Massachusetts is accelerating the push for solar energy by introducing new regulations for large-scale solar arrays, which ...

If I’d known how fulfilling grandchildren were, I’d have skipped having children. It’s meant to capture the sweetness of grandparenting — the joy without the grind. But thousands of grandparents in ...

Ronald Mitchell III, 35, of Athol, at right, with his attorney John Godleski in Franklin County Superior Court on Thursday. Credit: ANTHONY CAMMALLERI / Staff Photo GREENFIELD — Judge Jane Mulqueen ...

Fresh racers have entered the track to challenge several incumbents in Orange’s March 2 annual Town Election. What a welcome show of determination to lead the town onward and upward! Ann Reed Orange ...

The Selectboard has voted to draft a Home Rule Petition to seek five additional beer and wine licenses, which, if approved, would go to the state Legislature for consideration.

State health plan overseers under pressure to tame spiraling health care costs delayed a vote on controversial benefit changes — particularly eliminating coverage for GLP-1 drugs for weight loss — in ...

Members of Franklin County snowmobile clubs are supporting the $2.9 billion environmental bond bill, which would provide funding for the state Department of Conservation and Recreation to maintain ...

Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell says her office has warded off federal threats to billions of dollars in funding for Massachusetts, and she’s asking for more state support given the battles ahead ...

Years ago, I was driving over La Veta Pass in southern Colorado, a lovely stretch that divides the eastern plains from the Sangre de Cristo (Blood of Christ) Mountain range that extends down into New ...

Max Bowen is the editor of the Athol Daily News, and can be reached at [email protected] and 413-930-4074. He’s ...

As an early childhood consultant, I have the privilege of visiting and working with a wide variety of early childhood programs in both Franklin and Hampshire counties, as well as the North Quabbin ...