Six panels depicting the history and landscapes of Royalston were installed at the new pocket park in the town's South Village, which was built on the site of the former Pete & Henry's Restaurant and ...

Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School in Northampton has seen a 36% increase in enrollment over the last 11 years, ...

A large pile of smoldering rubble and debris, which had once been Olympia Place apartments, an $18.5 million development housing 230 people, continued to be doused with water by Amherst firefighters ...

Due to the federal government shutdown, 12,000 Franklin County residents will see reduced SNAP benefits this month, prompting ...

Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. Kiame Mahaniah visited three western Massachusetts towns on Monday ...

State legislators are being urged to make changes to the state's Chapter 70 school finance formula to ensure rural school districts receive equitable funding, as the current formula does not reflect ...

Athol Savings Bank and Cornerstone Bank have agreed to merge in early 2026, pending regulatory approval, to expand services, modernize technology, and improve access to local banking across central ...

The Northwestern District Attorney's Office identified the man who is believed to have fatally fallen out of a tree while ...

AMHERST — The UMass men’s basketball team bounced back after a loss in its first game of the season to Marshall earlier in ...

The Massachusetts congressional delegation is upset that the U.S. Senate is moving to end the longest government shutdown in United States history, decrying the bill for failing to extend health care ...

Sign up for the Athol Daily News' morning newsletter and get essential news each day.

Farms and food pantries in Franklin County received up to $371,000 from the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources to strengthen the local food supply chain, including a new greenhouse at ...