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By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Karen Chapman and Zack Kay of the Montachusett Regional Planning Commission appeared before the Selectboard at its March 18 meeting to provide an annual report on the town’s status relative to a FY24 Green Communities grant.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – The Selectboard has voted to back an application for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for water and sewer line repairs.

By GREG VINE

ROYALSTON – This Saturday, residents of the town will be asked to join an open forum to discuss the direction of the community.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – The Capital Program Committee will meet Wednesday to try to come up with a way to get the Fire Department the new tanker requested by Fire Chief Jeff Parker.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Town Manager Shaun Suhoski Thursday awarded the contract to undertake the greening of Lord Pond Plaza to J. Bates & Son.

By GABRIEL O’HARA SALINI

The Massachusetts cannabis industry is a billion-dollar enterprise, with over 700 retailers operating across the state. Yet stores are closing, companies are firing their workers and retail and non-retail licenses are being surrendered by former operators as business owners clamor for regulatory changes to transform an industry they see as unsustainable.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – The Selectboard, at its meeting Tuesday night, March 19, voted to increase the rates for water and sewer service in the town of Athol.

By GREG VINE

ROYALSTON – Members of the Royalston South Village Revitalization Committee appeared at Tuesday’s Selectboard meeting, urging them to join an effort lobbying for the release of $1 million in the state’s economic development bond bill earmarked for work on the King Street Bridge.

By GREG VINE

Athol and Royalston are among the 49 rural communities to receive a portion of $10 million in grants through the Community One Stop for Growth’s Rural Development Fund.

By GREG VINE

ROYALSTON – Retired U.S. Army officer Steven Egan is one of three people running to fill the seat on Royalston’s Selectboard which was vacated when former board member Shelby Bronnes resigned in January.

By MITCH FINK

President Donald Trump’s return to office has raised questions about the future of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding Massachusetts secured for its West-East Rail plan with suggestions the administration may place a greater emphasis on birth and marriage rates and immigration policy.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – An ensemble of musicians from across “the pond” will be leading the annual River Rat promenade down Main Street this year.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Town Manager Shaun Suhoski went before the Finance and Warrant Advisory Committee Tuesday night to present his revenue projections for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1.

By GREG VINE

PHILLIPSTON – The Boston Bruins may have beaten the Florida Panthers 3-2 on Tuesday, but the Black & Gold weren’t the only winners that night.

By GREG VINE

PETERSHAM – Prior to the end of his term, former President Joe Biden awarded Larry Buell, a lifelong resident of Petersham, and his wife Katja Esser with the U.S. President’s Award for Volunteer Service.

By GREG VINE

WINCHENDON – Motorists driving between the center of Winchendon and Olde Centre will have to make a short detour for the foreseeable future.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Town Manager Shaun Suhoski met with the Capital Program Committee Wednesday evening to seeks its support for a pair of spending proposals.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – In 2008, the Massachusetts Legislature passed the Green Communities Act to support those communities throughout the commonwealth committed to reducing energy consumption, among other goals.

By GREG VINE

WINCHENDON – A Winchendon man arrested Wednesday and charged with possession and dissemination of child pornography and two counts of improper storage of a firearm has been released on bail.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Town Manager Shaun Suhoski briefed the Selectboard at its meeting Tuesday on a proposal for work on the roof of the Bidwell Barn on South Athol Road.

By GREG VINE

PETERSHAM – Only 118 out of Petersham’s 1085 registered voters – or about 11% – turned out to cast ballots in Monday’s annual election.