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By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Green Clean Athol, the annual town-wide cleanup campaign, was, according to event co-organizer Heidi Strickland, “a huge success.”Approximately 90 volunteers showed up outside the Athol Senior Center at Lord Pond Plaza on Saturday, April 20,...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Earth Day is just around the corner and that means the fifth annual Green Clean Athol event is close at hand.The community cleanup effort is scheduled for Saturday, April 20, with the 54th annual observance of Earth Day to follow on Monday,...

By MADDIE FABIAN

Editor’s note: This is the fourth and final article from the Western Mass. Solar Forum series. The first three forums took place in September, and another series of forums is in the works for this spring.AMHERST — Most experts agree solar energy is...

By Chris Lisinski

BOSTON — Massachusetts will fail to hit a major emissions reduction requirement in 2030 unless Beacon Hill passes significant legislation to accelerate progress, leaders of a top advocacy group warned Wednesday.As plans begin to take shape for the...

By MADDIE FABIAN

Editor’s note: This is the third of four articles from the Western Massachusetts Solar Forum series taking place in September.AMHERST — At Joe Czajkowski Farm in Hadley, not only does the broccoli field produce fresh vegetables, but rows of solar...

By COLIN A. YOUNG

BOSTON — The governor plans Tuesday to sign an executive order that will address the process by which clean energy projects and infrastructure are permitted, an issue which utility companies and others have said could determine whether Massachusetts...

By MADDIE FABIAN

Editor’s note: This is the second of four articles from the Western Massachusetts Solar Forum series taking place in September.AMHERST — At the site of the old Mount Tom Station coal-fired power plant stand around 17,000 solar panels generating enough...

By MADDIE FABIAN

Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of four articles from the Western Massachusetts Solar Forum series taking place in September.AMHERST — Massachusetts has 15 to 18 times the amount of solar potential it needs to support decarbonization...

By GREG VINE

ROYALSTON – In small towns, a seemingly small amount of money can be a big deal.On April 30, a mobile home located at 79 Athol Road in Royalston was consumed by fire. Now, town officials are trying to determine where money to clean up the site will...

By MAX BOWEN

It all began with one person. Now, dozens have donated supplies or their time to help Justin Holden of Orange make a cleaner community. For the last four months, Holden has been up at 4 a.m. to clean different sections of the town, inspired by the...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Like a commanding officer, Al Benjamin stood over a map of Athol with streets highlighted in red with notations of which volunteers were assigned to those neighborhoods. The map and names gave organizers of Saturday’s Green Clean Athol an idea...