Gov. Maura Healey nominated William Larkin and Scott Rathbun to serve as clerk magistrates in western Massachusetts, while Frances Dallmeyer and Toiya Taylor were confirmed as judges of Probate and ...

Researchers have discovered that fish use the pituitary gland in their brains to directly "see" daylight, which explains how ...

Michael Flye, president of the Phillipston Historical Society, was awarded the Alphonse W. Chartier, Sr. Public Service Award during a ceremony at Phillipston Congregational Church. Flye was ...

Things are going to look quite different for the Mahar Regional boys basketball team this winter. With so many players graduating, the Senators essentially promoted its entire junior varsity team to ...

My sister said to me recently, “Kiffer, I don’t ever wish someone ill health or worse but I wish the cholesterol intake of a ...

Voters at a Special Town Meeting in Phillipston approved borrowing $10.8 million to replace the roof at Narragansett Regional ...

A student leader pushing the University of Massachusetts to sever ties with weapons maker RTX, formerly Raytheon, says he may have his enrollment end because of his actions at a career fair this fall.

Sublime Systems has paused work on its low-carbon cement plant in Holyoke and plans to cut its workforce by 10% due to the Trump administration's cancellation of an $87 million grant.

High school students would take end-of-course tests designed, administered and scored by the state under new graduation ...

Franklin County Technical School District Superintendent and host Richard Martin talks with some of the guests at the Franklin County Area Superintendents’ Association Annual Awards Dinner Thursday ...

Coach Francis Phillps speaks to the Mahar girls basketball team at a preseason practice, Tuesday in Orange. Credit: ADAM HARGRAVES / Staff Photo Sign up for the Athol Daily News' morning newsletter ...