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ATHOL – As the year draws to a close, Mount Grace celebrates a series of land conservation projects across central and western Massachusetts.From sweeping landscape-scale initiatives to small, but significant, community projects, 2024 has been a year...
By GREG VINE
BARRE – Just shy of two years ago, on Nov. 5, 2022, Barre’s Woods Memorial Library returned to the Oglala-Lakota Nation more than 130 items connected to the 1890 massacre of nearly 300 Native Americans near Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge...
By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI
With the start of October right around the corner, some squash and pumpkin farmers in the Pioneer Valley and North Quabbin are bearing the burden of Phytophthora capsici — a soil-based disease described by one farmer as being “like the plague” for...
BARRE — A group of land conservation partners led by Athol-based Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust and Mass Audubon has protected more than 800 acres of land in Barre.According to an announcement from Mount Grace, the Hawes Hill Conservation...
By MAX BOWEN
ATHOL — The site of the former Flat Rock Tap House will soon reopen, and the new owners have big plans for the location.The Liberty Taphouse at 73 Traverse St. is the newest venture of co-owners Teresa Hisman and Scott Chambers, two longtime friends...
By MAX BOWEN
TEMPLETON — After four months of extensive renovations, the Otter River Pub & Red Onion Pool Hall will officially open for business on Monday, Feb. 5.It was on Sept. 27 that a fire ravaged the historical building, causing significant damage to the...
By GREG VINE
ATHOL – The future of the Bidwell barn – despite what appears to be unanimous support among Selectboard members for its demolition – has yet to be decided, according to Town Manage Shaun Suhoski.“I don’t know about the Historical Society,” he said,...
By MAX BOWEN
TEMPLETON — Following a devastating fire at the Otter River Pub & Red Onion Pool Hall, owner Matt Black has been hard at work to open the doors once again.In late September, a fire caused significant damage to the historical building’s second and...
By GREG VINE
ROYALSTON — Many Royalston residents are familiar – whether they know it or not , with the work of – Tom Musco, owner of Royalston Oak Timber Frames. Every time they drive past the gazebo in South Village, they’re looking at Musco’s work. He’s been...
By Greg Vine
ATHOL – Hazardous material crews spent much of Monday night and Tuesday morning on the scene of an ammonia spill in the basement of the Pizza Bar.Athol Fire Chief Joseph Guarnera said the spill posed a significant risk to people and properties in the...
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