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In Massachusetts, free community college stirs ‘hope and possibility’
Athol man gets 5 to 7 years for child rape
Sportsman’s Corner: Hunting, fishing and technology
Gov. Maura Healey signs emergency preamble to block effort to suspend gun law
Athol Police Logs Sept 1 to Sept 10, 2024
Commission faces year-end deadline for anti-poverty agenda
Air quality sensors come ‘at a very important time,’ officials say
Project Skydrop revealed as Boston meteorologist Dan Leonard
WENDELL— The treasure hunter who found the Project Skydrop treasure has been revealed.Dan Leonard, a Boston meteorologist, has come forward and named himself as the anonymous treasure hunter who found the gold statue in Wendell State Forest earlier...
Athol Comic Book Fest returns this Saturday
ATHOL – If you’re a fan of action, fantasy, adventure, comic books, or graphic novels – or all of the above – Athol Town Hall is the place to be this Saturday for the third annual Comic Book Fest.The event, organized by the Athol Public Library, will...
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Sports
Football: Frontier beats Commerce, Greenfield falls to Ware
The Frontier football team is officially in the win column. Taking on Commerce in Intercounty League South action, Kaiden James and Garrett Dredge found the end zone on the ground to lift the Redhawks to a 24-6 victory in South Deerfield...
High School Football: Mahar falls to Palmer 36-6
Football: Josiah Little runs for 200 yards as Franklin Tech defeats Athol, 34-12 (PHOTOS)
High Schools: Henley Gilstrap scores both goals as Greenfield field hockey downs North Brookfield
UMass Football: Minutemen take on NIU looking for first FBS win of their seasonOpinion
As I See It: Melania Trump’s nude photos — Art of pornography?
Melania Trump, our former first lady, has written a book about herself, and some commentaries came along about her past career, which included posing nude for men’s magazines.I saw her nude photos years ago and, other than that they belong to our...
Connecting the Dots: Tamping flames of division
Ed Lambert: Weakening academic standards will result in fewer job opportunities for Mass. students
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A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.
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Word search but as a strategy game. Clearing the board feels really good.
Align the letters in just the right way to spell a word. And then more words.
Police Logs
Athol Police Logs Aug. 26 to Aug. 29, 2024
Athol Police LogsAug. 26 - 29Monday, Aug. 2610:39 p.m. - Caller from Bearsden Road reporting suspicious vehicle that parks in the same spot every night and thinks they may be sleeping in the vehicle. Described as a brown or tan sedan. Party is just...
Athol Police Logs Aug. 14 to Aug. 22, 2024
Athol Police Logs: Aug. 4 to Aug. 12, 2024
Athol Police Logs: July 9 to July 17, 2024
Athol Police Logs: June 23 to July 4, 2024
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Arts & Life
Learn to hear music differently: Six week course in Montague focuses on ‘The Art of Makam’
Weathervane Community Arts (WCA), in partnership with the Montague Common Hall, will host an inaugural six-class series called “The Art of Makam,” where participants will learn the modal music system of makam, taught by Boston-based musician and...
Sounds Local: Father daughter punk duo release first album: Rocking Puppies will celebrate ‘Civilized Show-Off’ this Saturday at Hawks & Reed
‘Eating in Leverett’ for 250 years: New cookbook is a lasting memento of town’s major birthday
The sweet spot for sweet potatoes: A Greenfield family learned the secrets of spud-growing by trial and error
Speaking of Nature: Still going strong after summer: Common chicory a hot spot for pollen and nectar-seekersObituaries
Paul R. Sundstrom
Templeton, MA - Paul R. Sundstrom, 72, of Templeton, MA passed peacefully Monday, August 26, 2024 at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, MA. He was born in Gardner, MA on March 8, 1952, a son of the late Rudolph R. Sund... remainder of obit for Paul R. Sundstrom
June I. Lawson
ORANGE, MA - June Lawson was born in Orange November 11, 1925, to Fred and Isabel Noyes Lawson. She was a 1943 graduate of Orange High School. She lived in the Boston, Newton area for 18 years and she worked 12 years at the Jenney G... remainder of obit for June I. Lawson
Damien Marble
Orange, MA - Private Damien Myles Marble, age 20 of Orange, MA unexpectedly left us on Friday, September 20, 2024. Damien was born on January 9, 2004, at Heywood Hospital in Gardner, MA.; to Elizabeth MacAdam (Marble) and Robert Dykema... remainder of obit for Damien Marble
Gail M. Bachelder
Irvine, CA - Gail (Soucie) Bachelder, 81 of 22 Carnelian, Irvine, California, died at home on September 10, 2024. Raised in Athol, MA, she is the daughter of the late Norman and Jennie (Botti) Soucie. She married Philip I. Bachelder (a... remainder of obit for Gail M. Bachelder
