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ATHOL – On June 17, 2021, President Joe Biden signed a bill declaring June 19 Juneteenth National Independence Day.Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and is observed annually on June 19. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln...

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ATHOL – Now in his ninth year as town manager, Shaun Suhoski hopes that by year 12 there will be some big changes in town.The town manager recently had his contract extended for three years by the Selectboard. He expressed his gratitude, both to the...

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ROYALSTON – When temporary Town Moderator Andy West called for action on the first article of the Annual Town Meeting warrant, few in the audience could have anticipated they would still be conducting business more than four hours later.The meeting...

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ATHOL – Residents had the opportunity to see and ask questions about the final proposal for the greening of Lord Pond Plaza.Casey-Lee Bastien, landscape architect with BSC Group of Boston, said the proposal calls for replacing much of the two-acre...

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ATHOL – Industrial development. Outdoor recreation. Elderly housing. Mixed income housing. These are just a few of the ideas brought forward at a public meeting held Tuesday night at Athol Public Library to discuss uses for the town-owned Bidwell...

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ATHOL – Police officers in Athol will soon be outfitted with a new piece of equipment—an item which Chief Craig Lundgren said he was initially skeptical of, but now sees as indispensable.Starting Monday, each officer will be equipped with a body...

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BOSTON – Recently, in honor of National Drinking Water Week, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) awarded 61 public water systems and operators for excellent service to the public. A statement from DEP said those...

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ATHOL – After days of rain, the sun shone on organizers and players of the Athol-Orange Chuck Stone Little League as they got their season underway Saturday morning.The annual event made its way from the Athol Area YMCA, down Main Street, over the...

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ATHOL – Emily Vulgamore, biology project manager for Solitude Lake Management, told the Conservation Commission on Tuesday that a survey of Lake Ellis found more aquatic weeds than is normal at this time of year.“What we found was substantial Variable...

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PHILLIPSTON – Voters face a 27-article warrant at the Annual Town Meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Phillipston Memorial School gym.Among other things, voters will be asked to approve an FY24 town operating budget of $2.7 million, an...

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ATHOL – Chilly temperatures and clear blue skies greeted visitors in downtown Athol, where hundreds had gathered Saturday morning to cheer runners in the annual Big Cheese 5K road race, as well as participants in the popular River Rat Promenade.The...

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ATHOL – Representatives from National Grid provided a briefing on upgrades to transmission lines that bisect the town from north to south, terminating at the substation near the center of town.Senior Stakeholder Specialist Bethany Rocha and Stephanie...

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ATHOL – While none have submitted papers to run for Selectboard, voters will have four candidates to choose from when it comes to two seats on the Athol Royalston Regional School Committee.Among them is Emily White, a 2006 graduate of Mahar Regional...

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ATHOL – At a recent meeting the Selectboard received an update from Town Manager Shaun Suhoski on the status of seven projects to be paid for with $3.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding.The federal funds were used for items ranging from...

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ATHOL – A decision handed down last week by Rebecca Tepper, the state’s new Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs, is being applauded by the coalition fighting expansion of the wastewater sludge landfill in Gardner. An Environmental...

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PHILLIPSTON – On Feb. 15, the Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust celebrated the completion of the Land Forever Campaign, a years-long effort that raised over $3.5 million for the creation of an endowment to support land conservation in central and...