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Beals Prize for Poetry submissions being accepted through Aug. 14

By Nathan Medlock

For the Recorder

July 26, 2026July 24, 2026

Beals Memorial Library is seeking entries for its seventh annual Beals Prize for Poetry competition.

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National Grid’s multi-year, $470M project aims to enhance transmission line capacity

By Nathan Medlock

For the Recorder

July 11, 2026July 10, 2026

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Three Franklin County, North Quabbin poets among finalists for Beals Prize

By Hannah Morin

For the Recorder

September 23, 2025September 23, 2025

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Athol Bird & Nature Club installs nest boxes for American kestrels in Orange, Winchendon

by Greg Vine For the RecorderSeptember 26, 2024

From left, Beals Memorial Poetry contest winners Prudence Wholey of Shelburne Falls (second place), M.K. Sterpka of Bernardston (first place) and Jan Lamberg of Amherst (third place).

Beals Prize for Poetry winners

by Liesel Nygard For the RecorderOctober 12, 2022

Colin Killay, Orange’s superintendent of highway, cemeteries and parks, and Jennifer Arsenault, the animal control officer for Athol and Orange, rescued six baby foxes from a storm drain on East River Street on Friday.

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Six baby foxes rescued from catch basin in Orange

by Domenic Poli Staff WriterJune 27, 2022

The Orange-based North Quabbin Trails Association has unveiled several new trails, including three Flatlander Accessible Trails at the Cutthroat Brook Tree Farm, located at the top of Briggs Road on the Athol/Petersham town line. There is a map at the parking lot, and a sign explaining which trail markers are associated with each trail.

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North Quabbin group opens two new trail systems in Athol, Winchendon

by Zack DeLuca Staff WriterSeptember 7, 2020

Toni Bee, a poet, storyteller and educator, as well as the Cambridge Poet Populist, delivers a presentation to Winchendon School students at the Orange Innovation Center on Martin Luther King Day, Monday, January 16, 2017.

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Following the honey: Speaker teaches youth about kindness in spirit of MLK

by Domenic Poli Recorder StaffJanuary 16, 2017

Students conduct peer reviews in an English 101 class at Mount Wachusett Community College as part of the Pathways program run by Ralph C. Mahar Regional School in Orange, taught by Katherine Smith Wednesday.

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‘This is full-time college’Mahar programs offer students unique opportunities

by Domenic Poli Recorder StaffDecember 2, 2016June 26, 2026