Orange Street. Under the crunch of Halloween and winter, the men worked hard and cleaned up afterwards leaving a safe, and level surface to use. Thanks...

It seems quite remarkable that a government may allow the life of an unborn to be arbitrarily terminated and disallows an adult to consciously and knowingly choose to end one’s suffering and very existence. Instead, an adult who would choose to...

By BELLA LEVAVI

ATHOL — Five people were transported to Athol Hospital with minor injuries on Friday night after a tractor involved in hayrides crashed near Silver Lake.Athol Police and Fire departments were dispatched to the crash at around 7:45 p.m., according to a...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A group of North Quabbin women have worked their fingers to the bone to help the Ukrainian people stand up for their country.The Dragonfly Sock Knitters joined forces with a Pennsylvania knitting group to craft about 190 pairs of wool socks...

I recently read the letter to the editor trying to make the people of Athol feel guilty for voting down the hiring of eight new firemen and would like to provide the information that was left out [“Second thoughts on firefighters,” Athol Daily News,...

By JULIAN MENDOZA, BELLA LEVAVI, MARY BYRNE and MAX BOWEN

Gill Elementary School and Petersham Center School have emerged as two of the state’s 66 strongest-performing schools relative to MCAS test taking, while 10 others in Franklin County and the North Quabbin region have been classified as “requiring...

By MITCHELL R. GROSKY

Although certain Americans who receive their daily news from television and social media may not realize it, President Joe Biden has already accomplished an incredible amount in his two-plus years in office. These accomplishments are of great...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — The Springfield man accused of shooting a man in Turners Falls and fleeing the scene last month has been denied a reduced bail and will remain held as dangerous until around Dec. 25, when his $100,000 bail will go into effect.Gil Viera,...

By MAX BOWEN

ATHOL — The state Department of Fire Services has identified the woman who died in the Sept. 7 house fire at 92 Fern St. as 62-year-old Jacqueline M. Doherty.Doherty was described by Town Manager Shaun Suhoski as a beloved member of the community who...

For years now, Our Lady Immaculate Catholic Church at 192 School St. in Athol is in the habit of ringing their church bells on an hourly basis daily. This bell rings 85 times daily corresponding to each hour of the day from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. In...

As a voter and resident of Athol now of six years, I can’t believe how busy a small town is. Sirens multiple times a day. Police, fire, ambulance.On July 31, Athol had a special town vote on hiring more firefighters. The people spoke. It was turned...

By DOMENIC POLI

ATHOL — The three-alarm fire that killed a woman at 92 Fern St. on Thursday morning was likely accidental and originated at a gas stove in the kitchen, according to the state Department of Fire Services.When reached Friday, Jake Wark, a spokesperson...