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By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — The owners of Leisure Woods Estates have proposed raising monthly lot fees by 43% and residents of the town’s only rent-controlled mobile home park worry about the financial strain it could put on them.Glenn Gidley, the principal owner of...

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

 Right before the 4th of July in 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt praised Americans for lending a “neighborly and sympathetic hand” to those in need.In a letter published by newspapers around the nation, Roosevelt wrote about the National War...

By The Associated Press

President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump traded barbs and a variety of false and misleading information as they faced off in their first debate of the 2024 election.Trump falsely represented the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol as a...

ASHFIELD Baptist Corner Road (off). $41,500. B: John A Pinto Revocable Trust and John A. Pinto. S: William D. Elwell Investment Trust and William D. Elwell.ATHOL 135 Barrett Ave. $479,900. B: Jean Lavoie and Lynn Lavoie. S: Royal Development...

By THOMAS JOHNSTON

New England West Skating Club figure skaters will be competing against some of the top competition in the country next month at the State Games of America. New England West Skating Club, which competes out of Deerfield Academy, has been growing back...

By ALEXA LEWIS

A leading veterans agent in the region says an expansive bill soon to become law designed to improve the lives of Massachusetts veterans is “monumental” for its expanded inclusion efforts, benefits, and health care provisions, but the measure fails to...

ATHOL 823 Carpenter Road. $529,000. B: James M. Williams and Heidi N. Lane. S: Kevin W. Colo and Arthur E. Billings Jr. 59 Highland Ave. $360,000. B: Marcus T. Kitchen and Courtney E. Meneely. S: Robert P. McGuirk and Michael C. McGuirk. 350 Riverbend...

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

MONTAGUE — When Massachusetts State Trooper Hunter Ratelle smelled smoke from his home in Millers Falls on Nov. 8, 2022, he ran outside to find a neighboring two-family home ablaze. Joined by retired Montague Police Sgt. Lee Laster who lived next...

ATHOL 40 Carlin St. $130,000. B: Brendan O’Connor. S: Mortgage Assets Management LLC. 71 Kennebunk St. $310,000. B: Leeann S. Pereira and John C. Vargas. S: TD Bank NA. 1545 Main St. $116,000. B: MKTG Consulting Services LLC. S: Abels Properties...

ATHOL 61 Byrd Ave. $319,500. B: Maria Seifer. S: GCS Enterprises LLC. 27 Carlin St. $23,000. B: Brian Heath. S: Andre P. Berberena. 51 Chestnut St. $420,000. B: Lyne Rodriguez and Raymond Rodriguez. S: Mia Chabot and David M. Chabot II. 515 Lenox...

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

 When I was growing up in Andover, we had a nice neighbor known as Mr. Burke. He let us go through his backyard when we were setting up a basketball hoop.What I did not know about Mr. Burke until years later, long after we had moved away, was that he...

ASSOCIATED PRESS

OMAHA BEACH, France — The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to punch a hole in Adolf Hitler’s defenses in western Europe...

By SYLVIE CORBET and DANICA KIRKA

COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France — World War II veterans from the United States, Britain and Canada are in Normandy this week to mark 80 years since the D-Day landings that helped lead to Hitler’s defeat.Few witnesses remain who remember the Allied assault....

By GARRETT COTE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — The visiting No. 20 Monument Mountain softball team had each base occupied with just one out in the top half of the first inning, threatening No. 13 Frontier’s seventh grade ace Raine Wonsey in her first career state tournament...

ASHFIELD83F Bear Mountain Drive. $416,000. B: Laura J. Fenn. S: Pasha Realty LLC.1480 Cape St. $206,000. B: Michael P. Boutwell. S: Melissa Fantasia-Lagares.ATHOL400 Cottage St. $160,000. B: Trevor Ryan. S: Susan Huffman.424 Lenox St. $380,000. B:...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

The state Senate unanimously passed an amendment to its annual spending plan that would prohibit municipalities and private companies from taking the entire equity of a home in the event of a tax lien foreclosure, a piece of legislation that, if...

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

 On Memorial Day we can honor the sacrifices of our soldiers and continue the quest for world peace.As President Dwight Eisenhower said of Memorial Day, “Let us reverently honor those who have fallen in war, and rededicate ourselves through prayer to...

ASHFIELD 171 Tatro Road. $550,000. B: Nathaniel Law and Eujean Law. S: Robert W. Bassett.ATHOL 102 Central St. and 159 Park St. $935,000. B: Athol Real Estate Holdings Group LLC. S: Jeff Brewer Construction LLC. 2 Froman St. $300,000. B: Elizabeth...

By JAMES PENTLAND

SPRINGFIELD — Calling for an end to the destruction of hospitals and health care in Gaza, a dozen protesters gathered with songs and banners in front of Baystate Medical Center on Tuesday morning.“If this were Palestine, we wouldn’t have this...

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

GREENFIELD — With unanimous approval from the Zoning Board of Appeals, Ja’Duke Inc. is one step closer to opening its second performance art, driver’s education and preschool center at the former Greenfield Community College building at 270 Main...