Orange residents seek school budget cuts to relieve town’s financial stress
Audit knocks use of no-bid contracts in family shelter crisis
Sportsman’s Corner: Honoring veterans and a trip to Maine
Advocates warn ‘walking wounded’ threatened by cuts
Franklin County librarians detail modern-day challenges
Rep. Saunders hears concerns about ICE deportations, health care in virtual town hall
State board agrees on vocational school admissions reforms
MassWildlife honors brothers from Petersham as outstanding youth anglers
MassWildlife has concluded its 2024 Freshwater Sportfishing Awards Program, recognizing anglers across Massachusetts for their accomplishments in freshwater fishing.
Orange Farmers Market back at Butterfield Park
ORANGE — The Orange Farmers Market is back at its former home, Butterfield Park.
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Keeping Score with Chip Ainsworth: Reviewing The Athletic’s UMass football story
Winchendon voters back $1.9 million override at Town Meeting
Memorial Day events around the North Quabbin region
Yankee Candle settles $1.2M class action lawsuit over time clock rounding
A zombie apocalypse is coming to Athol
Western Mass. Div. 2 Track and Field Championship: Seven locals earn individual first place finishes in Williamstown
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Area arts organizations concerned by proposed NEA elimination
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North Quabbin Notes, May 14
State plans to close all hotel, motel shelters this summer
Sports
HS Roundup: Greenfield softball, Pioneer baseball reach Western Mass. championship games
The Greenfield girls softball team is heading back to the Western Mass. Class C finals for the fourth year in a row.
Western Mass. Div. 2 Track and Field Championship: Seven locals earn individual first place finishes in Williamstown
Baseball: Athol takes home Bi-County North title following 4-1 win over Franklin Tech 
Bulletin Board: Frontier boys, girls tennis qualify for state tournament
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Trouble Mandeson: Kudos to Valley Medical Group
Kudos to Valley Medical Group for 25 years serving the community. I’ve been a patient there for 20 years and these days it seems a privilege to have health care, much less a primary care physician with a ratio of 1,580:1 (patients:doctors) in Franklin County.
Eve Brown-Waite:
The World Keeps Turning: Another Memorial Day, and the war machine is still winning
My Turn: The life and death of a cookbook
Lawrence Pareles: Senator Schumer must step down as Senate minority leader
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
Athol Police Logs, April 16 – April 26, 2025
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.
Athol Police Logs, March 1 – March 17, 2025
Athol Police Logs: Feb. 6 – Feb. 27, 2025
Athol Police Logs Jan. 16 to Feb. 2, 2025
Orange Police Logs: Dec. 31, 2024 to Jan. 10, 2025
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Arts & Life
‘Irving Berlin’s View of the East River’ films in western Mass: Behind the scenes of an indie film set in the Valley
“Reset!”
‘When women encourage other women to empower themselves’: Shelburne Falls Area Women’s Club celebrated 100th anniversary
Let’s Talk Relationships: Listening well is a relationship superpower: Advice for building better communication
‘They loved seeing the pride that the students had’: Mahar Makerfaire plans to open to public next year
Sounds Local: Viva Las Vegas: Travis Ledoyt brings 1970s Presley show home to Greenfield this SaturdayObituaries
Anthony Albert Brighenti
Athol, MA - Anthony Albert Brighenti, affectionately known as Tony, Dad and Pa, was born on January 21, 1945, in Athol, MA, passed away on May 15, 2025. A reliable pillar of his community, Anthony spent much of his time and energy in se... remainder of obit for Anthony Albert Brighenti
John Donbrowo
New Bern, NC - John Joseph Donbrowo, 84, passed away on May 9, 2025. Born in Massachusetts, on May 31, 1940, he was the son of the late Joseph and Ida Donbrowo. A 1958 graduate of Athol High School, John went on to earn a certificat... remainder of obit for John Donbrowo
Janet R. Bartlett
Janet R. (Day) Bartlett ORANGE, MA - Janet R. (Day) Bartlett, 92, died Monday evening, May 5, 2025, at Athol Hospital, just three days before her 93rd birthday. Born in Athol on May 8, 1932, she was the daughter of Herbert W. and Eva M.... remainder of obit for Janet R. Bartlett
Kenton F. Tharp
ORANGE, MA - Kenton Franklin Tharp, age 76, died May 6 at his home in Orange, MA. He was born in Grant, Nebraska to Charles and Gladys (Kent) Tharp. He worked with his father to custom bale hay and with his mother and sisters in the fam... remainder of obit for Kenton F. Tharp
