ORANGE — The woman who was offered the municipality’s first town manager job has withdrawn from contract negotiations, sending Orange back to the drawing board. Stephanie Hirsch rose to the top of the ...

PHILLIPSTON – Held Sept. 5–7, the three-day festival features live music, local vendors, sheepdog demonstrations, family activities, farm-fresh treats and plenty of fun for all ages. Admission is $15 ...

US Rep James McGovern and attendees hear from Al Rose, co-owner of Red Apple Farm, during the farm tour on Thursday, Aug. 27. HANNAH MORIN / For the Athol Daily News Sign up for the Athol Daily News' ...

(From left) ARRSD Superintendent Matthew Ehrenworth and newly elected School Committee Chair Tammy Duquette at the Aug.19 meeting. HANNAH MORIN / For the Athol Daily News ATHOL – The Athol-Royalston ...

Voters in Montague, Gill, Bernardston, Leyden, Northfield and Warwick will get their chance to vote in a special election this fall on whether to approve a five-town or six-town regional agreement to ...

The last days of summer during my childhood here in Hawley were golden, both literally and figuratively. The landscape was filled with the bright yellow of sunflowers and the duller yellow of hay. The ...

The UMass football season starts Thursday in Piscataway, New Jersey, against Rutgers in 52,000-seat SHI Stadium (6 p.m.; Big Ten Network). According to the Rutgers athletic department UMass will be ...

As Democratic primaries across the country pitted “progressive” candidates (including Democratic Socialists) against closer-to-the-center “moderates,” each side fought tooth and nail to win party ...

Daniel Brown’s excellent Aug. 24 column outlined the perils of drought facing the U.S. Fortunately, some soil scientists, environmentalists, and farmers and ranchers around the country, have developed ...

Liam Flynn of the Athol football team runs a route at practice, Wednesday in Athol. Credit: ADAM HARGRAVES / Staff Photo Sign up for the Athol Daily News' morning newsletter and get essential news ...

For what? Right; I hadn’t heard of the Governor’s Council until a few years ago, but it turns out to be a critical part of state government. The Governor’s Council confirms judges, clerk magistrates, ...

AMHERST — For the last 30 years, whenever pediatrician John Snyder wanted to find the most up-to-date research on treating young patients, he would turn to the Centers for Disease Control and ...