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By GREG VINE

ATHOL – In an effort to show the need for a new or renovated Athol High School, officials held a tour while outlining the process, which begins with a feasibility study.

By GREG VINE

WINCHENDON – Starting this weekend, Winchendon Winds will hold the first of three concerts to mark the group’s 10th anniversary.

By GREG VINE

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.

By GREG VINE

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

By GREG VINE

ROYALSTON – With relatively little discussion, voters at Saturday’s Annual Town Meeting approved three Proposition 2½ overrides.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – This year’s Margaret Grazis Employee of the Year Award was presented to Athol Police Det. Sgt. Douglas Kaczmarczyk for his hard work and dedication to the department.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Despite some ominous weather, the “Silver Lake: Our Waters” went on as planned, even if the crowds weren’t what organizers were hoping for.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Voters will be asked to decide on 49 articles when they gather for Athol’s Annual Town Meeting Monday. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in Memorial Hall at Town Hall.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Work on the Five Points project and repairs to what is known as the “secret bridge” under the Crescent Street Bridge near L.S. Starrett will require motorists to adapt to some road closures over the next few months.

By GREG VINE

Athol Town Manager Shaun Suhoski and Royalston Selectboard member Linda Alger Tuesday night signed a new intermunicipal agreement which keeps Athol Sewer Division employees in charge of Royalston’s wastewater treatment plant operations.

By GREG VINE

PETERSHAM – Voters at Monday’s Town Meeting approved a change to the date of the Annual Town Election.

By GREG VINE

PETERSHAM – With very little discussion, the 120 voters who showed up for Petersham’s Annual Town Meeting Monday evening unanimously approved a FY26 town operating budget of $1,979,739.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Representatives of the Worcester engineering firm Howard Stein Hudson met last week with members of the Open Space and Recreation Commission to present the final design for part of the first phase for the proposed Rabbit Run Rail Trail.

By HANNAH MORIN

ATHOL- Despite a threatening sky, the rain held off as all 106 graduates of Athol High School’s Class of 2025 marked the occasion with a celebration of growth, resilience and future promise.

By GREG VINE

PHILLIPSTON – The town’s Historical Society will honor the late Opal Clark with an exhibit illustrating her many contributions to the town over the years.

By GREG VINE

PHILLIPSTON – At its meeting on Wednesday, May 28, Phillipston’s Selectboard reaffirmed a vote taken in October 2024 to disavow any interest in a previous offer from the Town of Athol to purchase the Bates Powers Dam for $1.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – As the last Ice Age was coming to an end and the glaciers that covered North Quabbin receded about 14,000 years ago, they left behind depressions in the landscape that eventually filled with water.

By GREG VINE

ROYALSTON – Residents gathered on The Common Monday afternoon, joining communities throughout North Quabbin in celebrating Memorial Day.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – The region’s long string of rainy days broke just in time to provide the perfect setting for Monday’s Memorial Day services throughout North Quabbin.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – The towns of Athol and Phillipston are continuing to explore options for what to do with the Bates Powers Dam

By GABRIEL O’HARA SALINI

Over 50% of small business owners said they were likely to close or sell their business in the next five years, citing high costs across their businesses as a driving factor, a recent study from UMass Donahue Institute showed.