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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In this space it was previously noted that a number of hunting seasons were starting in September with the Early Goose Season kicking things off on the first day of the month and closing today. The ...

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 ...

BOSTON — The disgraced former aide to Gov. Maura Healey facing drug charges for allegedly running a cocaine trafficking ring out of the governor’s western Massachusetts office appeared in Hampden ...

After the announcement of the results of the MassWildlife Antlerless Deer Permit allocation process, it was obvious that things have changed. Due to the increase in deer numbers in many of the state’s ...

ATHOL – Two bills to increase the number of all-alcohol and beer and wine licenses available to local businesses are now before the legislature, according to Town Manager Shaun Suhoski. At the Select ...