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When you’re the top team in the Hampshire League North, you’re going to get every team’s best shot the rest of the way.Such was the case in Westhampton on Tuesday night, as visiting Athol withstood a big push from Hampshire Regional but escaped with...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

ATHOL — The Athol wrestling team did what it had to do on Tuesday against Mohawk Trail. The Bears had the match clinched before it started, as the Warriors are down to just five wrestlers. With Athol boasting a nearly full roster, the Bears had the...

By SCOTT MERZBACH

ERVING — Gateway Regional School District’s curriculum director, the principal at Athol Community Elementary School, and the director of assessment and accountability for the Westfield Public School District are the finalists to become the next...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — One of the five North Quabbin residents facing charges of kidnapping and other crimes stemming from an alleged incident last February has had nine of her charges dismissed while other charges, and all those of her co-defendants, remain in...

By BELLA LEVAVI

With an eye toward increasing climate resilience and reducing public safety risk, preliminary design studies to examine the removal of three dams in Franklin County and the North Quabbin region are being backed by funding from the state Department of...

By THE REV. CANDI ASHENDEN

We are now right in the middle of the Advent season and also in the middle of the frenzied holiday rush. We are trying desperately to find the joy in the season as we shop for gifts, or help others out, or begin to consider baking special treats, or...

ATHOL — The Athol Bird and Nature Club’s 2024 calendar, filled with nature notes, trivia questions and photos of local birds, animals and plants, is now available.The “Birds and Nature of the North Quabbin” 2024 calendar focuses on the beauty of the...

By MARY BYRNE

TURNERS FALLS — Each year, students from across the state, including in Franklin County and the North Quabbin region, are recognized by their respective superintendents for their academic achievement and community involvement.The annual award is...

I don’t often agree with columnist Jon Huer. I have to agree his recent column was spot on [“Pictures without words,” Recorder, Dec. 2]. Without dialogue one does not know what the image is trying to say. An image can conjure up a multitude of...

By DOMENIC POLI

GREENFIELD — An Athol man will remain free another week before serving time in county jail after pleading guilty to eight charges stemming from a domestic incident involving a firearm on April 30, 2022.Timothy Chandler, 37, had his sentence stayed...

By MAX BOWEN

A handful of Franklin County and North Quabbin organizations were among the recipients in the latest round of workforce development planning grants from the state, including an Athol-based organization aiming to develop a program to train those who...

By DOMENIC POLI

Heather Taylor knows how it feels to be a child waking up to zero gifts on Christmas morning.The 38-year-old Athol resident grew up in Spencer, in a household with parents “who chose their addiction over buying presents for me, or my brother or my...

By DOMENIC POLI

SHELBURNE FALLS — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield this week acknowledged new credible findings against the late Richard Lavigne, a convicted sex offender and former Shelburne Falls priest believed to have killed a 13-year-old altar boy in...

Thanks to the Department of Public Works for the great job on replacing old pieces of sidewalk on Orange Street. Under the crunch of Halloween and winter, the men worked hard and cleaned up afterwards leaving a safe, and level surface to use. Thanks...

It seems quite remarkable that a government may allow the life of an unborn to be arbitrarily terminated and disallows an adult to consciously and knowingly choose to end one’s suffering and very existence. Instead, an adult who would choose to...

By BELLA LEVAVI

ATHOL — Five people were transported to Athol Hospital with minor injuries on Friday night after a tractor involved in hayrides crashed near Silver Lake.Athol Police and Fire departments were dispatched to the crash at around 7:45 p.m., according to a...

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — A group of North Quabbin women have worked their fingers to the bone to help the Ukrainian people stand up for their country.The Dragonfly Sock Knitters joined forces with a Pennsylvania knitting group to craft about 190 pairs of wool socks...