Athol voters give green light to $1.3M capital plan

06-12-2025 10:19 AM

ATHOL –A total of 166 voters completed the 49-article Town Meeting warrant in just under two hours Monday night.


Former Athol Selectboard member recognized for years of volunteer work

06-12-2025 10:19 AM

ATHOL – The Margaret Grazis Citizen of the Year Award was first awarded in 1995, and in any year since then, Selectboard member Brian Doge said the 2025 recipient could easily have been honored.


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Thomas Newton: Good for the goose but not for the gander
06-13-2025 9:04 AM

It seems as though the person currently in charge of our military finds that it is necessary for him to send troops into California. It’s the right thing to do, he says. Let’s put the shoe on the other foot — when hundreds of of people were violently breaking down the doors to the U.S. Capitol, injuring 174 police and within 36 hours, five people died. Where was this head of our military man? Even at the pleas of his closest advisors and family members he was just taking in the action of his “patriots ” on television. This not a person to be in charge of our country nor anything else. His head will swell June 14 at the big parade. Look Mr. Putin, look Kim Jong-un, I have a bigger better parade than you.

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10:45 a.m. - Report of a party going through a company’s mail. Made contact with the male party who stated he was checking for his own mail. Male party was located in his Mercedes in the back of the building. Party left the property shortly after.

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‘Meant to only last the summer’: Amherst artist’s wheatpaste murals among those now decorating Montague
06-13-2025 10:12 AM

Earlier this year, three Massachusetts artists were chosen to create six wheatpaste murals total to decorate the town of Montague, a public art project funded by a $15,000 grant. The most local of the three – graphic designer and illustrator Sophie Foulkes – recently installed her murals at Montague Town Hall and 20 Masonic St. in Montague.

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Jane (Evashousky) Soderman ATHOL, MA - Jane Evashousky "Ersey" Soderman Jane Evashousky "Ersey" Soderman, 90, passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on Saturday afternoon, May 17, 2025 at Alliance Health at Baldwinville Nursi... remainder of obit for Jane Soderman

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Monica S. (Calluzzo) Bond ATHOL, MA - In Loving Memory of Monica Sophia Calluzzo Bond A force of love, grace, and resilience, Monica passed away peacefully, reunited at last with the love of her life, John. Their love story - one of loy... remainder of obit for Monica S. Bond

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ATHOL, MA - Jane Evashousky "Ersey" Soderman, 90, passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, on Saturday afternoon, May 17, 2025 at Alliance Health at Baldwinville Nursing Home in Templeton, Ma. She was born to Paul "Paulie" and... remainder of obit for Jane Soderman

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Adrian D. (Strong) Johnson PETERSHAM, MA - Adrian Johnson (90) of Petersham, passed away peacefully Saturday June 7th, listening to George Harrison, surrounded and held by her family after a battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Born on Febr... remainder of obit for Adrian D. Johnson

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