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07-04-2025 11:02 AM

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Battery energy storage facility proposed for Erving’s Poplar Mountain

07-04-2025 11:02 AM

ERVING — Town officials and residents got a first look this week at preliminary plans for a battery energy storage facility being proposed by Spearmint Energy.


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The World Keeps Turning: Follow the money
07-04-2025 5:00 PM

In the movie dramatizing the Watergate scandal, a secretive informant meets a reporter in a dark parking garage and advises him to “follow the money” in order to unravel the mystery involving a botched robbery directed by Richard Nixon’s White House. The actual events (testimony from White House lawyers, a mysterious 18-minute gap in the Oval Office tapes when the crisis was discussed) might have been even more sensational than the movie, but the movie phrase had legs. It is now a directive for understanding controversial government and business actions.

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Athol Police Logs, May 11 - June 9, 2025
06-13-2025 2:28 PM

2:01 a.m. - Male party in the lobby to speak with an officer about a cable box missing from his apartment. Male also stated he noticed the mat at his door has been moved.

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Sounds Local: Shows galore planned for July 4
07-02-2025 7:12 PM

The long Fourth of July weekend is upon us, and if you are looking to enjoy some live music as you celebrate America’s birthday, you will have plenty of options — and some of them are even free!

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