Scientist to speak at Fisher Museum for lecture series PETERSHAM—All are welcome to join pre-eminent ecologist, Dr., Michelle Mack, at the Harvard Forest Fisher Museum as she presents a public talk, ...

Across Franklin County, neighborliness will be front and center as several organizations celebrate Good Neighbor Day before and after the state-designated holiday on Monday, Sept. 28, which is ...

With the state preparing for a rare reexamination of how it pays for public education, state Sen. Jo Comerford is calling on residents and officials to make their voices heard while pushing for ...

A European paper wasp visits the flowers and seed pods of a wild parsnip. Credit: BILL DANIELSON / For the Recorder Sign up for the Athol Daily News' morning newsletter and get essential news each day ...

Athol, MA – Doris Janet (McCarthy) Steinbach was born in Albany, New York May 12, 1930, to Bess and James McCarthy. Doris grew up as a Roman Catholic in St. Anne’s Parish in the “South End”, ” ...

In December of 2013, during my second visit to Florida that year, I saw this beautiful Roseate Spoonbill while I was standing on the boardwalk at the Wakodahatchee Wetlands. Credit: CONTRIBUTED / Bill ...

Athol Orange Rotary Club President Bill Kessler and Cesar Uribe, a call firefighter and son of the owner of Los Agaves, load equipment into a fire truck, which has been shipped to the town of Ayutla ...

GREENFIELD — As the 30th annual Source to Sea Cleanup approaches, organizers say more than 120 volunteer groups have already signed up to participate in the cleanup of the Connecticut River and its ...

BOSTON — Less than a week after signing the new state budget, Gov. Maura Healey filed a supplemental budget on Wednesday seeking an extra $100 million for public schools. Her announcement comes amid a ...

BOSTON — Without signals that legislative negotiators are close to agreement on a long-debated energy affordability bill and as some Bay State households get ready to turn the heat back on, Gov. Maura ...

AMHERST — More than 1,200 acres of forestland throughout the region, including over 200 acres in Pelham, Westhampton and Williamsburg, are being donated to the Kestrel and Mount Grace land trusts for ...

Valley Medical Group, a Greenfield-based, multi-specialty medical group with four health centers across the Pioneer Valley, has laid off 41 employees, citing financial strains that have been years in ...