David Daley has been up at the crack of dawn most days over the last several weeks — a strange phenomena for a gerrymandering expert whose knack for the subject is usually called upon once a decade.

Overview: The Board of Health in Athol is considering potential local regulations for kratom and flavored nitrous oxide canisters, known as whippets, due to concerns about their growing availability.

Overview: The Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center at the University of Massachusetts may shut down due to the Office of Management and Budget withholding congressionally allocated funds. The ...

Artificial intelligence in classrooms is no longer a distant prospect, and Massachusetts education officials have released ...

Christopher J. Donelan, the previous Franklin County sheriff, was fired from the East Falmouth Police Academy for violating ...

This writer does a bit of bass fishing each summer as we relocate to White Pond in South Athol and enjoy pond life. At one ...

A bill to ban bell-to-bell cellphone use in Massachusetts public schools that is moving through the state Legislature has ...

Max Bowen is the editor of the Athol Daily News, and can be reached at [email protected] and 413-930-4074. He’s worked in media since 2003 as a correspondent, reporter, ...

A bill to ban bell-to-bell cellphone use in Massachusetts public schools that is moving through the state Legislature has generated a wealth of support from districts that have already implemented ...

At a recent meeting the Selectboard were updated on the implementation of a municipal electricity aggregation plan approved by residents and town officials. The move to aggregation, designed to give ...