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Healey offering $2.5B higher ed infrastructure plan
Union: Faculty pay not keeping up with community college enrollment
Orange Police Logs: Dec. 31, 2024 to Jan. 10, 2025
North Quabbin Notes, Jan. 20
FRCOG named digital equity trailblazer
Athol Royalston recognizes Students of the Month
Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company
Outside report calls UMass protest breakup reasonable but raises questions
AMHERST — University of Massachusetts officials acted reasonably and prudently in breaking up pro-Gaza encampments on campus last spring, but different enforcement tactics might have cut down on the number of arrests, as well as reduced the fraying of trust between students, faculty and staff and the UMass administration, according to an independent review released last week.
Athol Royalston Superintendent outlines steps for new high school
ROYALSTON – Athol Royalston Regional School District Superintendent Matt Ehrenworth met with Royalston’s Selectboard on Jan. 14 to go over the initial steps involved in the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s approval process for a new high school.
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500 acres of Sunderland forestland returned to Nipmuc tribe by W.D. Cowls
Shelby Bronnes to step down from Royalston Selectboard
Athol Royalston Superintendent outlines steps for new high school
New Massachusetts license plate will spread overdose awareness message
Trump sworn in for 2nd term
Author to discuss King Phillip’s War at Winchendon Library
Editors Picks
Menagerie Jewelry opens in downtown Winchendon
Mass-Care’s ballot effort gives single-payer health care a boost
A loss due to fear: What a crackdown on immigration could mean for agriculture
Rolling Thunder chapter donates over $3,000 to Athol veterans organization
Sports
HS Roundup: Turners Falls swim continues strong season with pair of wins over Chicopee (PHOTOS)
TURNERS FALLS — It was another successful meet for the Turners Falls swim team on Tuesday.
Sophomore Marqui Worthy works into his role on UMass men’s basketball team
HS Roundup: Greenfield hockey falls to Oakmont, 3-1
Local Roundup: Franklin Tech wrestling goes 3-1 over weekend
Jaylen Curry leads UMass men’s basketball past La Salle, 82-60 (PHOTOS)
Opinion
Emily Greene: Time for all men to champion women
Thank you letter writer Karl Meyer for recognizing that women have been pushed aside for way too long, creating a society that does not value every human being [”Time for men to stand up for a just society,” Jan. 16]. Women are 50% or more of the world we live in and they deserve to be treated equally by men.
Eve Brown-Waite: Look for the helpers
Tom Tolg: One question
My Turn: No tax cuts for billionaires
Guest column: Privilege and loss in Pacific Palisades
Your Daily Puzzles
An approachable redesign to a classic. Explore our "hints."
A quick daily flip. Finally, someone cracked the code on digital jigsaw puzzles.
Chess but with chaos: Every day is a unique, wacky board.
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
Orange Police Logs, Nov. 14 - 18, 2024
ORANGE POLICE LOGSNovember 14 - 18Thursday, Nov. 1412:08 p.m. - Suspicious vehicle reported on New Athol Road. Reporting party advises a vehicle was driving off the road, it then parked in the back of the building when he is not supposed to park and...
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Arts & Life
Speaking of Nature: Reflected in a blue jay’s eye: A curious opportunity to try something a little artsy
Anyone who has ever dabbled in the art of photography will understand that you find yourself at the mercy of your environment. Of course, I am speaking of outdoor photography in this case. Studio photography is an entirely different organism because in that particular endeavor the art lies in manufacturing an environment. If you are outdoors, however, you have to find ways to make due with what you’ve got on any particular day.
A sweet treat for cookie monsters: These peanut butter oat bars made my mother happy in the last year of her life
Looky Here looks to the future: Greenfield’s ‘artist clubhouse’ finds small but mighty victories
He’s seen Bigfoot: Paranormal researcher Ronny Le Blanc to speak at Erving Public Library on Sunday, Jan. 19
Meet the Bohemians of Franklin County: Northampton author will speak about his new book on the history of Bohemians in Turners FallsObituaries
Timothy J. Young
Athol, MA - Timothy J. Young, 69, of Athol, died on January 18 ,2025, at Leominster Hospital, surrounded by loved ones, after a period of declining health. Born in Athol on May 12, 1955, he was the son of the late Charles F. and Mar... remainder of obit for Timothy J. Young
Theresa Barilone
Athol, MA - Theresa E. (Fortin) Barilone, beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister and auntie, passed away peacefully on January 11, 2025, at the age of 95. Born in Gill, Massachusetts on July 28, 1929, the youngest daught... remainder of obit for Theresa Barilone
Mary Louise McGinnis Weathers
Peterborough, NH - Mary Louise Weathers of Peterborough died on January 13th at the age of 98, surrounded by her family. Born November 27, 1926, she was the daughter of Leo Rollin McGinnis and Margaret Ann Morrison. Her father was a lo... remainder of obit for Mary Louise McGinnis Weathers
Alice M. Leonard
South Royalston, MA - Alice M. (Dunham) Leonard, 88, of South Royalston, died peacefully in her home during the evening hours of January 15th. She was born in Winchendon, MA on June 22, 1936, daughter of the late Lewis A. Dunham and... remainder of obit for Alice M. Leonard
