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By GREG VINE

ATHOL – The Selectboard had a number of questions for Athol Royalston Regional School District Superintendent Matt Ehrenworth at a Jan. 21 meeting to discuss construction of a new high school.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – The Selectboard has approved a taxi/livery license for Baldwinville resident William Ladeau’s business, Central Area Transport.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Members of the Energy Committee met Tuesday afternoon with Paul DeMaria and Joseph Duquette, representatives of Worcester-based Commonwealth Electrical Technologies, to discuss the installation of new electric vehicle charging stations.

By GREG VINE

WINCHENDON – On Jan. 30, history buffs will have an opportunity to learn about King Phillip’s War during a presentation on a new book which resulted from many years of research.

By GREG VINE

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.

By GREG VINE

ROYALSTON – Voters at this year’s Town Election will have one more seat to fill on the Selectboard than originally anticipated.

By SYDNEY TOPF

Rosa Hernandez-O’Neil was surrounded by early educators growing up. Her mother ran a child care center in their home and her sisters all worked in the field. So, at 16 years old, Hernandez-O’Neil decided she wanted to join the family business as a teacher’s assistant.

By GREG VINE

PHILLIPSTON – At its meeting on Monday, Jan. 13, the Community Preservation Community denied its support to three of six applications it received.

By GREG VINE

WINCHENDON – At mid-day on Wednesday, a ribbon was cut, marking the official opening of The Menagerie Jewelry & Gift Shop.

By MARA MELLITS

For Patricia, a farmworker in Hampshire and Franklin counties, a typical day in the growing season starts at 4 a.m. A single mother who immigrated to the United States from El Salvador in 2003, she drops her child off at a babysitter’s house before going to work. She often doesn’t pick up the child until 6 or 7 p.m., or sometimes even later if she stays to pick vegetables.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – The Disabled American Veterans Charles Musante Chapter 46 in Athol received a substantial donation Monday night from the state’s newest chapter of Rolling Thunder

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Volunteers spread out around downtown Athol Sunday to adorn parking meters, signs, trees and railings with scarves, mittens, gloves and warm socks for the annual “scarf bombing.”

By GREG VINE

LEOMINSTER – On Thursday, Jan. 9, while speakers at the National Cathedral in Washington DC eulogized Jimmy Carter, Habitat for Humanity chapters around the nation erected “memorial doors” to recognize his many years of volunteer work on behalf of the organization.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Now in its 10th year, the annual ‘scarf bombing,’ which helps those in need through the winter months, will return this weekend.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Town Clerk Nancy Burnham has announced that nomination papers are now available for anyone interested in running for office in the Annual Town Election on April 7.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – At its meeting Tuesday night, the Selectboard approved a survey for downtown merchants, asking their opinions about the efficacy of the parking meters along Main and Exchange streets.

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Town Manager Shaun Suhoski is optimistic of the year ahead for Athol, with several projects that will positively impact the community getting underway in the months ahead.“What we’re going to see short-term – January or February – is the...

By GREG VINE

PHILLIPSTON – The Community Preservation Committee will meet next Monday to discuss the applications it has received for Community Preservation Act funding – including $700,000 to rehabilitate the Bates Powers Dam.

By GREG VINE

PETERSHAM – “This is a ten-minute meeting,” said Moderator Bart Wendell Saturday as he called the Special Town Meeting to order. “That’s if no one has any questions.”As it turned out, there were very few questions, and voters managed to dispense with...

By MOLLIE DOYLE, AMI DEL BENEand MAEVE KEENAN HAFF

Becca Frank, a clinical social worker at ServiceNet in Springfield, keeps careful boundaries in place to prevent career burnout.“My phone is off at 5, which is why you couldn’t get ahold of me,” Frank says. “And then I have a life.”Social workers are...