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NEW SALEM — Swift River School has kicked off sales for the 2025 Supermarket Sweep fundraiser.

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — Have you ever looked back at a crossroads in your life and wondered if you should have handled something differently?

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Seven positions were poised to be eliminated in Ralph C. Mahar Regional School’s fiscal year 2026 budget until the teachers union agreed to a change in the insurance deductible amount to save enough money to spare two of those jobs.

WENDELL — The Wendell Meetinghouse needs two actors who can play a man and a woman, mid-20s to 50, in a production of “Swamped,” a full-length play written and directed by Court Dorsey.

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM – The nonprofit volunteer organization dedicated to increasing public awareness and appreciation of the Quabbin Reservoir and watershed is soliciting donations to help restore a stone arch bridge erected the year after the Civil War ended.

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — The Friends of the Wendell Free Library have agreed to fund $25,000 associated with replacing the damaged play structure removed from its property in September 2023.

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk (and many others in our government) are sociopathically impressed with themselves. Both of these individuals suffer from the illness of right now and never enough, and are thus unable to respect the mindset of citizen participation, modesty and acceptance that lies behind democracy, or order itself.

On Jan. 16, one of the world’s largest lithium-ion battery plants at Moss Landing, California burst into flames, forcing the evacuation of 2,000 residents. A lawsuit has been filed by citizens against the battery systems owner, charging that the company failed to implement adequate safety measures despite previous incidents at the facility. That lithium ion battery fire continues to flare up a month later.

By BART BOURICIUS and J. WILLIAM STUBBLEFIELD

By DOMENIC POLI

ORANGE — Ralph C. Mahar Regional School could save $125,208 in the fiscal year 2026 budget by cutting two full-time positions.

By ADA DENENFELD KELLY

WENDELL — All 12 articles sailed through last week’s Special Town Meeting in just 18 minutes, receiving unanimous approval from the 21 voters in attendance.

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — The citizens group that formed in 2023 in opposition to a now-withdrawn proposal for a 105-megawatt battery storage facility has started a crowdfunding campaign to defray legal costs for the town, which is appealing the state attorney general’s rejection of a battery energy storage bylaw.

With inclement weather expected, multiple events planned for Saturday, Feb. 15, have been postponed.

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — Cleanup has begun at the site of a freight train derailment that sent 15 railroad cars carrying non-hazardous merchandise off the tracks Tuesday afternoon.

By DOMENIC POLI

NEW SALEM — The kindergarten class at Swift River School has been named a District 2 winner in the state Department of Transportation’s third annual “Name a Snowplow” contest.

By ANTHONY CAMMALLERI

WENDELL — No injuries were reported after a freight train carrying merchandise derailed in Wendell Tuesday afternoon, knocking 15 railroad cars off the track, according to Wendell Fire Chief Joe Cuneo.

By DOMENIC POLI

WENDELL — Nearly a year after the town coordinator proposed a salary increase he said would better mirror the pay of leadership positions in towns similar in size to Wendell, residents will have a chance to vote on whether to appropriate another $8,000, if needed, when selecting and hiring his replacement.

ORANGE — Jeff Cole, president of the Orange Scholarship Fund, was recently presented with a $9,000 check from the Mahar 50+ Club, made up of alumni from Ralph C. Mahar Regional School classes that graduated at least 50 years ago, to be put toward the scholarship fund.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — After a year of searching, the Selectboard voted to appoint Greenfield resident Glenn Johnson-Mussad to serve as town planner starting at the end of March.

By ERIN-LEIGH HOFFMAN

ERVING — Residents of both Erving and Wendell expressed their interest in a shared-use path to connect the two towns during a community engagement session this week and provided feedback seeking a “less is more” approach to constructing the path for bicyclists, pedestrians and some vehicles.