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By CHRIS LARABEE and MAX BOWEN

A total of $223,079 in state grant funding is headed to four Franklin County and North Quabbin towns to help filter potentially harmful chemicals from their water systems.The Healey-Driscoll administration and the state Department of Environmental...

By CAROLE GARIEPY

I like to be inspired. A shot of inspiration benefits all of us. Sometimes we get it from a good sermon, a visit with someone, a book we read. It leaves us with something to think about and maybe makes us view a situation in a new way. I was recently...

By GREG VINE

PHILLIPSTON — The Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust celebrated the end of its Land Forever Campaign last week, a years-long effort that raised more than $3.5 million for the creation of an endowment to support land conservation in central and...

By DOMENIC POLI

Now that’s a lot of Thanksgiving dinner potential.A giant pumpkin and two giant squashes grown in this pocket of New England are on display at Boston Public Market to be admired by the masses until mid-November. Erving resident Art Kaczenski grew a...

By Carol Gariepy

Emotional. Sympathetic. Anger. Sadness. Admiration. Those are some of the feelings I had after spending an evening with Andrii.Gerry and I met 22-year-old Andrii recently on our trip to Ireland. He worked in the hotel where we stayed in Dublin. He and...

I am writing regarding the vacancy on the Narragansett Regional School District School Committee. I would like to be appointed to the open seat on the committee. I took the time to pull papers to get on the ballot. I have received support in both...

By CAROLE GARIEPY

In May, we attended the birthday celebrations for three 90-year-olds. All live in Phillipston. All are healthy, independent, live in their own homes, still drive, enjoy full lives ... and each one had special birthday experiences.Tony Wagner...

By CAROLE GARIEPY

We have a new alarm clock and it’s not one that you can set for the hour you want to wake-up, or one that you can turn off. It has a mind of its own and it doesn’t stop “ringing” until it’s ready to turn itself off, sometimes for a half hour. It’s...

By CAROLE GARIEPY

Aita Flury was an exchange student from Switzerland who lived with us for the school year 1985-1986. She spoke German, and came here to have the opportunity to learn English. We, in America, are fortunate because English has become the universal...

By GREG VINE

PHILLIPSTON — Republican gubernatorial candidate Geoff Diehl spoke to a receptive gathering of about 30 people at the King Phillip Restaurant Sunday afternoon.The former state representative from Whitman, serving the 7th Plymouth District from 2011 to...

By DOMENIC POLI

PHILLIPSTON — The Orange Republican Town Committee is sponsoring a meet-and-greet with Geoff Diehl, so far the only Republican candidate for governor, at the King Phillip Restaurant on Sunday.Diehl, a former state representative from Whitman, will...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — A Springfield man formerly of Athol was arraigned in Franklin County Superior Court on Wednesday on more than two dozen charges related to the alleged sexual assault of two children.Jose Oquendo, 49, pleaded not guilty to seven counts...

By GREG VINE

PHILLIPSTON — State Police have identified the Athol woman killed in a head-on crash on Route 2 in Phillipston late Tuesday as 24-year-old Alysha Rentas.Shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday, troopers from the Athol State Police barracks responded to reports...

By GREG VINE

PHILLIPSTON — State Police say a 24-year-old Athol woman was one of two people killed in a head-on crash on Route 2 in Phillipston late Tuesday night.Troopers at the Athol State Police barracks received a call just before 11 p.m. reporting a driver...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A Springfield man was arraigned in Orange District Court on Tuesday on more than two dozen charges related to the alleged sexual assault of two children.Jose Oquendo, 48, formerly of Athol, pleaded not guilty to seven counts of indecent...

By DOMENIC POLI

The firefighting profession is centered on preparedness and teamwork. But it, like many other professions, has been left in a pit of uncertainty due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.With this in mind, the fire departments in 11 Franklin and Worcester...

Art show with marquetry furniture coming to Stage on Main ORANGE — An upcoming art show at Stage on Main, 17 South Main St., will display the marquetry furniture of a longtime Orange resident.“Peek Into The Drawers of Ralph L. Henley’s Marquetry...

By GREG VINE and MAX MARCUS

Area roads became a mess of slush and ice thanks to a storm of freezing rain, snow and sleet that started Sunday night, ran almost all day Monday and was forecasted to end by about noon on Tuesday.For local road crews in Franklin County and North...

Winter parking ban going into effect ORANGE — The town’s winter parking ban went into effect Dec. 1. Street parking is not allowed on any street in town between 2 and 6 a.m. Also, no overnight parking is allowed at either of the municipal parking...

Reps. Whipps, Mark to hold ‘Census 2020 Kickoff’ ORANGE — State Reps. Susannah Whipps, I-Athol, and Paul Mark, D-Peru, along with the Franklin Regional Council of Governments, will hold an event next week to talk about the 2020 U.S. Census and...